June through August 2019 was the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest summer on record, tied with 2016. Meanwhile, in the Southern Hemisphere, the same period marked the 2nd-warmest winter in the 140-year record. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/summer-2019-tied-hottest-on-record-northern-hemisphere…
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Could microbes be affecting Venus’ climate?
Unusual dark patches in Venus’ atmosphere – called “unknown absorbers” – play a key role in the planet’s climate and albedo, according to a new study. But what are they? That’s still a mystery. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/could-microbes-be-affecting-venus-climate…
40 years ago today: Pioneer 11 swept past Saturn
Pioneer 11 was the first spacecraft ever to encounter Saturn. A true pioneer, it paved the way for 2 more sophisticated missions – the 2 Voyagers in 1980 and ’81 – and Cassini from 2004 to 2017. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-pioneer-11-swept-past-saturn…
A Growing Community Called Randonauts Believe That Journeying To Random Locations Can Help Put Us in New Realities
A small but quickly growing online community believes that transforming randomly generated numbers into clusters of location data could help us tunnel out of reality. Their name for themselves: Randonauts. From a report: It’s a sad truth that most of our lives are pretty boring, geographically speaking. Live in one place long enough and you will develop routines, walking the same…
Splunk To Buy Cloud-Monitoring Software Maker SignalFx For $1.05 Billion
Splunk Inc. reached a $1.05 billion deal to buy cloud-monitoring startup SignalFx Inc., a deal that would strengthen the cybersecurity and data-analytics firm’s offerings in the fast-growing cloud-computing sector. The Wall Street Journal reports: Founded in 2004, Splunk — a play on the word “spelunking” — collects and analyzes data to help companies identify patterns, like customers’ beverage preferences, and detect…
A big earthquake in the US Pacific Northwest?
Most people don’t associate the US Pacific Northwest with earthquakes, but maybe they should. It’s home to the 600-mile (1,000-km) Cascadia megathrust fault, stretching from northern California to Canada’s Vancouver Island. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/cascadia-megathrust-fault-earthquake-probability…
Anomalies found in ‘sonic attack’ victims’ brains
Scientists have identified ‘significant differences’ in the brains of the diplomats ‘attacked’ in Cuba. The phenomenon, which targeted embassy personn… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329244/anomalies-found-in-sonic-attack-victims-brains…
What will Earth’s next supercontinent look like?
Here are 4 different scenarios of what planet Earth might look like when the next supercontinent forms. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/what-will-earths-next-supercontinent-look-like…
Rare lava lake seen from space
Satellite images confirm that this rare lava lake is a continuous feature at the top of Mount Michael, in the South Atlantic’s South Sandwich Islands. The temperature of the molten lava is some 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit). Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/rare-lava-lake-seen-from-space…
Study unveils new supersymmetry anomalies in superconformal quantum field theories
Researchers at the University of Southampton and the Korea Institute for Advanced Study have recently showed that supersymmetry is anomalous in N=1 superconformal quantum field theories (SCFTs) with an anomalous R symmetry. The anomaly described in their paper, published in Physical Review Letters, was previously observed in holographic SCFTs at strong coupling, yet their work confirms that it is already present…