Science Feed by SuperEducational

How Water Shaped Jezero Crater on Mars: Lakes, Groundwater and Hydrothermal Fluids

2026-09-21T21:37:00+00:00

Explore how ancient lake water, groundwater and hydrothermal fluids left different geological clues in Jezero Crater—and how Perseverance reads that history.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

How Can One Nebula Glow, Reflect Light and Look Dark? The Cocoon Nebula Explained

2026-09-21T21:30:00+00:00

Learn how the Cocoon Nebula can be an emission, reflection and dark nebula at the same time, why dust hides stars, and how dense clouds form new stars.

#science, #stars, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

Why Earth’s Centre of Mass Moves — and Why Satellites Care

2026-09-21T10:10:00+00:00

Earth’s centre of mass shifts slightly as water, ice and atmosphere redistribute. Learn what the geocentre is and why millimetre-scale changes matter for satellites.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #earthscience, #supereducational

How New Craters Form on the Moon — and How LRO Finds Them

2026-09-21T09:10:00+00:00

Learn how lunar impact craters form, why fresh ejecta looks bright, how secondary craters develop, and how NASA’s LRO finds new impacts by comparing before-and-after images.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #moon, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

Snow Drought Explained: Why Less Mountain Snow Can Drain Reservoirs

2026-09-21T07:10:00+00:00

Learn what snow drought means, the difference between dry and warm snow drought, how snow water equivalent works, and why low mountain snowpack can reduce reservoir inflows.

#science, #water, #sciencefacts, #climatechange, #earthscience, #climate, #supereducational

How a Pulsar Steals Its Companion Star’s Wind to Power X-Ray Flares

2026-09-21T01:10:00+00:00

Learn how GX 301-2 captures part of Wray 977’s stellar wind, how temporary accretion forms, and how XRISM spectroscopy revealed plasma falling toward the pulsar.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

Brown Dwarfs Explained: Why Webb Found Objects Only Twice Jupiter’s Mass

2026-09-20T21:10:00+00:00

What is a brown dwarf? Webb has identified objects in IC 348 with masses around twice Jupiter's, helping astronomers test how the smallest star-like bodies form.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

How Roman’s 300-Megapixel Camera Will Map the Universe Faster Than Hubble

2026-09-20T16:10:00+00:00

NASA has activated Roman's 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument in space. Learn how its 18 detectors, wide field of view and infrared sensitivity enable enormous astronomical surveys.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

Why Is Mercury So Hard to Reach? How BepiColombo Is Finally Arriving

2026-09-20T15:10:00+00:00

Mercury is relatively close to Earth, yet placing a spacecraft in orbit there is extraordinarily difficult. Here is how BepiColombo uses gravity assists, efficient propulsion and careful braking to arrive.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #supereducational

What Is an Analemma? Why the Sun Makes a Figure Eight in the Sky

2026-09-20T12:10:00+00:00

Learn what an analemma is, why the Sun traces a figure eight over a year, and how Earth’s axial tilt, elliptical orbit, solstices and equinoxes create the pattern.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #sciencefacts, #earthscience, #supereducational

Why Auroras Glow Green, Red and Purple — and Why Equinoxes Matter

2026-09-20T12:10:00+00:00

Learn why auroras glow green, red, blue, pink and purple, how oxygen and nitrogen create the colours, and why auroras can be more active near equinoxes.

#science, #spaceastronomy, #astronomy, #space, #sciencefacts, #earthscience, #supereducational

Why Day and Night Aren’t Exactly Equal on the Equinox

2026-09-20T09:10:00+00:00

The equinox is often described as the day of 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. In reality, the Sun’s visible disc, atmospheric refraction and latitude make the balance only approximate.

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How New Moon Craters Form — and What McGetchin Teaches Us

2026-09-20T06:10:00+00:00

Learn how lunar impact craters form, what ejecta and regolith are, how NASA found the fresh McGetchin crater, and why its surrounding cold spot matters.

