Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.
– Scientists have discovered what causes a large ice hole the size of Switzerland to periodically form in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, solving a decades-long mystery. – Known as the Maud Rise polynya, the hole was first observed in the 1970s but would appear sporadically, leaving its cause unclear. It reopened at a massive size in […]
Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character
– Citizen scientists helping NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunting mission have discovered a new exoplanet orbiting a binary star system around 309 light years from Earth. – The exoplanet, known as TOI 4633 c but nicknamed “Percival” after a Harry Potter character, is around three times the size of Earth and orbits in the habitable zone […]