Boulders Covered in Weird Dust Found on the Moon

Scientists scrutinizing the fine dust covering the Moon have identified a handful of boulders on the lunar surface that they believe may be covered with uniquely magnetized dust. Moon Knight Gives Us Hope The team used artificial intelligence to review around a million images of the lunar surface, all taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. … Read more

Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out

Mary Yap has spent the last year and a half trying to get farmers to fall in love with basalt. The volcanic rock is chock full of nutrients, captured as its crystal structure forms from cooling magma, and can make soil less acidic. In that way it’s like limestone, which farmers often use to improve … Read more

Boeing order bonanza leaves Airbus in the dust

Aermacchi MB-339 trainer aircraft of the Fursan al-Emarat (UAE Knights) aerobatics team release smoke as they fly over with an Emirates Airbus A380-861 jetliner aircraft during the 2023 Dubai Airshow at Dubai World Central – Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on November 13, 2023.  Giuseppe Cacace | Afp | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates … Read more

Another room-temp superconductor bites the dust

After a raucous year of supposed breakthroughs in superconducting physics, 2023 is looking like it’s going to end with a whimper. This summer, LK-99 was the room-temperature superconductor du jour. Its downfall was as swift as its rise; myriad experiments revealed that it was little more than a run-of-the-mill refrigerator magnet. You could say that … Read more

Video shows Tesla Model S go head-to-head with Chevrolet Corvette in drag race — see who gets left in the dust

Electric vehicles continue to gain ground on traditional gas-powered cars in terms of both sales and performance. A recent video posted to a Tesla fan account on X (formerly known as Twitter) shows a Tesla Model S beating a gas-powered Chevrolet Corvette in a drag race. Tesla Cars Only Family (@teslacarsonly) posted the video with … Read more

NASA rover films giant 1-mile-high dust devil spinning on Mars

While searching for the potential of past life on Mars, the car-sized NASA Perseverance rover spotted a towering Martian whirlwind. Reaching around 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) high, the lower portion of this swirling vortex is visible in the footage below. Dust devils frequently spin across the Martian desert, though this robust dust devil is some … Read more