#science, #moon, #astronomy, #space, #supereducational

Evening Light Can Push Your Sleep Later — Here’s What It Does to Your Body Clock

2026-09-02T04:17:00+00:00

Light does more than help you see. Evening exposure can tell your brain that the day is not over yet, affecting melatonin, circadian timing and when you naturally feel sleepy.

#science, #health, #sleep, #sleepscience, #circadianrhythm, #melatonin, #bluelight, #sleephygiene, #artificiallight, #healthysleep, #supereducational

Ocean Currents Move More Than Just Water: How They Shape Climate and Life on Earth

2026-09-02T04:17:00+00:00

Ocean currents do far more than move seawater. Driven by winds, Earth's rotation, tides and differences in water density, they redistribute heat, bring nutrients towards the surface, influence ecosystems and weather, transport pollutants and connect distant parts of the planet.

#science, #discover, #oceancurrents, #oceanography, #earthscience, #gulfstream, #climate, #marineecosystems, #thermohalinecirculation, #amoc, #upwelling, #oceangyres, #supereducational

Bleached Coral Is Stressed — Not Necessarily Dead

2026-08-23T22:35:00+00:00

A bleached coral is under stress, but it is not necessarily dead. If conditions improve in time, some corals can regain their algae and recover.

#science, #coralbleaching, #coralreefs, #marinelife, #oceanwarming, #climatechange, #marinescience, #oceanconservation, #reefecosystems, #coralrecovery, #environmentalscience, #supereducational

The Horizon Moon Isn't Actually Bigger

2026-08-21T21:50:00+00:00

why Moon looks bigger, Moon on the horizon, horizon Moon illusion, why Moon looks orange, apparent size of Moon, Moon perception, atmospheric scattering, astronomy facts, human perception

#science, #psychology, #neuroscience, #moon, #moonillusion, #astronomy, #humanperception, #space, #opticalillusions, #atmosphericphysics, #lightscattering, #nightsky, #sciencefacts, #supermoon, #supereducational

Why You See Lightning Before You Hear Thunder

2026-08-20T16:22:00+00:00

Lightning and thunder are produced by the same event, but light reaches us far faster than sound. Here's why—and how the delay can provide a rough estimate of distance.

#science, #weatherscience, #physics, #lightning, #thunderstorms, #supereducational

Predicting cancer outcomes with a selfie

2026-05-22T22:08:00+00:00

Researchers using artificial intelligence to plumb links between biological age and cancer outcomes have linked both looking younger than your chronological age and appearing to age slower during treatment to improved survival.

#science, #health, #cancer, #aging, #research, #ai, #healthcare, #findings, #supereducational

Need a time-saving robot? Find a busy person to build it.

2026-05-22T02:39:00+00:00

Lael Ayala’s thesis project combined her passions for softball, engineering. A collection of features and graduate profiles covering Harvard’s 375th Commencement.

#science, #discover, #video, #campuscommunity, #students, #athletics, #commencement2026, #ayala, #project, #engineering, #robot, #harvard, #supereducational

First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious

2026-05-22T02:27:00+00:00

A collection of features and graduate profiles covering Harvard’s 375th Commencement.It was DNA replication that first captured Isaac Witte’s scientific imagina...

#healthandfitness, #science, #campuscommunity, #commencement, #supereducational

And you thought your adolescence was hard

2026-05-22T02:04:00+00:00

Rachna Reddy.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer And you thought your adolescence was hard Radcliffe fellow explores vulnerable life stage we share wit...

#science, #adolescence, #supereducational

Sugar molecule in breast milk is important for baby's brain

2023-08-02T20:47:35+00:00

The sugar molecule Myo-inositol found in breast milk could be essential for the baby's brain development, according to a study. The finding could help to improv...

#parenting, #science, #healthyeating, #health, #breastfeeding, #myoinositol, #supereducational

Hearing aids could prevent dementia

2023-04-14T20:29:29+00:00

If your hearing is getting worse, a hearing aid can help. But not only the ears benefit: According to a new study, the hearing aid could also prevent dementia.I...

#science, #health, #dementia, #hearingaid, #hearingloss, #aging, #supereducational