A new cosmic portrait contains a strange anomaly
EcocentricGoing Green
Smart Power: Why More Bytes Will Mean Fewer—and Cleaner—Electrons
The hottest new thing in clean tech isn’t solar panels or wind turbines—it’s computers. Big data analytics and smart meters are allowing utilities to use more renewable power while reducing energy waste.
Where in the Universe Is Voyager? The Surprising Showdown Over Where Our Solar System Ends
Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, and then — oops! — it didn’t
Report: Humanity Leaves the Solar System — Or Maybe Not
Updated 1:51 p.m.
It was a threshold crossed in the deepest reaches of space: A spacecraft launched from Earth has now entered new and unexplored territory that may or may not be outside our solar system. A press release …
A Super-Telescope Goes to Work
The ALMA array, perched on a 3-mi. high plateau in the Chilean desert, will revolutionize stargazing
EcocentricGoing Green
After SARS: A New Virus in Saudi Arabia Underscores the Need to Police Disease in Animals
A new and deadly coronavirus emerges in Saudi Arabia. When will we learn to predict emerging diseases in animals before they make the jump to humans.
A Living Ocean on a Jovian Moon?
Jupiter’s watery Europa may be the best bet for life elsewhere in the solar system
EcocentricEnergy
SXSW: Using Big Data to Shrink Energy Waste
Austin has emerged as a hub for clean tech—and the Pecan Street Project is a pioneer in using big data to study how we use (and abuse) energy.
Mars on Earth: A Look at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah
At the Mars Desert Research Station outside Hanksville, Utah, a group of scientists are taking advantage of Mars-like terrain to investigate the possibility of human exploration of the red planet. Crews of scientists, students …
EcocentricCities
SXSW: Don’t Fight City Hall—Hack It
At SXSW, learning how techies can hack their way to a better city government