Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms

Pennsylvania State University researchers have directly observed and measured an electrical phenomenon called corona on sweetgum, loblolly pine and other tree species under thunderstorms in several U.S. states. The post Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading

A faint cosmic hum could solve the Universe’s expansion mystery

For decades, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. To determine how fast it is growing today, scientists calculate a value called the Hubble constant. Multiple independent techniques are used to measure it, and because they rely on the same underlying physics, they should produce matching results. Instead, measurements based on observations of theContinue Reading

NASA telescope spots first alien ‘astrosphere’ around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week

A young, sun-like star reveals its protective sheath, or ‘astrosphere’, for the first time in this Chandra image. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Johns Hopkins Univ./C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STIS; Optical: NSF/NoirLab/CTIO/DECaPS2) quick facts What it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the “Moth” Where it is: About 117 light-years away in the constellation PuppisContinue Reading

linux-release-roundup-(february-2026)

February 2026 delivered a fresh batch of Linux app releases, with updates to VLC, GIMP, Vivaldi, and VirtualBox among the many that filtered out. I covered some of the month’s biggest releases with fully-featured articles, like Firefox 148 with AI ‘kill switch’, a more capable ONLYOFFICE 9.3 productivity suite andContinue Reading

nvidia-delivers-another-quarter-of-stellar-growth-amid-growing-concern-over-ai-economy

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia on Wednesday announced another quarter of astounding quarterly growth as investors try to decipher whether technology’s latest craze is overblown hyperbole or a springboard into a new era of prosperity and productivity. The results for the November-January period blew past the analyst projections that shape investors’Continue Reading