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"It’s Practically Next Door": James Webb Telescope Detects Possible New Exoplanet Only 4 Light-Years From Earth, Stirring Scientific Excitement - Rude Baguette

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The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a new exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri A. The potential planet is about 10,000 time… [+5293 chars] Comments (0) Meet Chrysalis, The Generational Ship Designed To Take Humans On A 400-Year Trip To Alpha Centauri - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-14 05:16:00 For beings of our size and lifespans, space is pretty big. So big, in fact, that to make it to our nearest star system you would need to factor in the fairly sizeable downside that you will die of ol… [+6249 chars] Comments (0) New Fossil Discovery in Africa Unveils Hidden Secrets About Earth’s Largest Mass Extinction - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-14 05:15:39 In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, an international team of paleontologists has uncovered a rich treasure trove of Permian fossils from southern Africa. Th… [+5027 chars] Comments (0) New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly - Space Posted at 2025-08-14 05:15:17 When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the… [+11317 chars] Comments (0) The Arctic’s Shifting Foundations Could Unleash Catastrophic Global Climate Fallout - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-14 05:14:55 In a recent study published in Nature Climate Change, scientists explored the changing dynamics of the Antarctic phytoplankton communities over a span of nearly three decades. The comprehensive resea… [+5254 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers spot something totally new in space - Chron Posted at 2025-08-14 05:14:34 This image shows the spiral NGC 4945 galaxy, where Punctum is located.  ESO Astronomers have detected an unusually powerful and compact object in a nearby galaxy, one so bright and unique that it m… [+2607 chars] Comments (0) Paperclip-sized spacecraft could visit a nearby black hole in the next century, study claims - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-14 05:14:12 An astrophysicist has made an ambitious proposal for how humanity could probe the extreme physics of black holes — by sending a spaceship no bigger than a paperclip to our nearest one. The spacecraf… [+3082 chars] Comments (0) A ‘black moon’ is coming this summer. Here’s when and what that means - OregonLive.com Posted at 2025-08-14 05:13:49 Weve all been enjoying these bright full moons of summer, but a black moon is now on the rise. Not an official astronomical term, a black moon refers to the second new moon in a single calendar mon… [+1468 chars] Comments (0) Couples who bond over this nasty habit are happier, study reveals: ‘Partners are on the same team’ - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-08-14 05:13:27 Did you hear? Couples that gossip together stay together. A new study from UC Riverside, titled Spill the Tea, Honey: Gossiping Predicts Well-Being in Same- and Different-Gender Couples, revealed th… [+4616 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go' - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-14 05:13:06 Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified the earliest black hole found thus far, dating back to more than 13 billion years ago. The black hole and its home galaxy, to… [+3308 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers spot the 'Eye of Sauron' in deep space - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-14 05:12:44 A stunning new image of a cosmic jet has helped astronomers unlock the mystery behind the unusually bright emission of high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos from a peculiar celestial object. The sourc… [+4244 chars] Comments (0) What exactly is “life?” Astrobiologists still have more questions than answers - Big Think Posted at 2025-08-14 05:12:23 Comments (0) 'Rogue waves' can be 65 feet tall, but they aren't 'freak occurrences,' data from North Sea reveals - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-14 05:12:02 Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean . These puzzling giants are brief,… [+7601 chars] Comments (0) Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-14 05:11:41 On July 3, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a stunning photo of an event originally thought to be a sprite. However, "Nichole Ayers caught a rare and spectacular form of a TLE [Transient … [+2277 chars] Comments (0) James Webb Telescope Shocks Astronomers As "Galaxies Sleep In Wrong Era" With Discovery Of Rare ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Systems From Universe’s Youth - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-14 05:11:19 IN A NUTSHELL The James Webb Space Telescope discovers over a dozen dormant galaxies in the early universe. Supermassive black holes and neighboring g… [+5783 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-08-14 05:10:58 Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion times that of our Sun, its gravity is so powerful that it bends the light of an entire galaxy… [+4436 chars] Comments (0) Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Seen in Stunning New Hubble Image - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-14 05:10:36 Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object from outside our Solar System to visit our neighborhood. This interstellar interloper is putting on qu… [+3759 chars] Comments (0) Perseid Meteor Shower: Peak Time, Locations to See Shower Tonight - Newsweek Posted at 2025-08-14 05:10:15 One of the most anticipated celestial events of the year is set to dazzle skywatchers as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of August 12 into the early hours of August 13. Known … [+16336 chars] Comments (0) United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight - CBS News Posted at 2025-08-14 05:09:54 United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that eventu… [+6649 chars] Comments (0) Mars orbiter looks deep into chasms and valleys on the Martian surface - Space Posted at 2025-08-13 05:18:26 For more than 20 years, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter has been imaging the surface of the Red Planet. One region, in particular, continues to fascinate the Mars Express team,… [+2464 chars] Comments (0) The DNA of Great White Sharks Defies Explanation. Here's Why. - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-13 05:18:04 The genes of great white sharks defy scientific explanation. An animal's genome can be deeply revealing, but ever since researchers started decoding great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) DNA mo… [+4062 chars] Comments (0) How to instantly be better at things - Big Think Posted at 2025-08-13 05:17:43 Comments (0) 3I/ATLAS Is Fastest Interstellar Comet Ever Recorded, Clocking 130,000 MPH, NASA Reports - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-13 05:17:22 Comet 3I/ATLAS has been observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which delivered new insights into this third interstellar visitor. The orbital observatory has refined the estimates about the size of … [+3249 chars] Comments (0) Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of alkylidenecyclopropanes - Nature Posted at 2025-08-13 05:17:01 Comments (0) NASA's Roman Space Telescope gets its 'extremely strong sunblock' installed - Space Posted at 2025-08-13 05:16:39 In a major step forward for one of NASA's most anticipated space observatories, engineers at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have successfully installed two sunshields on the … [+3548 chars] Comments (0) Amazon's Starlink Competitor Tops 100 Satellites. What Project Kuiper Means For Amazon Stock. - Investor's Business Daily Posted at 2025-08-13 05:16:17 Amazon (AMZN) launched another batch of satellites for its Project Kuiper internet service initiative Monday, reaching more than 100 satellites total. Amazon stock was slightly lower. The launch fro… [+4125 chars] Comments (0) Ultra-metal-poor star discovered in Milky Way's halo - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-13 05:15:55 By analyzing the data from ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers from the University of Chicago, Illinois and elsewhere, have identified a new ultra-metal-poor star. The newfound star, designated GDR3_52… [+3590 chars] Comments (0) NASA Leadership Announcement: International, Interagency Relations - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-08-13 05:15:33 Keith’s note:First of all: Karen Feldstein: thank you for the decades service you provided NASA and your support not only of NASA but of space exploration by/for everyone – everywhere . According to… [+2032 chars] Comments (0) Scientists say they cruised the ocean in a deep-sea submersible and came across an undiscovered ecosystem - CNN Posted at 2025-08-13 05:14:55 Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life thats fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The exped… [+5935 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to exist - Space Posted at 2025-08-13 05:13:52 This story was provided by Live Science, a sister site of Space.com. Astronomers have discovered over a dozen "dormant" galaxies that paused their star formation within the first billion years after… [+5622 chars] Comments (0) 'Space hurricane' caught raging over North Pole during one of the sun's quietest days - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-13 05:13:31 A rare hurricane that raged high above Earth's North Pole in 2014 packed a surprising punch, and may be even stranger than scientists first thought. The phenomenon, called a "space hurricane," unlea… [+3650 chars] Comments (0) A Never-Before-Seen 95-Million-Year-Old Plant-Eating Dinosaur Finally Reveals Itself - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-13 05:13:09 In Argentinas Patagonia, researchers have uncovered a previously unknown dinosaur species that lived approximately 95 million years ago. Named Astigmasaura genuflexa, this massive plant-eating saurop… [+3264 chars] Comments (0) Perseids to peak overnight, followed by bright Jupiter and Venus - WTOP Posted at 2025-08-13 05:12:48 It’s a busy time in the sky with the bright waning gibbous moon competing with the predicted overnight peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, followed by bright Jupiter and Venus at their closest on the … [+1905 chars] Comments (0) Cosmic Explosion Wiped Out Ancient Advanced Civilization, Scientists Say - GreekReporter.com Posted at 2025-08-13 05:12:27 A cosmic blast may have wiped out a lost civilization 12,800 years ago. Credit: Kevin Gill / CC BY 2.0 A powerful cosmic explosion may have wiped out an early, advanced human civilization around 12,… [+3395 chars] Comments (0) Meteorite that punched a hole through Georgia roof may be older than Earth itself - Space Posted at 2025-08-13 05:12:03 University of Georgia researcher Scott Harris holds a chunk of the McDonough Meteorite (Image credit: University of Georgia) A meteorite that survived atmospheric entry and smashed through the roof … [+2624 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Design Huge Spacecraft That Could Carry 2,400 Colonists to Alpha Centauri - Futurism Posted at 2025-08-13 05:11:40 A team of engineers has come up with designs of a 36-mile spacecraft, dubbed Chrysalis, designed to carry up to 2,400 passengers to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own. As first spott… [+3113 chars] Comments (0) Northern Lights Forecast: 10 States Could Experience Aurora Borealis Monday Night - Forbes Posted at 2025-08-13 05:11:19 The majority of states along the U.S.