“diamonds fall from the sky” on the giant icy planets

Amanda Souza Meteored Brasil Ayer 6 min Rain of diamonds on icy giants. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In the giant icy planets, quite valuable rain occurs more often than we can imagine. Water by itself is already very precious, of course, every living organism depends on it, but can you imagine a “rain … Read more

Scientists turn plastic into diamonds!

Researchers from Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) bombarded a thin sheet of plastic with a laser beam, briefly heating it to some 6,000°C and compressing the material to millions of times atmospheric pressure for a few nanoseconds. Enough to form nanodiamonds. © Blaurock, Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf

Scientists finally determine the reason for the blue color difference in Uranus and Neptune

Scientists have finally explained why Uranus and . are differentNeptune Much, although they have a lot in common, and the two distant planets in the Solar System have similar masses, sizes, and atmospheric compositions, Neptune nonetheless appears bluer than its neighbour. According to RT, the mass of Uranus is about 15 times the mass of … Read more

NASA plans to send a spacecraft to the “ice giant”

An influential panel of scholars suggested planets Americans in a new report, to send NASA Space ship To Uranus, to study composition planet Wilderness. This comes from a process known as the “decadal survey”, in which NASA provides annual recommendations and guidelines for prioritizing scientific goals. In a recommendation published by the US National Academies … Read more

why NASA is considering a mission to the mysterious planet

Published on : 22/04/2022 – 17:39 Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, should become the object of NASA’s next orbital mission, if the latter follows the recommendations published Tuesday by the American scientific community. Knowing more about Uranus would lift the veil on one of the gray areas of our solar system and, … Read more

Egypt news | Science and Technology / Plans to launch a mission to Uranus and the frozen moon of Saturn in search of life

A report from the National Academy of Sciences, outlining space priorities for the next decade, urges the launch of the first mission to space Planet Uranus The giant, known as the Decadal Survey for Planetary Science and Astrobiology, assigns the probe to Uranus as the main mission of highest priority. According to the British newspaper … Read more

How it can play a role in the fight against climate change

Faster clever: Will the energy transition help uranium to make a comeback? FAZ series Faster smart Will the energy transition help uranium make a comeback? Of Othmara Glas, graphics: Oliver Schlömer and Katharina Hofbauer If one wants to use nuclear power, uranium could play a crucial role in the fight against climate change. Only: 40 … Read more