For years, scientists have worked to understand the changes that occur in trees and shrubs during autumn. Although we don’t know all the details, we do know enough to explain the basics to help you enjoy nature’s multicolored display. Three factors influence autumn leaf color:
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Rocket Launch to be Visible from Hagerstown and Frederick Area
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA News (10/21/2022) – An upcoming launch of the Antares rocket, carrying the Cygnus spacecraft with supplies for the International Space Station, is predicted to be visible from the Hagerstown and Frederick MD area on the early morning of Sunday, November 6th.
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission
In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth. David Barnhart is a professor of astronautics at the University of Southern California and director of the Space Engineering Research Center there. He watched NASA’s live stream of the successful mission and explains what is known so far.
To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it’s possible to do so
e habitable zone of a star 40 light-years from Earth and may have water and clouds, as depicted in this artist’s impression. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Wikimedia Commons
To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it’s possible to do so
Published: July 14, 2022 8.34am EDT
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Chris Impey
University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
Daniel Apai
Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
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Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation.
Daniel Apai receives funding from NASA and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in the universe with life, detecting life beyond Earth is a major goal of modern astronomy and planetary science.
James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer explains the stunning, newly released first images
The James Webb Space Telescope team has released the first science-quality images from the new telescope. In them are the oldest galaxies ever seen by human eyes, evidence of water on a planet 1,000 light-years away and incredible details showing the birth and death of stars. Webb’s purpose is to explore origins – of the universe, of galaxies, of stars and of life – and the five images released on July 12, 2022, make good on that promise.
The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA – now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%
When the Human Genome Project announced that they had completed the first human genome in 2003, it was a momentous accomplishment – for the first time, the DNA blueprint of human life was unlocked. But it came with a catch – they weren’t actually able to put together all the genetic information in the genome. There were gaps: unfilled, often repetitive regions that were too confusing to piece together.
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