-Canada border could have a shot at seeing the northern lights Monday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which issued a simi… [+2229 chars] Comments (0) What is tonight's moon phase? Here's what to look for on Aug. 11 - USA Today Posted at 2025-08-13 05:10:55 During such a busy stretch for stargazing, it can be hard to keep track of all thats happening in the solar system, including what we can see from our backyards. There are meteor showers, different … [+3474 chars] Comments (0) Scientists discover surprising cause of massive flood that unleashed more than 20 billion gallons of water: 'It was so unexpected' - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-08-13 05:10:32 Scientists were left perplexed by the impact of an undetected flood in Greenland that occurred over a decade ago. The findings are raising as many questions as answers. What's happening? Unknown to… [+2465 chars] Comments (0) "Five Times Deeper Than Ever": MIT’s Light-Triggered Sound Imaging Reveals Brain Structures Without Dyes or Genetic Modifications - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-12 05:21:15 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers at MIT have developed a groundbreaking imaging system using light-triggered sound waves to see deeper into the brain. The n… [+5253 chars] Comments (0) When will Voyager 1 go silent and what are NASA’s plans for its final days? - WION Posted at 2025-08-12 05:20:52 Communication depends on Voyagers 3.7-metre high-gain antenna transmitting narrow, low-power X-band radio signals. Those signals are captured by NASAs Deep Space Network, three arrays of huge dishes … [+261 chars] Comments (0) A giant virus wags its tail - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-12 05:20:31 University of Hawai'i at Mnoa oceanographers have identified PelV-1, a dinoflagellate-infecting giant virus whose micron-length tail reaches 2.3 µm, stretching current notions of viral architecture. … [+2714 chars] Comments (0) 'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion - Space Posted at 2025-08-12 05:20:10 Two of the strangest structures in the galaxy just got even stranger. Ballooning above and below the Milky Way's center like a massive hourglass, the mysterious Fermi bubbles loom large over our gal… [+4153 chars] Comments (0) Bad weather for Falcon 9 booster recovery prevents launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites - Spaceflight Now Posted at 2025-08-12 05:19:49 Poor weather in the booster recovery zone caused a scrub of the KF-02 mission, preventing the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a fourth time in as many days. Image: SpaceX via livestream Upd… [+4442 chars] Comments (0) Cosmonaut instructed to immediately leave area as he discovers 'blob' growing outside International Space Station - supercarblondie.com Posted at 2025-08-12 05:19:27 A Russian cosmonaut and his colleague venturing outside the International Space Station (ISS) on a spacewalk were told to immediately leave the area after finding a blob in space. Astronauts are tra… [+1594 chars] Comments (0) 'Building cities on the Moon': Chinese scientists develop machine to turn lunar dust into bricks - WION Posted at 2025-08-12 05:19:05 The device operates like a 3D printer but replaces conventional heat sources with concentrated solar energy. A parabolic reflector gathers sunlight and channels it through fibre optic bundles, intens… [+335 chars] Comments (0) Warning issued for an invasive 'Frankenstein' hybrid insect that harms plants and humans - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-12 05:18:44 A new hybrid fire ant is marching across the United States, and scientists say it can handle nearly any weather conditions or terrain that it encounters in the country. Dubbed the “Frankenstein ant”… [+5422 chars] Comments (0) Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos - Space Posted at 2025-08-12 05:18:22 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and adve… [+7703 chars] Comments (0) Researchers have discovered how to rewind time in massive scientific breakthrough - Dexerto Posted at 2025-08-12 05:18:02 A massive breakthrough in quantum mechanics has been made. Researchers in Austria have discovered how to reverse the flow of time for a single particle within a quantum system, effectively bending th… [+4598 chars] Comments (0) A Bridge Of Lost Stars Betrays Two Giant Galaxies In The Midst Of Destruction - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-12 05:17:41 Astronomers have captured the first optical evidence of a million-light-year-long bridge of stars being torn from one massive galaxy and pulled into another, a rare galactic interaction occurring in … [+3318 chars] Comments (0) Fraudulent research is 'destroying trust in science' - DW Posted at 2025-08-12 05:17:20 Fraudulent scientific research is on the rise and is jeopardizing medical research, experts have warned. A new study has found that networks of bad actors work together to publish bogus research. Th… [+4539 chars] Comments (0) Scientists May Have Found the Ultimate Dark Matter Detector - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-12 05:16:58 Researchers are developing a thorium-229 nuclear clock so sensitive it could detect the faint, wave-like effects of dark matter, potentially solving one of physics’ greatest mysteries. Credit: SciTec… [+8625 chars] Comments (0) The Dead Sea's 'Salt Giants' Reveal Deep Secrets About Earth's Past - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-12 05:16:38 The large-scale deposits of salt around the Dead Sea, known as salt giants, are built up as the lake's highly saline water evaporates, and a new study of their formation has revealed some of the secr… [+3463 chars] Comments (0) Scientists discover a new species of vegetarian piranha with human-like teeth - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-12 05:16:15 Myloplus sauron, a newly described Amazonian fish, looks like trouble at first glance. Its round silver body wears a stark black stripe that tapers toward the belly, a pattern that recalls the fiery … [+4756 chars] Comments (0) Perseid meteor shower nears its 2025 peak, but viewing might be 'hampered' - USA Today Posted at 2025-08-12 05:15:54 Its that time of year again, and the peak of whats revered as the best meteor shower of the year is approaching. The Perseid meteor shower is considered the best of the year due to how many meteors … [+3736 chars] Comments (0) ‘Sturgeon moon’ rises over Seattle, and it’s quite the catch - The Seattle Times Posted at 2025-08-12 05:15:33 Theres something fishy about the name of Seattle’s most recent lunar event. Known as a “sturgeon moon,” the August full moon Saturday evening bathed the city in abundant evening light.  A full moon … [+1370 chars] Comments (0) Meteorite that tore through southeastern US skies this summer determined to be older than Earth itself, researchers say - CNN Posted at 2025-08-12 05:15:12 A meteorite that tore through the sky in June shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom is now believed to be 4.56 billion years old, according to researchers who studied it following its crash landing… [+4294 chars] Comments (0) 36 Billion Suns: Record Black Hole Discovery Could Be as Big as They Get - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-12 05:14:49 A black hole deep in the cosmos, some 5 billion light-years away, could be the most massive ever found. The galaxy SDSS J1148+1930 harbors a behemoth, around 36.3 billion times the mass of our Sun, … [+4689 chars] Comments (0) Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests - CNN Posted at 2025-08-11 05:25:22 The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA about 8% are the remnants of ancient viruses that… [+6538 chars] Comments (0) A massive earthquake could be brewing beneath North America, study suggests - BBC Science Focus Magazine Posted at 2025-08-11 05:24:58 A hidden tectonic fault in Canadas Yukon could be gearing up to unleash a major earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5, according to a new study. The Tintina fault, which runs from northeastern Britis… [+3818 chars] Comments (0) IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer instead - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-11 05:24:36 Researchers at IBM and Moderna have successfully used a quantum simulation algorithm to predict the complex secondary protein structure of a 60-nucleotide-long mRNA sequence, the longest ever simul… [+4275 chars] Comments (0) Meet The 'Genital King' Tarantula And Its Record-Breaking Sexual Organ - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-11 05:24:00 Four new species of tarantula have been discovered and if they knew the name they were going to get, they might have presented themselves sooner. The males are so well-endowed that scientists essent… [+2116 chars] Comments (0) NASA's Space Probe Finds Evidence Of A "Helicity Barrier" In The Sun's 2 Million Kelvin Atmosphere - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-11 05:22:55 A study analyzing data from NASAs Parker Solar Probe has uncovered evidence of a helicity barrier in the Suns atmosphere.In 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe on a trajectory that would event… [+5026 chars] Comments (0) A fiery meteor that punched through a Georgia home's roof is older than Earth, a scientist says - AccessWDUN Posted at 2025-08-11 05:22:34 ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A meteorite that punched a hole i n a Georgia homeowner’s roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself, according to scientist who examined fr… [+1152 chars] Comments (0) This Machine Turns Moon Dust Into Bricks And Paves The Way For Cities On The Moon - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-11 05:22:09 Chinese scientists have unveiled a solar-powered 3D printing device that transforms lunar regolith into durable bricks, potentially changing how humans will build on the Moon. The breakthrough, detai… [+3910 chars] Comments (0) Robot Crab Meets Terrible Fate When Its True Nature Is Discovered by Real Crab - Futurism Posted at 2025-08-11 05:21:46 Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings… [+2513 chars] Comments (0) NASA’s Satellites Kept Spotting a Strange Glow Near Antarctica — Now We Know What’s Hiding There - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-11 05:21:19 For over two decades, scientists have puzzled over bright, glowing patches of water in the Southern Ocean visible in satellite imagery. These unusual light reflections, concentrated in remote and icy… [+5158 chars] Comments (0) Congressperson Urges NASA to Send Its Jupiter Probe Chasing in Pursuit of the Weird Visitor Coming From Interstellar Space - Futurism Posted at 2025-08-11 05:20:58 Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, hurtling through the solar system at a blistering speed. It's only the third confirmed interstellar object t… [+4726 chars] Comments (0) New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive order could make it possible by 2027, reopening the door for commercial supersonic flight - Space Posted at 2025-08-11 05:20:35 Supersonic commercial travel could soon be coming to the U.S. following a new executive order lifting a 52-year ban on overland commercial supersonic flights. While supersonic flights could cross th… [+2408 chars] Comments (0) 4 space station fliers return to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown - CBS News Posted at 2025-08-11 05:20:10 Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut plunged back to Earth on Saturday, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, west of San Diego, to wrap up a five-month mission to spac… [+3387 chars] Comments (0) Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-11 05:19:47 Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea starsoften known as starfishtyp… [+4317 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discover an Organism That Defies All Rules of Life! - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-11 05:19:23 In a groundbreaking study published in BioRxiv, researchers have unveiled a mysterious microbe that forces us to rethink what it means to be alive. The study, led by Ryo Harada and his colleagues, in… [+4886 chars] Comments (0) Wild New Theory Suggests Gravitational Waves Shaped The Universe - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-11 05:19:00 Just as ocean waves shape our shores, ripples in space-time may have once set the Universe on an evolutionary path that led to the cosmos as we see it today. A new theory suggests gravitational wave… [+3865 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX pushes back launch, now aiming for Monday evening from Vandenberg - KSBY News Posted at 2025-08-11 05:18:37 SpaceX is planning a launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday evening, pushing back its original launch target of Saturday evening. Base officials say the launch window for the Falcon 9 … [+443 chars] Comments (0) Rare 115-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Texas After Flooding Reveals Hidden Fossils - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-11 05:18:16 In a remarkable discovery following recent flooding, ancient dinosaur footprints that had been hidden beneath layers of Texas soil for millions of years were revealed. According to a report from ABC … [+4419 chars] Comments (0) NASA Rovers Keep Getting Stuck, And We Finally Know Why - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-11 05:17:52 Although humanity is getting better at sending robotic probes out into the Solar System to explore the places no human can tread, we're still very much on a learning curve. The first extraterrestria… [+2826 chars] Comments (0) Full moon dazzles in the night sky: See photos of 2025 Sturgeon Moon - USA Today Posted at 2025-08-11 05:17:28 This week marked the arrival of the Sturgeon Moon, a moon rising that wows stargazing enthusiasts in the Northern Hemisphere each year. Named after a massive fish that traces back 136 million years … [+971 chars] Comments (0) First-Ever Footage Shows Seabirds Catching Flying Fish Mid-Air - PetaPixel Posted at 2025-08-10 05:14:44 A red-footed booby hones in on a flying fish. Scientists attached minuscule cameras to two red-footed boobies, which recorded footage of the seabirds hunting a shoal of flying fish in the Indian Oce… [+2298 chars] Comments (0) Northern Lights Update: 15 States Might See Aurora Borealis Friday Night - Forbes Posted at 