Paola Rosa-Aquino

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Science Reporter at Freelance

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Articles

Elon Musk’s SpaceX City Starbase Faces Opposition from Its Texas Neighbors

1 week ago | scientificamerican.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

Before SpaceX’s Starship lost control and exploded over the Indian Ocean during its ninth test flight, the 400-foot-tall megarocket blasted off from Texas’s newest city. Starbase, situated on 1.5 square miles of the Lone Star State’s southernmost tip in the Rio Grande Valley, is mostly made up of SpaceX employees living on company-owned property and abuts a habitat for endangered wildlife, as well as a public beach.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX City Starbase Faces Opposition from Its Texas Neighbors

1 week ago | aol.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

Before SpaceX’s Starship lost control and exploded over the Indian Ocean during its ninth test flight, the 400-foot-tall megarocket blasted off from Texas’s newest city. Starbase, situated on 1.5 square miles of the Lone Star State’s southernmost tip in the Rio Grande Valley, is mostly made up of SpaceX employees living on company-owned property and abuts a habitat for endangered wildlife, as well as a public beach.
We're Littering The Earth With Space Trash

2 months ago | defector.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

Alizee Zimmermann and her husband were rinsing off their dive gear on a relatively muggy January evening when the sky exploded with a dozen shimmering fireballs. “We saw the trails as it started to lose control,” Zimmermann told me. “Then we heard the booms.”The explosion prematurely ended SpaceX’s seventh test flight of its Starship rocket, sending pieces of the mammoth launch vehicle over the Turks and Caicos.
What you didn't know about the first time we tried to contact aliens

Nov 13, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

Half a century ago, humans beamed a set of ones and zeros from our own tiny blue marble to a faraway group of stars, like a message in a bottle tossed into the cosmic ocean. The code marked humanity’s first intentional interstellar transmission—a long-distance call intended for an alien audience.
Celebrate the first day of fall with this gorgeous animation that shows how the Earth changes with the seasons

Sep 20, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino |Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Celebrate the first day of fall with this gorgeous animation that shows how the Earth changes with the seasons• None An animation showcases how the seasons change with Earth's orbit around the sun. • None Earth's axis tilt causes very specific weather patterns and daylight during the course of a year. • None Most places experience four seasons, but they're not as pronounced near the equator.
Opinion | The solar eclipse means we can all be scientist for a day

Apr 8, 2024 | yahoo.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

On Monday, when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and causes a total solar eclipse, more than 30 million people across the United States will be under the moon’s shadow for the otherworldly experience. But the cosmic spectacle won’t just be an awe-inspiring sight; it will also be an opportunity for members of the public to get involved in cutting-edge science.
Opinion | The solar eclipse means we can all be scientist for a day

Apr 7, 2024 | msnbc.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

On Monday, when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and causes a total solar eclipse, more than 30 million people across the United States will be under the moon’s shadow for the otherworldly experience. But the cosmic spectacle won’t just be an awe-inspiring sight; it will also be an opportunity for members of the public to get involved in cutting-edge science.
南極で｢血の滝｣が発生するメカニズムを科学者が解明

Mar 26, 2024 | businessinsider.jp | Paola Rosa-Aquino

※本記事は、2023年1月22日に公開した記事の再掲です。 National Science Foundation/Peter Rejcek ｢血の滝｣とは、南極大陸のテイラー氷河からにじみ出る鮮やかな赤色の水の滝のことをいう。その独特の色は、氷からしみ出た鉄塩が酸素に触れて赤くなることによる。この滝には、光も酸素もない極限状態を生き抜く微生物が生息している。南極の大きな氷河では、氷からにじみ出るように真っ赤な川ができ、｢血の滝｣と名付けられている。南極大陸のテイラー氷河からボニー湖へ、なぜ赤みがかった水が流れ出るのか、科学者たちは何十年も頭を悩ませてきたこの現象は、1911年に地質学者グリフィス・テイラー（Griffith Taylor）によって初めて発見された。当時は、水中に生息する紅藻類がこの鮮やかな赤い色の原因だと考えられていた Sources: National Science Foundation, University of Alaska Fairbanks...
America’s Island Disaster Problem

Aug 21, 2023 | msn.com | Paola Rosa-Aquino

The death toll of the Maui fires, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, now stands at 114 people. Another 1,000 people are still missing. About 1,800 in people are in temporary housing. Displaced or not, people in Maui need food, water, toiletries, and medications. And in the coming days, weeks, and months, all that and more—everything needed for a long, difficult recovery—will have to come from somewhere.
探査機ボイジャーの旅はまだ続く…オールトの雲まで300年、シリウスまで約30万年

Aug 11, 2023 | businessinsider.jp | Paola Rosa-Aquino |Maiya Focht

ボイジャー1号と2号は、銀河の恒星と恒星の間に広がる｢星間空間｣を探索し続けている。 NASAは1977年、太陽系を横断する5年間のミッションを実施するため、双子の探査機を打ち上げた。打ち上げから46年近く経った現在も、ボイジャー1号と2号は地球から最も遠い人工物として活動を続けている。地球から約148 億マイル（約238億km）離れ、探査機ボイジャー1号（Voyager 1）は、｢星間物質｣、つまり星と星の間の空間である未踏の闇の中を飛行している。ボイジャー1号は、地球から最も遠いところにある人工物体だ。 NASAによると、ボイジャー1号とボイジャー2号の設計寿命は5年だったという。木星、土星、天王星、海王星、およびそれらの衛星を間近で調査するために1977年に16日違いで打ち上げられた。ミッション開始から約46年、ボイジャー1号と2号はともにヘリオポーズ（Heliopause）として知られる太陽圏の境界を果敢に越え、歴史にその名を刻んでいる。...