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Fall Fishing: Ample Opportunities and Fewer Crowds
Fall fishing in Wyoming offers anglers a chance to catch a variety of fish with fewer crowds. As the weather cools down, fish move into shallower waters to feed and prepare for winter. This makes them easier to catch for anglers who know where to look. One of the best places to fish in Wyoming… Read more
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Magnetic Fusion Plasma Engines: A New Hope for Interstellar Travel
Space exploration has always been limited by the constraints of current propulsion technology. Chemical rockets are efficient for launching payloads into orbit, but they quickly become ineffective for longer journeys. Ion propulsion systems offer much higher efficiency, but they produce very little thrust, making them impractical for most missions. A new type of propulsion system,… Read more
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NASA’s Voyager Mission: Engineers Keep Interstellar Explorers Going with Software Patch and Thruster Adjustments
NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977, are now the farthest human-made objects from Earth, traveling through interstellar space, the region between stars. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are taking steps to help ensure that both spacecraft can continue to explore for years to come. One challenge is the buildup… Read more
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Bird Hunters Beware: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Spreading in Wild Birds
Bird hunters should be aware of the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds, as cases have been detected in parts of the United States this fall, including Montana. HPAI viruses are extremely contagious and fatal to poultry and some species of wild birds. Humans can also become infected with HPAI viruses,… Read more
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Detects Quartz Nanocrystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery: the first evidence of quartz nanocrystals in the clouds of a hot Jupiter exoplanet. The planet, WASP-17 b, is located about 1,300 light-years from Earth and is about the size of Jupiter, but it orbits much closer to its star. This makes it… Read more
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21 US Species Declared Extinct: A Stark Reminder of the Biodiversity Crisis
Twenty-one species of plants and animals have been removed from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Monday. The species were all native to the United States, and most of them were listed under the ESA in the 1970s or 1980s. The extinctions are a stark… Read more