2025-08-10 05:14:23 A recent coronal mass ejection is expected to disrupt Earths magnetic field once again Friday night, potentially bringing the northern lights to more than a dozen states in the northern U.S., accordi… [+2504 chars] Comments (0) Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no trace - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-10 05:14:03 The first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than we thought, new research hints — possibly explaining why it's so hard to find evidence they ever existed. According to the new researc… [+4901 chars] Comments (0) A mysterious substance on Mars might be an undiscovered mineral - Space Posted at 2025-08-10 05:12:52 One way scientists study planets is by looking at the minerals on their surfaces. They can tell us a lot about how worlds form. Scientists have been looking at unusual layers of iron sulfates on Mar… [+2465 chars] Comments (0) ‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party - Quanta Magazine Posted at 2025-08-10 05:12:31 Those Who Dont Know The evening before Fuchs and I had lunch, he had given the first official physics talk of the conference, a lightning review of QBism and a report on some conjectures in number t… [+8143 chars] Comments (0) There’s a hot rock blob under New Hampshire. It could be why the Appalachian Mountains are standing tall - CNN Posted at 2025-08-10 05:12:11 Theres a giant blob of incredibly hot rock beneath New Hampshire and it may be part of the reason the Appalachian Mountains are still standing tall, according to new research. It has, however, been s… [+8541 chars] Comments (0) NASA Releases Closest Ever Images Of The Sun, Snapped As Probe Travels Through Its Atmosphere - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-10 05:11:52 NASA had a special Christmas gift last year. On December 24, the Parker Solar Probe reached the closest it will ever get to the Sun. As it flew just 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) from it… [+2888 chars] Comments (0) "We Have No Idea": Decades-Old Mystery About Great White Sharks Just Got Even Stranger - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-10 05:11:35 Great white sharks are magnificent creatures and an icon among sea predators. But despite their fame across the world, inspiring stories, books, films, games, and more, theres still a great deal we d… [+7716 chars] Comments (0) NASA's Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to date - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-10 05:11:17 NASA has revealed the most detailed images yet taken of comet 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor that is currently barreling its way through our solar system. The images, taken by NASA's Hubble Spac… [+2915 chars] Comments (0) What would Mars look like under an Earth-like blue sky? NASA's Perseverance rover just showed us - Space Posted at 2025-08-10 05:10:59 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover continues to beam home incredible sights from the Red Planet surface. This week, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released an enhanced-color mosaic of 96 separat… [+4176 chars] Comments (0) A black hole 300 million times bigger than the sun may be a portal to universe's first days, scientists say - NBC News Posted at 2025-08-10 05:10:41 With spectroscopy, astronomers can look for telltale signs of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects. Black holes gobble up dust and matter around them, compressing and heating the material as i… [+1754 chars] Comments (0) NASA finds coral-shaped rock on Mars that could be billions of years old - ABC News Posted at 2025-08-10 05:10:08 Comments (0) August’s full sturgeon moon to dazzle with yellow-orange color - WTOP Posted at 2025-08-10 05:09:03 The rising moon may display some lovely yellow-orange color due to being low on the horizon and from a bit of haze from wildfire smoke coming from Canada. WTOPs weather forecast looks good for Friday… [+1290 chars] Comments (0) Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-10 05:08:45 The largest black hole ever detected is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. It exists near the upper limit predicted by our cosmological models, leaving astronomers with burning questions surroundi… [+4224 chars] Comments (0) Spacecraft headed to DART asteroid crash site images 2 faint space rocks to boost planetary defense tactics - Space Posted at 2025-08-10 05:08:27 The Hera mission to follow-up on the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid crash has caught sight of two other asteroids in an important test of its camera ahead of its rendezvous its main target: the do… [+5713 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discover Sea Spiders Thriving in Total Darkness, Feeding on Methane Deep on the Ocean Floor - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-10 05:08:10 A fascinating study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals a groundbreaking discovery about the feeding behavior of sea spiders in methane-rich ecosystems off the… [+7853 chars] Comments (0) Dinosaur footprints from 115 million years ago found after Texas flood - ABC News Posted at 2025-08-10 05:07:53 Comments (0) For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-10 05:07:35 Comments (0) SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts undock from ISS, head home to Earth (video) - Space Posted at 2025-08-10 05:07:17 SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts headed home to Earth on Friday (Aug. 8). The Crew-10 quartet's Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Friday at 6:15 p.… [+2459 chars] Comments (0) Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 mission, dies at 97 - ABC News Posted at 2025-08-10 05:06:59 Comments (0) NASA's Perseverance Snaps One Of Sharpest 360° Panoramas On Mars Ever Taken - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-09 05:12:35 What a time to be alive, when you can pull a tiny computer from your pocket and gaze at a high-resolution panorama of Mars captured by a space-traveling robot.The image is a mosaic of 96 images taken… [+2462 chars] Comments (0) Tarantula Species With Penis That Dwarfs Its Body Discovered By Stunned Scientists - The Daily Beast Posted at 2025-08-09 05:12:17 Scientists have stumbled upon four new species of tarantulas whose males have such outrageously long genitals that they had to invent an entirely new genus to classify them: Satyrex, named after the … [+992 chars] Comments (0) Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system - AP News Posted at 2025-08-09 05:12:00 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released … [+1061 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Discover the Earliest Black Hole Ever Confirmed - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-09 05:11:42 An international team of astronomers has identified the earliest black hole ever confirmed, an ancient behemoth that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The discovery could offer new c… [+4066 chars] Comments (0) Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-09 05:11:23 Engineers have designed a spacecraft that could take up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri, the star system closest to our own. The craft, called Chrysalis, could make the 25 trillio… [+3953 chars] Comments (0) 3,000-year-old burial of elite teen unearthed in Iran, with gold jewelry and astonishing 'scorpion' cosmetics box - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-09 05:11:06 Archaeologists in Iran have unearthed the lavish grave of a teenager who lived more than 3,000 years ago, when the region was part of the Greater Khorasan Civilization. The woman died at about age 1… [+4890 chars] Comments (0) NASA finds multi-billion-year-old 'coral' on Mars - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-09 05:10:48 NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back intriguing images of what looks like a piece of coral on Mars . The strange object is in fact a small, light-colored, wind-eroded rock, which the rover found in… [+2454 chars] Comments (0) Identify bird calls like a pro with these bird ID apps - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-09 05:10:31 Whether you're a keen birder or just starting out, using one of the best bird identification apps can enhance your birdspotting experiences. Bird identification apps can help you learn and distinguis… [+21321 chars] Comments (0) Stone tool discovery could offer new clue in mystery of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans - CNN Posted at 2025-08-09 05:10:14 Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a… [+8613 chars] Comments (0) Louisiana fossils reveal mosasaur life before dinosaur-killing asteroid impact - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-09 05:09:55 Millions of years before jazz filled New Orleans streets or fishing boats were harvesting shrimp in the Gulf, Louisiana was home to terrifying sea monsters, a tenacious mammal and a seismic cataclysm… [+5432 chars] Comments (0) Discovery of New Manta Ray Species in the Atlantic Ocean - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-09 05:09:37 The discovery of Mobula yarae, the third manta ray species, has been officially confirmed after 15 years of research and observation, marking a monumental moment for marine biology and conservation. … [+5716 chars] Comments (0) ULA CEO Tory Bruno Outlines plans for Vulcan and beyond - NASASpaceFlight.com - Posted at 2025-08-09 05:09:20 31In a teleconference ahead of the United Launch Alliances (ULA) first mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) with its Vulcan rocket, President and CEO Tory Bruno shared insights on a range of topic… [+6654 chars] Comments (0) Direct visualization of quantum zero-point motion in complex molecule reveals eternal dance of atoms - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-09 05:09:03 Most of us find it difficult to grasp the quantum world. According to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, it's like observing a dance without being able to see simultaneously exactly where someone is… [+4528 chars] Comments (0) Nature's hardest teeth: Chitons offer blueprint for advanced dental and industrial materials - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-09 05:08:45 Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Japan's Okayama and Toho universities have conducted a first-of-its-kind study to understand how chitons, mollusks that feed on algae growing o… [+5344 chars] Comments (0) Auroras may be visible from 18 states this weekend as solar storm barrels toward Earth - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-09 05:08:27 Space weather experts warn that a moderate-strength geomagnetic storm could hit Earth Friday or Saturday (Aug. 8 or 9) — possibly bringing auroras to northern U.S. skies. On Wednesday (Aug. 6), the … [+2644 chars] Comments (0) New study reveals surprising clues about the beginning of subduction on Earth - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-09 05:08:10 Subduction, a crucial geological process on Earth, may have begun hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditionally believed. This surprising discovery comes from a new study published by res… [+2664 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Think They Have Found a Brand-New Mineral on Mars - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-09 05:07:53 Scientists have a fairly good idea of what Mars surface looks like. But exactly what that surface is made up of is more of a mystery.  