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New evidence from Yinshan Block reveals Earth's early supercontinent cycles

A new study published in Precambrian Research by Jawad Shabbir, a Ph.D. student at Peking University's School of Earth and Space Sciences under Professor Song Shuguang, addresses a critical yet poorly understood period in Earth history. The Archean–Proterozoic transition witnessed global tectonic evolution, cratonization, glaciation, banded iron formations and the Great Oxygenation Event—events linked to supercontinent formation. Focusing on the Yinshan Block within the North China Craton...

Phys.org 2d ago

Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026

Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026 In its 32nd year, HERC got 600 students involved in designing, building, and testing rovers. Hundreds of students came together to design, build, and test rovers on an Earth obstacle course to prepare for the moon. Space exploration starts with a lot of hard work on Earth.

Space.com 8d ago

From 'Tetris' to 'StarCraft 2' — 5 times astronauts took video games into space

From 'Tetris' to 'StarCraft 2' — 5 times astronauts took video games into space How would you like to play a game ... in spaaaaaaccccceeeeeee!!!! Video games have come a long way since their inception, but you’ll find the furthest they’ve gone (so far) is the depths of space itself. No, we're not talking about video games set in space; these actually went into space.

Space.com 11d ago

With ShakeAlert installations complete, researchers explore offshore expansion

With ShakeAlert installations complete, researchers explore offshore expansion Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system has been rapidly expanding since its launch in 2021. Now, researchers at University of Washington affiliated Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) have finished all planned installations, bringing the two-state total to 569 seismic monitoring stations spread across Washington and Oregon. ShakeAlert detects ground...

Phys.org 5d ago

New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness

New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation shows that high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery can track emperor penguins through the Antarctic winter, opening a new way to monitor an endangered species...

Phys.org 8d ago

Plants could be used to grow medicines in space, study shows

Plants could be used to grow medicines in space, study shows Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Astronauts on long space missions may one day use plants to produce fresh stocks of medicines on demand, thanks to new research by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The team developed a simple method to grow and repeatedly harvest pharmaceuticals from plants under space-like conditions, without destroying the plants or generating large amounts of waste. The...

Phys.org 1d ago

Satellite images reveals mangroves rebounding worldwide — but here's why they could still 'drown'

Satellite images reveals mangroves rebounding worldwide — but here's why they could still 'drown' A new study finds mangrove forests are no longer shrinking worldwide, offering hope for coastal protection and climate resilience. But other research warns sea level rise could reduce their ability to store carbon. Mangrove forests, long considered among the world's most threatened ecosystems, are now showing signs of global rebound, a new study reports.

Live Science 6d ago

Science news this week: Ötzi the Iceman used to make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA's Maven probe

Science news this week: Ötzi the Iceman used to make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA's Maven probe June 6, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend Surprise discoveries that were thousands of years in the making dominated this week's science news, with scientists discovering that Ötzi the Iceman's body...

Live Science 4d ago

SpaceX's hold over orbit matches East India Company's grip on maritime trade

SpaceX's hold over orbit matches East India Company's grip on maritime trade Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Elon Musk's SpaceX holds sway over the emerging space economy in a way that has more in common with notorious colonial-era trading companies than the competitive markets of today's textbooks, according to a new study. In 2025, SpaceX had a market share of around 75% of everything humanity sent into space, according to calculations led by Dr. Alessio Terzi from the...

Phys.org 1d ago

Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space?

Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space? "I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about." If humankind ever travels to distant stars, we might sail there — and it might be sooner than you think.

Space.com 10d ago