These recent composite images from the James Webb Space Telescope show Jupiter in stunning infrared detail. They’re the result of several images taken in different infrared bands, then combined and Keep reading
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Finger Painting Physics
Spreading paint with a brush or with fingers is familiar activity for most people. It’s also similar to processes used in industry for spreading thin layers of paint and other Keep reading
Blooms in the Black Sea
The Black Sea gains its name from its dark waters, but those waters don’t stay dark year-round. In this natural color satellite image, streaks of milky blue bloom through the Keep reading
Recycling Urban Heat
In urban areas, buildings and concrete surfaces create a heat effect that can make temperatures in the city substantially higher than in nearby rural areas. That heat isn’t just above Keep reading
Yellowstone Flooding
In June of 2022, the area around Yellowstone National Park saw catastrophic flooding. The combined effects of rainfall and snowmelt overwhelmed waterways and washed out many roads and other structures Keep reading
“Titan”
Saturn’s moon Titan is a fascinating foil to our planet. It’s the only other body in our solar system with liquid bodies — lakes and seas — on its surface. Keep reading
Eroding Grains
When a spacecraft comes in for a landing (or a tag similar to what OSIRIS-REx did), there’s a turbulent jet that points straight into a bed of particles. How those Keep reading
Peering Into the Gap
This video offers a glimpse into turbulence developing in a classic flow set-up, a Taylor-Couette cylinder. The apparatus consists of two upright, concentric cylinders; the outer cylinder is fixed, and Keep reading
Hydrophobic Ice
Water is an endlessly peculiar substance, eager to adopt many configurations. Each molecule can form up to four, highly-directional bonds. In this study, researchers found an unexpected configuration, a 2D Keep reading
Aerated Faucets
So much goes on in our daily lives that we never see. But with the power of the smartphones in our pockets, we can catch more than ever before, as Keep reading