Now, scientists believe they have discovered an entirely new mi… [+2022 chars] Comments (0) A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says - Space Posted at 2025-08-09 05:07:36 Future technology could one day allow a miniature, laser-propelled spacecraft — no heavier than a paperclip — to travel to a nearby black hole, according to a bold new proposal published on Thursday … [+3989 chars] Comments (0) The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns - Space Posted at 2025-08-09 05:07:18 About 5 billion light-years away from where you're sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an astonishing black hole. It was only just measured by scientists who managed … [+8135 chars] Comments (0) Researchers say they have identified the mysterious killer of more than 5 billion sea stars - PBS Posted at 2025-08-09 05:07:00 WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars  often kn… [+3858 chars] Comments (0) Record-Setting Tarantulas Boast Longest Sex Organs to Avoid Getting Eaten by Females - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-08 05:15:58 Researchers have just identified four new species of tarantulas whose genitals are so long they had to make a new biological classification for them. Meet the Satyrex ferox, S. arabicus, S. somalicu… [+2684 chars] Comments (0) Hominins on Sulawesi during the Early Pleistocene - Nature Posted at 2025-08-08 05:15:40 Comments (0) Microglia–neuron crosstalk via Hex–GM2–MGL2 maintains brain homeostasis - Nature Posted at 2025-08-08 05:15:23 Comments (0) A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature Posted at 2025-08-08 05:15:04 Comments (0) Data-driven de novo design of super-adhesive hydrogels - Nature Posted at 2025-08-08 05:14:47 Comments (0) Some AI tools don’t understand biology yet - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-08 05:14:28 Comments (0) Artemis 2 moon astronauts suit up and enter their Orion spacecraft together for 1st time - Space Posted at 2025-08-08 05:14:10 The four crewmembers of NASA's next moon mission are moving closer to their upcoming launch. The Artemis 2 crew consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), Christina… [+4743 chars] Comments (0) The Earth didn’t just crack, it curved. "It sent chills down my spine!" - ScienceDaily Posted at 2025-08-08 05:13:52 Dramatic CCTV video of fault slip during a recent large earthquake in Myanmar thrilled both scientists and casual observers when it was posted to YouTube. But it was on his fifth or sixth viewing, sa… [+3869 chars] Comments (0) “Potentially Huge Implications” – Scientists Discover Ancient Carbon Is Leaking Into the Atmosphere - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-08 05:13:33 Aerial image of rivers in northeast Siberia which are known to emit old carbon. Credit: University of Bristol A new global study reveals that ancient carbon, once thought securely stored in soils an… [+4397 chars] Comments (0) 'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown species - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-08 05:13:15 A "most remarkable" monster's fossilized remains from Jurassic Germany is a never-before-seen species, a new study reports. The marine reptile, which swam in prehistoric oceans about 183 million yea… [+3231 chars] Comments (0) Evidence of World-Changing Comet Explosion 12,800 Years Ago Found in The Ocean - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-08 05:12:57 Microscopic grains of alien dust buried in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean could be evidence of a comet that exploded in Earth's atmosphere 12,800 years ago. This hypothetical event, known a… [+3139 chars] Comments (0) Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it's not what scientists thought - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-08 05:12:38 Researchers have discovered the cause of a mysterious marine epidemic that has turned billions of sea stars into goo along the West Coast — and it's not what they expected. Sea star wasting disease … [+4472 chars] Comments (0) Rarer Than a Diamond: This Tiny Fossil Has Scientists Completely Shook - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-08 05:12:18 A newly discovered 16-million-year-old fossil of an elusive dirt ant preserved in Dominican amber has stunned scientists and reshaped our understanding of ant evolution. The study, published in the P… [+3399 chars] Comments (0) NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-08 05:11:57 Comments (0) ‘Battle of the Big Bang’ Review: A Question of Origins - The Wall Street Journal Posted at 2025-08-08 05:11:36 In the 1920s, scientists discovered that the universe was not static in size, as had previously been assumed, but was expanding in all directions. Galaxies were rushing away from one another as the v… [+2389 chars] Comments (0) "Earthquakes Fuel Hidden Life Deep In Earth’s Crust": Scientists Uncover Startling New Ecosystem Below - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-08-08 05:11:09 IN A NUTSHELL Scientists uncover how earthquakes fuel life deep within Earth’s crust, challenging traditional beliefs. Research shows that rock fract… [+5863 chars] Comments (0) Meet the universe's earliest confirmed black hole: A monster at the dawn of time - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-08 05:10:44 An international team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin's Cosmic Frontier Center, has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed. It and the galaxy it calls home, CA… [+5639 chars] Comments (0) Perseverance rover captures Mars vista as clear as day - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-08 05:10:16 The imaging team of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has taken advantage of clear skies on the red planet to capture one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far. Visible in the mosaic, which wa… [+3755 chars] Comments (0) NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-10 Return, Splashdown - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-08 05:09:48 NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 12:05 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 7, for the undocking of the agencys SpaceX Crew-10 mission from the International Space Station. Pending weather condition… [+2825 chars] Comments (0) Astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA after 25 years - Space Posted at 2025-08-08 05:09:18 Astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore is leaving NASA after a quarter-century of service. Wilmore flew on four different spacecraft during his astronaut career, which began way back in 2000. He spent a to… [+3024 chars] Comments (0) 'Hot Blob' Heading For New York Following Ancient Greenland Rift - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-07 05:15:42 A vast blob of hot rock moving slowly beneath the Appalachian Mountains in the northeastern US is now thought to be the result of a divorce between Greenland and Canada some 80 million years ago. A … [+2975 chars] Comments (0) A Massive Fault Line Was Supposed to Be ‘Dead’. It Sure Seems Like It’s Stirring Again. - Yahoo News Canada Posted at 2025-08-07 05:15:24 Heres what youll learn when you read this story: The Tintina fault is thought to have been inactive for more than 40 million years, but new research suggests that earthquakes occurred in the… [+3843 chars] Comments (0) AI wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley - The San Francisco Standard Posted at 2025-08-07 05:15:05 Warning, San Francisco: That cute necklace your coworker is wearing might be recording you. A crop of startups is selling stealthy AI-powered recording devices and software thats becoming increasing… [+9299 chars] Comments (0) Dark Mirror of Our Own Universe Could Explain Quirks in Gravity - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-07 05:14:45 Since conventional explanations have failed to pony up dark matter, one physicist is looking towards the unconventional. In a series of two papers, physicist Stefano Profumo of the University of Cal… [+3470 chars] Comments (0) Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-07 05:14:01 Astronomers have observed an explosion in space that is pushing back against and influencing the baby star which triggered the explosion in the first place. If explosions like this one are common aro… [+3696 chars] Comments (0) "Chinese Researchers Produce Water Oxygen And Fuel" From Lunar Soil In A Breakthrough That Could Transform Moon Missions - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-08-07 05:13:29 IN A NUTSHELL Chinese researchers have developed a solar-powered device to extract water, oxygen, and fuel from the Moon’s regolith. The device utili… [+5571 chars] Comments (0) “Earth 2.0?” Breakthrough Discovery Reveals Potentially Habitable Super-Earth - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-07 05:12:55 Astronomers have found a concealed super-Earth in the habitable zone of a distant Sun-like star, using a groundbreaking detection technique. The discovery could reshape the hunt for life beyond our p… [+4334 chars] Comments (0) Experiment Recreates The Universe's Very First Chemical Reactions - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-07 05:12:21 The first chemical reactions in the wake of the Big Bang have been recreated for the first time in conditions similar to those in the baby Universe. A team of physicists Led by Florian Grussie of th… [+3772 chars] Comments (0) The Sun Erupts with 3 Major Solar Flares in 24 Hours – What It Means for Earth - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-07 05:11:49 After weeks of relative quiet, the Sun has erupted with a series of powerful solar flares, signaling a return to more active space weather conditions. Over the weekend, three M-class solar flares wer… [+5974 chars] Comments (0) Scientists heat gold to 14 times its melting point — without turning it into a liquid - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-07 05:11:27 Scientists have used ultrafast high-intensity lasers to superheat gold to 14 times its melting point without turning the solid metal into a liquid. The record-breaking experiment, which was describe… [+4315 chars] Comments (0) Baby shark washes up on Pacific City beach - OregonLive.com Posted at 2025-08-07 05:11:08 Roy Cabal was on the beach Sunday in Pacific City when a co-worker alerted him to an unusual sight nearby: a shark wiggling in the sand. The young fish was there for about 20 minutes near Bob Strau… [+2913 chars] Comments (0) Is NASA Wallops Going GOCO? - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-08-07 05:10:48 NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber. Comments (0) NASA declares troubled Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter dead - Space Posted at 2025-08-07 05:10:31 NASA has finally given up on Lunar Trailblazer. The 440-pound (200-kilogram) moon orbiter went dark on Feb. 27, 2025 a day after it launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. NASA kept trying to … [+2750 chars] Comments (0) The World’s First Commercial Spaceplane Won’t Be Launching Anytime Soon - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-07 05:10:13 The highly anticipated launch of the Dream Chaser spaceplane may be delayed yet again as Sierra Space continues to test its experimental vehicle. The inaugural Dream Chaser, named Tenacity, is slate… [+3294 chars] Comments (0) Fossil evidence reveals early primates evolved in cold climates, not tropical forests - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-07 05:09:55 Primatesthe group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humansfirst evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously believe… [+2858 chars] Comments (0) Deepest-Ever Field Image of Giant Galaxy Cluster Is a Brutal Reminder of Your Cosmic Insignificance - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-07 05:09:38 When it comes to deep space observations, our cosmological insignificance seems to grow with the resolution of our telescopes cameras. In the latest advance, astronomers constructed the deepest-ever … [+3051 chars] Comments (0) Earth's 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought, new study finds - Space Posted at 2025-08-07 05:09:21 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Ever been late because you misread a clock? So… [+6351 chars] Comments (0) China found something very strange in moon dust samples that shouldn't be there - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-07 05:09:03 Chinese researchers found something surprising in the dust brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission: thin layers of carbon called graphene. The spectral fingerprint matched multilayer graphene, a carbo… [+5173 chars] Comments (0) Earth Is Spinning Weirdly Faster, Making Today One of the Shortest Days Ever - CNET Posted at 2025-08-07 05:08:46 Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also … [+2381 chars] Comments (0) Gorillas seek out old female friends when they move - BBC Posted at 2025-08-07 05:08:27 Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Female gorillas appear to maintain their social relationships for many years The relationships built up between female mountain gorillas are more impor… [+3353 chars] Comments (0) How NASA fixed a camera 370 million miles away - Boing Boing Posted at 2025-08-06 05:18:39 When a camera on a spacecraft 370 million miles away malfunctions, NASA can't just send a technician to repair it, so they have to get creative. They recently revealed the details of a repair of the … [+1777 chars] Comments (0) Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato - WIRED Posted at 2025-08-06 05:18:15 There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories have begun with a shot of vodka distilled from this tuber. For centuries, the potato has been instrumental in feeding … [+2804 chars] Comments (0) 3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video) - Space Posted at 2025-08-06 05:17:51 After more than three weeks without a powerful solar flare, the sun has suddenly ramped up its activity, firing off three M-class solar flares in less than 24 hours. While the sun has been popping… [+4111 chars] Comments (0) 3I/ATLAS Has No Visible Tail or Spectral Fingerprints of Gas Around It - Avi Loeb – Medium Posted at 2025-08-06 05:17:28 Intensity maps of 3I/ATLAS from stacking datasets collected on the 4th (top row) and 29th (bottom row) of July 2025, showing no visible cometary tail. The arrows point the directions to the Sun, nort… [+6580 chars] Comments (0) Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-06 05:17:04 New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more product… [+5619 chars] Comments (0) Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-06 05:16:40 For the first time, researchers have recreated the universe's first ever molecules by mimicking the conditions of the early universe . The findings shake up our understanding of the origin of stars… [+3162 chars] Comments (0) White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite - Futurism Posted at 2025-08-06 05:16:17 The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. As NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up plans for … [+3313 chars] Comments (0) Ancient Human Ancestors Showed Extreme Size Differences Between Males and Females - ZME Science Posted at 2025-08-06 05:15:36 Credit: Ken Zirkel,the Museum of Natural History By the time Lucy took her final steps across the Ethiopian landscape 3 million years ago, her kind may have been living in a social world far more co… [+5053 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discovered a Way to Reverse Time—and Possibly Erase Mistakes - AOL.com Posted at 2025-08-06 05:14:26 Scientists Learn How to Speed Up Evolutionary TimeAitor Diago - Getty Images Heres what youll learn when you read this story: In the physical world, time marches in one direction, but thing… [+3843 chars] Comments (0) Organized scientific fraud is growing at an alarming rate, study uncovers - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-06 05:14:02 From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. By combining large-scale data analysis of sci… [+8744 chars] Comments (0) Prehistoric Air Has Been Reconstructed From Dinosaur Teeth in an Amazing First - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-06 05:13:36 A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world's prehistoric climate. By studying an isotope of oxygen in the fos… [+4870 chars] Comments (0) Watch a pod of orcas pretending to drown one of their own in macabre training session - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-06 05:13:14 Orca moms teach their young how to pretend-drown each other, first-of-its-kind footage shows. The brutal training session teaches orcas the skills needed to kill the largest animal that has ever live… [+3481 chars] Comments (0) Is the Dream Chaser space plane ever going to launch into orbit? - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-06 05:12:48 Comments (0) One gene reveals clues to why humans thrived and Neanderthals didn’t - The Washington Post Posted at 2025-08-06 05:12:26 Scientists have a new clue in the long quest to decipher what makes us uniquely human: tiny changes in brain chemistry that set us apart from our closest hominin cousins. In a study published Monday… [+5415 chars] Comments (0) It's not just how many, it's when: People judge a potential partner's sexual history by timing, not total number - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-06 05:12:02 A major international study has found that when it comes to choosing a long-term partner, people across the globe consider not just how many sexual partners someone has had, but also when those encou… [+3727 chars] Comments (0) James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubble image of over 2,500 galaxies - Space Posted at 2025-08-06 05:11:37 The James Webb Space Telescope has returned to the scene of one of the Hubble Space Telescope's most iconic images, the Ultra Deep Field, to capture galaxies throughout cosmic history. This new imag… [+4630 chars] Comments (0) Culprit behind mass sea star deaths along Pacific coast revealed, scientists say - OregonLive.com Posted at 2025-08-06 05:11:12 WASHINGTON Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars often known as… [+3876 chars] Comments (0) Mysterious underground ‘hot blob’ moving towards New York? Scientists puzzled - Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times Posted at 2025-08-06 05:10:50 A mysterious hot blob is moving towards New York City, leaving scientists puzzled. UK scientists have found a massive blob of rock under the Appalachian mountains, and it is headed towards the Big Ap… [+2487 chars] Comments (0) No More Snacks, Exercise, Or Visitors at Goddard And Wallops - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-08-06 05:10:23 Comments (0) Static electricity sense could be factor in evolution of extreme body shapes of treehoppers - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-05 05:25:42 Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes? That is the hypothesis put forward in a new research paper published in Pro… [+3380 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discover First Juvenile Pleurosaurus, Solving a 150-Million-Year Mystery - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-05 05:24:59 A new study published in The Anatomical Record unveils the first clearly identified juvenile specimen of the extinct genus Pleurosaurus, offering rare insight into the developmental biology of a mari… [+5011 chars] Comments (0) Black Holes Are Singing – Scientists Finally Know the Lyrics - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-05 05:24:06 Scientists have uncovered a breakthrough in our understanding of black holes by using a powerful mathematical tool known as the exact Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) method. The study, published in P… [+2928 chars] Comments (0) Our Mighty Mitochondria: Cell Powerhouses Can Be Harnessed for Healing - Good News Network Posted at 2025-08-05 05:22:58 Cell with mitochondria Painting by Dr. Odra Noel, CC BY-NC 4.0 (Article by Jackie Rocheleau originally published by Knowable Magazine) Infusion of the tiny, sausage-shaped structures helps to rejuv… [+10295 chars] Comments (0) Artemis II astronauts discuss mission status ahead of in-capsule training - NASASpaceFlight.com - Posted at 2025-08-05 05:21:55 7Scheduled to launch in February 2026, the Artemis II Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are currently at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final integration and stacking. The Artem… [+7810 chars] Comments (0) How far can the most powerful telescope see into space? - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-05 05:21:30 The world's first telescope, crafted in 1608 by the Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey , led to stunning technologies that would later revolutionize our understanding of the universe. While his te… [+6486 chars] Comments (0) Earth’s Oxygen Dissipation Begins Earlier Than Expected, and NASA Sets a Date for the End of Life - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-05 05:21:03 The air we breathe may seem like a permanent feature of our planet, but new research suggests its far from eternal. A study published in Nature Geoscienceby scientists from NASA and Japans Toho Unive… [+3387 chars] Comments (0) Skyscraper-size spikes of methane ice may surround Pluto's equator - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-05 05:20:27 Skyscraper-size spires of mehtane ice may cover around 60% of Pluto 's equatorial region — a larger area than scientists previously estimated, new research finds. The study, published July 5 in the… [+4642 chars] Comments (0) NASA's $1 Billion Gamble: "We Are Not Alone" Message Sent to the Stars Ignites Fear and Hope Amid Global Debate - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-05 05:19:59 IN A NUTSHELL Apollo 17 marked the end of the Space Race with a plaque commemorating the final manned lunar mission’s peaceful intentions. SpaceX laun… [+5793 chars] Comments (0) Scientists just recreated the Universe’s first molecule and solved a 13-billion-year-old puzzle - ScienceDaily Posted at 2025-08-05 05:19:25 Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures and densities. However, after just a few seconds, it had coo… [+4355 chars] Comments (0) Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies - Space Posted at 2025-08-05 05:19:02 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The burgeoning space industry and the technolo… [+9740 chars] Comments (0) Unbelievable simulation showing the speed of the International Space Station leaves people stunned - supercarblondie.com Posted at 2025-08-05 05:18:39 This unbelievable simulation showing the speed of the International Space Station is blowing peoples minds and leaving people stunned. The International Space Station is repeatedly doing flybys wher… [+1735 chars] Comments (0) Oxygen Crisis Looms: Lanternfish Extinction Could Set Off Global Marine Collapse - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-05 05:18:17 A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environmentprovides a stark warning about the ocean’s future: the looming oxygen crisis may threaten key marine species, including the crucial l… [+5173 chars] Comments (0) Reconstructions reveal faces of Neolithic sisters buried 6,000 years ago - Archaeology News Online Magazine Posted at 2025-08-05 05:17:56 More than 6,000 years ago, in the Krumlov Forest of South Moravia in the Czech Republic, two sisters endured a hard life in an ancient mining settlement. Now, thanks to advanced forensic methods and … [+4440 chars] Comments (0) Something Massive Could Still Be Hiding in The Shadows of Our Solar System - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-04 05:25:03 Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labelled as planet X, prominent astronomer… [+5470 chars] Comments (0) Mark Allen Walls - The Republic News Posted at 2025-08-04 05:24:18 COLUMBUS Mark Allen Walls, 54, of Columbus, passed away on July 28, 2025, at The Belmont Health & Rehabilitation. Born on December 28, 1970, Mark was the beloved son of Judith Harris and Alvin … [+1090 chars] Comments (0) How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin? - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-04 05:23:56 Unlike humans, frogs and other amphibians don't need to rely on their lungs to breathe; their unique skin helps them exchange oxygen and drink. But how do frogs breathe and drink through their skin… [+3967 chars] Comments (0) NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-04 05:23:35 NASA has released a compilation of nine new images created by its Chandra X-ray Observatory, with help from Hubble and JWST. (Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO) What it is: Nine archive images from NASA's … [+2740 chars] Comments (0) ‘Sleeping Giant’ Fault Under Canada Shows Major Earthquake Potential - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-04 05:23:13 After 12 millennia of relative inactivity, a geologic fault that stretches across the territory of Yukon, Canada, and Alaska now appears capable of producing a major earthquake, according to a new st… [+3536 chars] Comments (0) A Half-Ton Metal Ring Crashed From the Sky in Kenya, and the Country’s Space Agency Revealed What Many Feared - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-04 05:22:52 A metallic ring weighing over 1,100 pounds crash-landed in Kenya just before New Years Eve, sending shockwavesliteral and figurativethrough the small community of Mukuku, about 115 kilometers southea… [+3063 chars] Comments (0) August brings the meteor shower NYC stargazers wait all year to see - Gothamist Posted at 2025-08-04 05:22:28 Stargazers have a chance to get a good look at the Milky Way and summer constellations in the night skies this August. Some of the planets are beginning to reappear and one of the best meteor shower… [+2371 chars] Comments (0) Chernobyl’s Dogs Are Transforming at Record Speed – What Radiation Is Really Doing to Their DNA - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-04 05:22:07 A genetic study conducted by the University of South Carolina and the National Human Genome Research Institute, published in Science Advances, has uncovered that dogs living within the Chernobyl excl… [+2800 chars] Comments (0) “We Brought the Future Back to Earth” Declares SpaceX After Dragon Lands With 6,700 Pounds of Advanced Robots From Wild Mission - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-04 05:21:45 IN A NUTSHELL SpaceX’s Dragon capsule returned with 6,700 pounds of futuristic gear, marking a milestone in space exploration. The MISSE-20 project t… [+5469 chars] Comments (0) Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-04 05:21:22 Four of the solar system 's terrestrial planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, likely started life waltzing around the sun to a fixed rhythm, according to a new study. The findings also s… [+5207 chars] Comments (0) Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected - Space Posted at 2025-08-04 05:18:19 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Impact craters are formed when an object from … [+5788 chars] Comments (0) Image: Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-04 05:17:44 An area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes. Most are circles or ovals, with a few spirals. More distant galaxies are smaller, down to being mere dots, while closer g… [+3123 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Find Planet Orbiting Backwards: A Discovery That Could Rewrite Astronomy - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-04 05:17:21 Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that