News
- Earth
Wind may be driving the melting of East Antarctica’s largest glacier
Winds may be helping warm ocean waters speed up the melting of East Antarctica’s largest glacier.
- Astronomy
The way hungry young stars suck in food keeps most X-rays in, too
The columns of plasma that feed growing stars develop an extra layer that keeps X-rays in.
- Astronomy
Hot, rocky exoplanets are the scorched cores of former gas giants
Hot, rocky exoplanets are probably the scorched cores of former gas giants, so astronomers shouldn’t trust them for information about true Earth twins.
- Physics
Photons are caught behaving like superconducting electrons
Light particles, or photons, swap energy like electrons in a superconductor.
