by It is easy to confuse the earth under our feet as quiet and unchanging – but that cannot be further from the truth.
We have seen this week’s science news The crust of the earth that pelts away under the mountains of Sierra NevadaMagicing the process that creates new continents. Look at the east, one Oceanic plate from the time of Pangea tears apart Under Iraq and Iran, drag the crust top to bottom and – very slowly – reform the Eurasian landscape.
Meanwhile, scientists have discovered in the cascades Gigantic Magma -Reservoirs Hidden Under what was thought as sleeping volcanoes.
Of course, this secret, buried world of course makes known – for example the Rare earthquake swarm that continued to rattle the Greek island of Santorini This week.
Hidden ‘Sanitary’ under Antarctica
Deep under the ice of Antarctica is a hidden network of water channels that determine how quickly the ice caps of the continent slide and melt. This is because liquid water can spread ice caps, such as glass that slides over a wet counter.
By combining existing computer models for glacier drainage and ice roof flow, predicted scientists where water should flow under the ice, and where this current is particularly strong. Their models also precisely predicted the locations of Well -known subglacial lakes In West Antarctica.
The researchers say that their findings can help to determine areas of Antarctica with a risk of rapidly melting and scientists to better understand how subglacial water influences the ice current.
Discover more Planet Earth News
–Greenland’s ice sheet – the second largest in the world – is bursting open at alarming speed, scientists discover
–‘Extreme’ warming in the North Pole area while the North Pole temperatures 36 F above average swell
–Old duck-like or discovered in Antarctica is perhaps the oldest modern bird ever discovered
Life’s Little Mysteries
Maybe you have heard that Birds are living dinosaurs. But dinosaurs are famous reptile class – that means that too Birds are reptiles too?
Birds are warm -blooded and usually covered with feathers, so not in the classic definition of a reptile. But their DNA tells a different story …
‘Impossible’ black holes
Super -massive black holes in the early universe, observed by the James Webb Space Telescope, have left astronomers for years. The objects became too large and too fast to fit into our existing models. But now, scientists have presented a new solution for this cosmological mystery – Dark matter lumps.
Dark matter is a mysterious material that, although invisibly, sculpts the cosmos. Historically, it was thought that this enigmatic ingredient only interacts with other matter through gravity. But now, scientists have suggested that dark matter may also be able to communicate with itself, to combine them in dense cores that eventually collapse into super -massive black holes.
Discover more SpaceWest
–Scientists discover Giant Galaxy 32 times larger than the earth – and they called it ‘problems’
–This is what could happen if asteroid Bennu broke into the earth in 157 years
–Jupiter’s ‘Tekmented Moon’ has just shown the most powerful volcanic event that has ever been seen
Also in Science News this week
–‘Incredible moment in History:’ Particle accelerator and AI first offer a glimpse into the 2,000-year-old Herculaneum-Scroll
–New ‘Camp Hill’ virus discovered in Alabama is a family member of Deadly Nipah – the 1st of its kind in the US.
–Scientists build an ultimate atlas of the vagina. This is why.
–New discovered quantum condition could feed more stable quantum computers – and a new 2D chip can use it
Science spotlight
In 1949, archaeologists discovered a 1.4 million year old jaw bone in a cave in South Africa. The jaw was found, among other things fossils that belonged to the genus Homowhat our own species belongs. But the jaw was unusually thick, with long, rectangular molars that did not look like that of another Homo kind.
Now, after X -ray analysis, scientists have concluded that the monster will not be the Homo Not at all – it’s rather one Totally new extinct human family memberbelonging to gender Parantropus.
Human Evolution Quiz: what do you know about Homo Sapiens?
Something for the weekend
If you are looking for a little longer to read this weekend, here are some of the best long lectures, book Extracts and interviews published this week.
–12 pivotal moments in the history of robotics, from Isaac Asimov to self -driving cars
–‘It was so simple’: how the missing meteorites of Antarctica were discovered with the help of an ice block, a freezer and a lamp
–Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head: The Oldst famous Human Portrait in the World
–New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm at Ultracold again
Science in photos
An amateur photographer on Earth has made a beautiful photo of “stranded” NASA Astronaut Suni Williams that floats outside the International Space Station (ISS) during a recent space walk.
During the walk, Williams broke the record for the most non-next hours spent spacecraft by a female astronaut.
Williams and Co-Pilot Barry “Butch” Wilmore are “stranded” on board the ISS Since June 6, 2024, after the Boeing Starliner capsule she delivered, she experienced several leaks. They are now thanks Return at the end of March At the earliest, although an exact date has not yet been confirmed.
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