defies the conventional understanding of planetary formation in binary star systems. A planet orbiting in a retrograde directionopposite to its b… [+5368 chars] Comments (0) ‘Space Hurricanes’ Swirling Over The Poles Could Throw GPS Into Chaos - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-04 05:16:58 Researchers have confirmed that massive space hurricanes are swirling over Earths polar regions, injecting vast amounts of energy into the upper atmosphere and even interfering with GPS signals. Thes… [+2814 chars] Comments (0) How The World Will Look Very Different in 2050, According to Neil deGrasse Tyson - The Root Posted at 2025-08-04 05:16:37 Leave it to Neil deGrasse Tyson to casually predict the next 25 years like its no biggie. During episode 1904 of the Joe Rogan Experience, the astrophysicist, author, and science celeb offered a bold… [+3181 chars] Comments (0) Why does your mind goes 'blank'? New brain scans reveal the surprising answer - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-04 05:16:12 You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren't thinking about anything. It's not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it's literally a moment when you're not thinking of anything at … [+6407 chars] Comments (0) Earth's "Unthinkable Speed Surge" on August 5, 2025 Sparks Fears and Divides Scientists Over Its Ominous Implications on Our Planet's Future - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-08-04 05:15:50 IN A NUTSHELL On August 5, 2025, Earth will complete its rotation 1.51 milliseconds earlier, leaving scientists baffled by the unexplained acceleration. <… [+5056 chars] Comments (0) Student Claims "I Broke Physics" After Creating Shape-Recovering Liquid That Challenges US Scientists and Defies Thermodynamics - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-04 05:15:27 IN A NUTSHELL A graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered a unique shape-recovering liquid that challenges thermodynamic principl… [+5547 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch - ABC News Posted at 2025-08-04 05:14:50 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up… [+1617 chars] Comments (0) Neutrino masses are not likely to originate from interactions with dark matter, study finds - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-03 05:12:58 Neutrinos are fundamental particles characterized by no electric charge and very small masses, which are known to interact with other matter via the weak force or gravity. While these particles have … [+6338 chars] Comments (0) Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-03 05:12:37 Comments (0) Meteorite Silica Shocks Scientists as Research Reveals "This Space Mineral Could Revolutionize How We Manage Heat in Factories and Power Plants" - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-08-03 05:12:14 IN A NUTSHELL Scientists at Columbia University discovered a hybrid crystal-glass material called tridymite with unique thermal properties. Tridymite … [+5589 chars] Comments (0) Out-of-this-world cosmic shots from the International Space Station: photos - New York Post Posted at 2025-08-03 05:11:52 NASA astronaut, Donald Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station. Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time… [+312 chars] Comments (0) ISS is still leaking air after latest repair efforts fail - theregister.com Posted at 2025-08-03 05:11:30 The International Space Station (ISS) is still leaking air from the Russian segment of the outpost despite efforts to eliminate the losses. Sergey Krikalev, executive director of the Human Space Fli… [+2394 chars] Comments (0) AI reveals unexpected new physics in dusty plasma - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-03 05:11:10 Physicists have used a machine-learning method to identify surprising new twists on the non-reciprocal forces governing a many-body system. The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science… [+10661 chars] Comments (0) Northern Lights Update: These States Could See Aurora Borealis Friday - Forbes Posted at 2025-08-03 05:10:49 Northern residents of seven continental states may be able to view the northern lights Friday night despite no significant predictions for geomagnetic storms, according to the latest National Oceanic… [+2320 chars] Comments (0) It Shouldn’t Exist: Astronomers Discover a Planet Orbiting the “Wrong Way” - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-03 05:10:28 This artist’s impression illustrates a binary pair of giant stars. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a rare, retrograde-orbitin… [+6279 chars] Comments (0) SLU researcher reassigned after exposing toxic metals in Lake Maurepas - Baton Rouge Business Report Posted at 2025-08-03 05:10:07 A Southeastern Louisiana University professor who led research uncovering toxic heavy metals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from the project this week, Louisiana Illuminator writes.  Fereshte… [+1315 chars] Comments (0) Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests - Space Posted at 2025-08-03 05:09:46 A beam of particles speeding away from the vicinity of a monstrous black hole has been found to be severely kinked, providing compelling evidence that the black hole is actually part of the most extr… [+6390 chars] Comments (0) Bringing metallurgy into the 21st century: Precisely shaped metal objects provide unprecedented alloy control - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-03 05:09:23 Caltech scientists have developed a method to create metallic objects of a precisely specified shape and composition, giving them unprecedented control of the metallic mixtures, or alloys, they creat… [+6572 chars] Comments (0) Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-03 05:09:02 DNA that humans acquired from ancient viruses plays a key role in switching parts of our genetic code on and off, a new study has found. Nearly half of the human genome consists of segments called t… [+4316 chars] Comments (0) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Launches to International Space Station - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-03 05:08:40 Four crew members of NASAs SpaceX Crew-11 mission launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the Internat… [+3690 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX just launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station - Space Posted at 2025-08-03 05:08:17 There’s a secret, extra member of Crew-11 traveling to the International Space Station right now: disease-causing bacteria. Or, at least, such bacteria will be growing aboard the orbiting laboratory… [+3062 chars] Comments (0) NASA Employees Now Subject To Random Searches As Agency Becomes AI-Fueled Police Mini-State - Jalopnik Posted at 2025-08-03 05:07:54 NASA announced earlier this week that it will start randomly searching employees and their vehicles. While the space agency stated that it's to ensure workplace safety, the measure seems to be out of… [+998 chars] Comments (0) Life on Earth May Have Started in Ways We Can’t Even Imagine - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-03 05:07:33 A recent study published in July 2025 tackles one of the greatest mysteries of sciencehow life first emerged from non-living matter on early Earth. The research, led by Robert G. Endres from Imperial… [+2777 chars] Comments (0) Watch Cows Transform Into Giant Puppies When They See Their Mom Get Home - The Dodo Posted at 2025-08-03 05:07:11 For Michelle Schalmo, happy homecomings at the end of the day are quite similar to those many pet owners receive so much excitement! But the welcoming committee of fur babies at Schalmos place is a b… [+1414 chars] Comments (0) Physicists make critical energy breakthrough after unearthing long-forgotten experiment: 'Our replication leaves no doubt' - The Cool Down Posted at 2025-08-03 05:06:50 Physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have successfully recreated a long-overlooked experiment from 1938 one that could play a crucial role in powering our planet with clean energy.  As repor… [+2659 chars] Comments (0) More than 1,500 feet beneath the ice of Antarctica, scientists made an astounding discovery: a group of creatures surprisingly similar to lobsters. - evidencenetwork.ca Posted at 2025-08-03 05:06:28 In the frigid expanse of Antarctica, a team of determined scientists has made a remarkable discovery that challenges our understanding of life in extreme environments. After drilling through 457 mete… [+6297 chars] Comments (0) "NASA Calls It the ‘Skyfall Maneuver’" as Plan to Drop 6 Mars Helicopters Mid-Air Divides Experts and Fuels Outrage Over Billion-Dollar Space Risks - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-02 05:24:41 IN A NUTSHELL Skyfall is an innovative mission by NASA and AeroVironment, Inc. to deploy six autonomous helicopters on Mars. Building on Ingenuity’s s… [+5110 chars] Comments (0) My Daughter Has Been Offered the Opportunity of a Lifetime. My Wife Thinks She Can’t Handle It. - Slate Posted at 2025-08-02 05:24:14 Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife and I have a daughter, Emmy, who is 10. She is very much int… [+4403 chars] Comments (0) Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-02 05:23:53 The energy needed for thunderstorms could come from an avalanche of electrons seeded by extraterrestrial cosmic rays , a new study claims. Scientists already knew that lightning is an electrical di… [+3890 chars] Comments (0) Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability' - Space Posted at 2025-08-02 05:23:31 The saga surrounding Neptune-size "super-Earth" exoplanet K2-18 b just got a whole lot more interesting. For a quick recap, this is the world a team of scientists recently suggested could host life —… [+6918 chars] Comments (0) Internal pair production could enable direct detection of dark matter - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-02 05:23:09 Dark matter (DM) is a type of matter estimated to account for 80% of the universe's total mass, but it cannot be directly detected using conventional experimental techniques. As DM does not emit, ref… [+4287 chars] Comments (0) The Last "Heartbreaking" Message Sent From NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover—Lost in a Deadly Planetary Storm - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-02 05:22:46 When NASA launched Opportunity and its twin Spiritin 2003, the mission team was aiming for a three-month journey on Mars. According to NASAs own historical records, each rover was built to function f… [+4405 chars] Comments (0) "These X-Rays Just Exposed the Sun’s Fury" as Violent Solar Winds Threatening Earth’s Satellites Ignite Global Alarm Over Space Weather and Tech Infrastructure Collapse - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-08-02 05:22:21 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers have developed a new method using soft X-rays to measure the reconnection rate of solar wind energy into Earth’s magnetosphere. … [+6688 chars] Comments (0) Weirdly Hot Rocks in New England Traced to 80-Million-Year-Old Greenland Rift - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-02 05:21:59 Roughly 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains in New England lies the aptly named Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), a mysterious 218-mile-wide (350-km) region of unusually ho… [+3279 chars] Comments (0) Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form - Space Posted at 2025-08-02 05:21:35 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you happen to find yourself in the Southern… [+4216 chars] Comments (0) Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Eighth Continent Finally Mapped in Detail - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-02 05:21:11 Zealandia, a submerged landmass primarily located beneath the Pacific Ocean, has long intrigued geologists and researchers. For years, it was largely overlooked, its true nature shrouded in mystery d… [+3691 chars] Comments (0) NASA Prepares To Gut Its Landsat Capabilities - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-08-02 05:20:50 Keith’s note: There is a meeting next week regarding Landsat: Sustainable Land Imaging Mission Alternatives Analysis Team Industry. The meeting is looking for the cheapest way to do the least with La… [+2060 chars] Comments (0) See the universe's rarest type of black hole slurp up a star in stunning animation - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-02 05:20:27 Astronomers think they have detected an extremely rare type of "missing link" black hole chowing down on a helpless star at the edge of a distant galaxy — and they've shared a stunning animation show… [+4583 chars] Comments (0) Fossil Teeth in China Reveal a Surprising Blend of Ancient Human Traits - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-02 05:20:04 In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers have uncovered fascinating details about human evolution in ancient Asia through fossilized teeth discovered at the … [+4651 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX, NASA scrub Crew-11 astronaut launch due to weather (video) - Space Posted at 2025-08-02 05:19:38 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX scrubbed today's (July 31) launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA. Launch officials called the scrub just over a minute before liftoff, due to a bank … [+2610 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX launches 19 Starlink satellites from California, lands rocket on ship at sea (video) - Space Posted at 2025-08-02 05:19:15 SpaceX just sent another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites into the final frontier. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 19 Starlink craft lifted off from California's foggy Vandenberg Space Force Ba… [+1790 chars] Comments (0) Potatoes from tomatoes? Popular starchy vegetable derived from ancient interbreeding, researchers say - CBS News Posted at 2025-08-02 05:18:52 Meet the potato's unexpected ancestor: the tomato.  That's right, a fruit. Potatoes and tomatoes don't look alike, smell alike or taste alike, but in a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, … [+2217 chars] Comments (0) "They Locked Them Up to Simulate Mars" but NASA Volunteers Spent a Year Playing PS4 and Sparked Outrage Over Millions in Taxpayer Funding - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-02 05:18:31 IN A NUTSHELL For over a year, four volunteers lived in a NASA simulation to test life on Mars, balancing scientific rigor with leisure activities. T… [+5786 chars] Comments (0) Simulations reveal surprising electron temperatures near M87 black hole's event horizon - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-02 05:18:06 The first black hole images stunned the world in 2019, with headlines announcing evidence of a glowing doughnut-shaped object from the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87 55 million light years from Ear… [+6898 chars] Comments (0) Einstein was wrong (slightly) about quantum physics, new version of the famous double-slit experiment reveals - Space Posted at 2025-08-02 05:17:43 For over 100 years, quantum physics has taught us that light is both a wave and a particle. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have performed a daring experiment usin… [+6427 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Say A Major Earthquake Fault Line Is Waking Up - Yahoo Home Posted at 2025-08-01 05:46:14 Small recreational vehicle driving the Dempster Highway near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Credit - Robert Postma/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images GroupGetty Images High up in Canadas Yukon Terr… [+5005 chars] Comments (0) 'Insect highways'—flower-filled dikes attract rare and diverse bee populations - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-01 05:45:52 Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and … [+4634 chars] Comments (0) A submersible finds sea creatures thriving in the deepest parts of the ocean - ABC News Posted at 2025-08-01 05:45:27 NEW YORK -- An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of … [+2177 chars] Comments (0) New Research Shows Male Human Ancestors Were Gigantic Compared to Females - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-01 05:45:05 New research published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology highlights the extreme sexual dimorphism in early human ancestors, revealing that some species like Australopithecus afarensi… [+5518 chars] Comments (0) NASA Spots Mysterious Ghost Island in the Caspian Sea That Emerges and Quickly Fades - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-01 05:44:41 In a remarkable turn of events, a temporary volcanic island formed and quickly vanished in the Caspian Sea. Captured by NASA satellites, the “ghost island” emerged in early 2023 following an underwat… [+6211 chars] Comments (0) I Have Three Kids and an Unhelpful Husband. His “Surprise” Is Putting Me Over the Edge. - Slate Posted at 2025-08-01 05:44:19 Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband Park has put me in an impossible position. One of his cow… [+3457 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Stunned by Black Hole Flare That Strikes Twice from Same Star - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-08-01 05:43:57 Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with supermassive black holes. A powerful flare, linked to a star being torn apart … [+3826 chars] Comments (0) Chinese Scientist Claims "We Mapped 27 Million Cosmic Objects in One Shot" as AI Space Tool Sparks Tensions Over Tech Dominance and Data Secrecy - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-01 05:43:27 IN A NUTSHELL Scientists in China have developed an AI model that has successfully classified over 27 million cosmic objects, marking a significant advancemen… [+5749 chars] Comments (0) 'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-01 05:43:02 Scientists have discovered a previously-undetected flood under the Greenland ice sheet that spilled out with such force that it burst through nearly 300 feet (91 meters) of solid ice. The phenomenon… [+3922 chars] Comments (0) Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests - Space Posted at 2025-08-01 05:42:33 Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any explorers that might land there one day, a new study finds. For decades, sci… [+3027 chars] Comments (0) Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA - Space Posted at 2025-08-01 05:42:08 NASA astronaut Kathleen "Kate" Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space. Her last day at Johnson… [+3095 chars] Comments (0) Existing NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept the Weird Interstellar Object Cruising Into Our Star System - Futurism Posted at 2025-08-01 05:41:47 Earlier this month, astronomers noticed a mysterious object speeding toward the inner solar system from outside of our star system. It's an exceedingly rare occurrence, marking only the third confir… [+3131 chars] Comments (0) Dog Visits Candy Shop Nearly Every Day — And Then She Brings A Friend - The Dodo Posted at 2025-08-01 05:41:26 For the past year, a small candy shop in Colombia has been receiving regular visits from someone whos become their most loyal customer this sweet dog named Laika. She comes here almost daily, the ow… [+1105 chars] Comments (0) Another Florida Man On NASA’s 9th Floor? - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-08-01 05:41:04 NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber. Comments (0) Harvard Physicist Says "This Ultra-Thin Chip Changes Everything" as Quantum Optics Breakthrough Triggers Global Race for Next-Gen Military Tech - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-01 05:40:40 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers at Harvard University have developed a novel metasurface that simplifies complex quantum operations. The metasurface replac… [+5518 chars] Comments (0) MIT finds Einstein was wrong in 100-year-old wave-particle dispute with Niels Bohr - The Brighter Side of News Posted at 2025-08-01 05:40:18 In a striking display of quantum physics, a team of researchers has recreated one of sciences most legendary experimentswith unprecedented precision. At MIT, scientists cooled thousands of atoms to n… [+6519 chars] Comments (0) Astrophysicist Says "We’re Trapped in a Black Hole" as James Webb Unleashes Panic Over Mind-Bending Discovery That Shakes All Known Physics - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-01 05:39:56 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a non-random rotational pattern in 263 ancient galaxies. About 60% of these gala… [+5481 chars] Comments (0) Random Employee Searches To Resume at NASA HQ - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-08-01 05:39:33 NASA employees will be searched at Random — NASA Watch.com /Grok Keith’s note: This memo was just sent out to NASA SMD employees (and others). It opens with “To ensure the continued safety of our w… [+2771 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 31 - Space Posted at 2025-08-01 05:39:12 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's Crew-11 astronaut mission to the International Space Station for NASA is go for launch. When Crew-11 launches, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from historic … [+3997 chars] Comments (0) Solar Eclipse Rumors NASA Clarification: Will the world go dark on August 2, 2025 or 2027? See when will n - The Economic Times Posted at 2025-07-31 05:17:15 Solar Eclipse Rumors NASA Clarification is here. When will next total solar eclipse happen, on August 2, 2025 or 2027? False claims about a global blackout on August 2, 2025, have gone viral. NASA co… [+212 chars] Comments (0) How many species of human have there been? - BBC Wildlife Magazine Posted at 2025-07-31 05:16:54 For the last 40,000 years, we (Homo sapiens) have lived alone - the last humans standing from a large and diverse group that, just 300,000 years ago, comprised at least nine species of walking, talki… [+2641 chars] Comments (0) Mitochondria aren't only the 'powerhouses of cells' — they also battle germs - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-31 05:16:33 Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly discovering that these small organelles do much more than just power cells. T… [+6031 chars] Comments (0) NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, First to Sequence DNA in Space, Retires - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-07-31 05:16:13 NASA astronaut and microbiologist Kate Rubins retired Monday after 16 years with the agency. During her time with NASA, Rubins completed two long-duration missions aboard the International Space Stat… [+3850 chars] Comments (0) 400-million-year-old fish exposes big mistake in how we understood evolution - ScienceDaily Posted at 2025-07-31 05:15:53 The coelacanth is known as a "living fossil" because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite being one of the most studied fish in history, it continues to reveal new inf… [+5706 chars] Comments (0) NASA Wants To Drop Helicopter Drones On Mars To Scout For Manned Landing Sites - Jalopnik Posted at 2025-07-31 05:15:33 When it first lifted off from Martian soil, Ingenuity only hoped to traverse 980 feet over the span of a few weeks. Instead, the plucky American aviator covered 10.5 miles over three years. It did fi… [+1324 chars] Comments (0) Einstein Was Wrong? ‘Idealized’ Double-Slit Experiment Ends Nearly 100-Year-Old Debate - The Debrief Posted at 2025-07-31 05:15:13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists performing what they described as an idealized version of the infamous double-slit experiment, showing light exists as both a particle and a wav… [+7261 chars] Comments (0) 400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes discovered beneath China - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-31 05:14:52 Researchers have discovered a 400-mile-long chain of extinct, fossilized volcanoes buried deep below South China. The volcanoes formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of the su… [+5246 chars] Comments (0) The U.S. Could Lose a Crucial Futuristic Telescope to Spain if Trump’s Budget Passes - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-31 05:14:32 Spain has offered to spend up to 400 million ($471 million) to host the Thirty Meter Telescope, an enormous observatory project facing imminent cancellation due to U.S. budget constraints. If Spain … [+3520 chars] Comments (0) Water Trapped in Earth’s Mantle: The Surprising Discovery That Could Alter Our Planet’s Future - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-31 05:14:11 Could there be an ocean buried deep beneath our feet, hidden some 700 kilometers below the Earth’s surface? If the recent discoveries from scientific teams in Brazil and Botswana are to be believed, … [+3450 chars] Comments (0) 'Mental time travel' can restore memories to their former state, new study finds - Medical Xpress Posted at 2025-07-31 05:13:50 Several studies have indicated that forgotten memories may not be as irretrievable as once thought. Memory appears to be closely tied to the context in which it was encoded. Consequently, remembering… [+5061 chars] Comments (0) Behold: A Surprisingly Beautiful Depiction Of Being Swallowed By A Toothy Penis Worm - Defector Posted at 2025-07-31 05:13:27 When scientists discover new prehistoric species, the fossils alone fail to conjure the creature in the flesh. It's impossible to summon the entirety ancient shark from a single tooth, or some weird … [+9249 chars] Comments (0) How Does Lightning Start? New Research Provides a Groundbreaking Theory - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-31 05:13:06 Lightning has long terrified and fascinated scientists and non-scientists alike. For something so relatively common, the precise atmospheric events that give rise to a lightning strike have been shro… [+3342 chars] Comments (0) Early human ancestors showed extreme size differences between males and females - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-31 05:12:46 A newly published study has found that males of some of our earliest known ancestors were significantly larger than females. The pronounced difference in body size present in both Australopithecus af… [+8374 chars] Comments (0) Biggest cosmic explosion on record since the Big Bang is revealing the secrets of gamma-ray bursts - Space Posted at 2025-07-31 05:12:26 Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to learn more about mysterious blasts of high-energy called gamma-ray bursts (GRB… [+4877 chars] Comments (0) Stunning Dinosaur Tracks Appear to Show Something Never Seen Before - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-31 05:11:55 Roughly 76 million years ago, a herd of herbivorous dinosaurs left a trail of footprints that reveals different species may have walked together and been stalked together, too. An international team… [+2265 chars] Comments (0) Alien Probe or Natural Phenomenon? Strange Object Near Jupiter Sparks Global Debate Over Seven Shocking Scientific Unknowns - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-31 05:10:55 IN A NUTSHELL 3I/ATLAS, a newly discovered interstellar object, is traversing our solar system, sparking scientific curiosity. Its origins are specula… [+5673 chars] Comments (0) Here's how to see this week's double meteor shower - KSL News Posted at 2025-07-31 05:10:34 NEW YORK CITY Sky-gazers may get a good chance to see fireballs streak across the night sky this week. Two meteor showers the Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids will reach their peak, an… [+5528 chars] Comments (0) Hot blob beneath Appalachians formed when Greenland split from North America — and it's heading to New York - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-31 05:10:13 A giant blob of abnormally hot rock beneath the Appalachian Mountains formed when Greenland separated from North America around 80 million years ago, new research suggests. Scientists previously tho… [+5157 chars] Comments (0) UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years - BBC Posted at 2025-07-31 05:09:53 Gwyndaf Hughes Prof Michele Dougherty is the new Astronomer Royal Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school but was instead inspired to learn more about space afte… [+5001 chars] Comments (0) AI is taking scientific discovery from decades to minutes - Earth.com Posted at 2025-07-30 05:20:51 The hardest math in science has long been a bottleneck, delaying discoveries across physics, chemistry, and climate. But thats starting to change, as AI slashes equation-solving times from years to m… [+5958 chars] Comments (0) Lunar Dust Turned Into Electricity for the First Time and Experts Say “This Breaks Every Rule of Off-World Survival” - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-07-30 05:20:30 IN A NUTSHELL German scientists have created a functional solar cell using lunar dust, marking a significant advancement in space technology. The proc… [+5104 chars] Comments (0) Did spiders swim before they could crawl? Fossil analysis reveals shocking information - The Times of India Posted at 2025-07-30 05:20:09 Helly Shah Turns Up the Glam Quotient Comments (0) 'Shri rapax' dinosaur killed with potent thumbs instead of foot claws - Earth.com Posted at 2025-07-30 05:19:47 The Gobi Desert just gained another actor in its cast of Late Cretaceous characters. Paleontologists have unveiled Shri rapax, a stocky, two legged predator with a body that stretched only about 6.5 … [+5784 chars] Comments (0) The Science Behind The 30 Craziest Animal Facts - Bored Panda Posted at 2025-07-30 05:19:26 Hemeceratoides moths appear to have a taste for the tears of sleeping birds, a feeding habit known as lacryphagy. They need sodium to survive, but gathering it from saltwater puddles is risky, as fr… [+586 chars] Comments (0) What's the lifetime of a Dyson megaswarm? - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-30 05:19:03 In 2015, astronomer Tabetha Boyajian and colleagues announced the discovery of unusual light fluctuationscoming from a star about 1,500 light-years away. It came to be known as "Tabby's star" or "Boy… [+7874 chars] Comments (0) The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Cracking Apart: Scientists Warn of Potential Global Catastrophe - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-30 05:18:42 The Thwaites Glacier, known as the Doomsday Glacier due to its potential to trigger massive sea level rise, is showing alarming signs of instability. Stretching nearly 80 miles across, this colossal … [+4819 chars] Comments (0) Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-30 05:18:20 MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate, with atomic-level precision, the dual yet evasive nature of li… [+10060 chars] Comments (0) Vera Rubin Observatory glows under recalibration LEDs photo of the day for July 28, 2025 - Space Posted at 2025-07-30 05:17:05 Named in honor of female astronomer Vera Rubin, whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation provided key evidence for dark matter, the Vera Rubin Observatory uses the world's largest digital camera to p… [+1785 chars] Comments (0) Earth Has Shifted by 31.5 Inches – And Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm! - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-30 05:16:39 A recent groundbreaking study published in Geophysical Research Letters has revealed an astonishing new insight: Earth’s rotational axis has shifted 31.5 inches in less than two decades, largely due … [+4959 chars] Comments (0) Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-07-30 05:16:16 Comments (0) Around 720 Million Years Ago, Our Planet Turned Into A "Snowball Earth" – Is This Why? - IFLScience Posted at 2025-07-30 05:15:53 Roughly 720 million years ago (give or take a few tens of millions), Earth plunged into one of the most extreme climate events in its history. In several stages, the planet became a giant snowball, e… [+2844 chars] Comments (0) Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present' - Space Posted at 2025-07-30 05:15:31 There's no doubt that SpaceX's Starlink internet service has connected the world like never before — but at what cost? Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink's satellite constellation i… [+2589 chars] Comments (0) Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-30 05:15:07 Looking up at the night sky, it may seem our cosmic neighborhood is packed full of planets, stars and galaxies. But scientists have long suggested there may be far fewer galaxies in our cosmic surrou… [+5639 chars] Comments (0) Authors of controversial 2010 arsenic-based life study clap back as paper gets pulled: 'We do not support this retraction' - Space Posted at 2025-07-30 05:14:34 The controversial claim of microbes that exhibit arsenic rather than phosphorus in their biochemistry has been retracted by the journal Science 15 years after it was first published — but while most … [+8880 chars] Comments (0) NASA Just Discovered What’s Really Creating the Moon’s Atmosphere - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-30 05:14:01 A groundbreaking study using Apollo 16 lunar samples has challenged long-held assumptions about the source of the Moons delicate atmosphere. Contrary to the belief that the solar wind plays a dominan… [+4798 chars] Comments (0) A Radical New Theory Has Scientists Rethinking the Origins of the Universe - The Debrief Posted at 2025-07-30 05:13:32 A new theory for the origin of the universe proposed by scholars at the University of Padua, University of Barcelona, and University of Pisa, redefines the first few moments of existence and decouple… [+3456 chars] Comments (0) ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth, But What Happens If It Slams Into The Moon? - The Weather Channel Posted at 2025-07-30 05:13:00 Illustration showing a view of Earth from the moon. (Getty Images/NASA) Earth has dodged a celestial bullet, but the moon might not be so lucky, and that has scientists keeping their telescopes and… [+3392 chars] Comments (0) Launch pad indicator error causes SpaceX, NASA to scrub planned static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch - Spaceflight Now Posted at 2025-07-30 05:12:25 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Crew Dragon Endeavour, is pictured at sunset on Sunday, July 27, 2025. It will launch the Crew-11 mission, which is schedule to liftoff from Launch Complex 3… [+4401 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX launch from California marks 2nd Starlink mission in 24 hours (video) - Space Posted at 2025-07-29 05:24:14 SpaceX launched 24 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit early Sunday morning (July 27), on the company's second flight in less than 24 hours dedicated to growing its megaconstellation. A Fa… [+1432 chars] Comments (0) The James Webb Space Telescope has found the most distant galaxy ever seen, at the dawn of the cosmos. Again. - BBC Sky at Night Magazine Posted at 2025-07-29 05:23:54 One of the James Webb Space Telescope's superpowers is its ability to investigate the cosmic dawn, the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang. The telescope has once again lived up to it… [+2382 chars] Comments (0) Trapped by moon dust: The physics error that fooled NASA for years - ScienceDaily Posted at 2025-07-29 05:21:55 When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel -- as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 -- Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a se… [+4836 chars] Comments (0) A strange quantum battery concept reveals the second law of entanglement - Interesting Engineering Posted at 2025-07-29 05:20:36 This achievement resolves a long-standing puzzle in quantum information science and could significantly impact the design of future quantum computers, secure communication systems, and powerful quant… [+1413 chars] Comments (0) Why do cats hate water? - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-29 05:20:07 One of the most enduring stereotypes about domestic cats is that they absolutely despise getting wet. From frantically scrambling out of the bathtub to recoiling at the mist from a spray bottle, cats… [+3600 chars] Comments (0) See Mars shine close to the waxing crescent moon after sunset on July 28 - Space Posted at 2025-07-29 05:19:34 Heads up, stargazers! The waxing crescent moon will appear on the left shoulder of Mars in the hours following sunset on July 28 — close enough for both to fit easily in the view of a pair of 10x50 b… [+2942 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers witness a newborn planet emerging from the dust around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-29 05:19:12 What it is: A potential planet around the star HD 135344B Where it is: 440 light-years away, in the constellation Lupus When it was shared: July 21, 2025 Deep within a swirling disk of gas and dus… [+2899 chars] Comments (0) When To See ‘Shooting Stars’ Tonight As Four Meteor Showers Collide - Forbes Posted at 2025-07-29 05:18:50 Summers shooting stars season gets underway this week with the peaks of three meteor showers. The most famous meteor shower of all, the Perseids, will peak on Aug. 12-13, but a badly timed full moon … [+3782 chars] Comments (0) This Dinosaur Probably Chirped Like a Bird - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-29 05:18:29 Scientists have discovered a dinosaur that might have chirped like a bird, a finding that suggests the evolutionary origins of birdsong may be far more ancient than we previously thought. In a paper… [+2151 chars] Comments (0) “We Weren’t Supposed to See This”: Webb Telescope Spots Bizarre Signal on Europa That Scientists Call “Deeply Unsettling” - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-29 05:18:08 IN A NUTSHELL SWRI scientists conducted experiments to explain unexpected hydrogen peroxide levels on Europa. The experiments utilized a vacuum chambe… [+6500 chars] Comments (0) Researchers issue warning over troubling phenomenon that could revive dormant volcanoes: 'It's just like opening a Coca-Cola bottle' - Yahoo Home Posted at 2025-07-29 05:17:44 As ice caps melt, researchers warn that dormant volcanoes could erupt and the ripple effects could hit closer to home than you think. What's happening? Scientists say melting glaciers might do more… [+2431 chars] Comments (0) Spiders Didn’t Come from the Earth: A 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Redefines Their Origins - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-29 05:17:22 In a fascinating study published in Current Biology, researchers have turned our understanding of arachnid evolution on its head. For years, scientists assumed that spiders, scorpions, and their kin … [+2429 chars] Comments (0) Robots eating other robots: The benefits of machine metabolism - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-07-29 05:17:02 Comments (0) Ancient DNA suggests ancestors of Estonians, Finns and Hungarians lived in Siberia 4,500 years ago - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-29 05:16:40 Present-day speakers of Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian have substantial Siberian ancestry, a new study of ancient genomes finds. These roots likely spread westward from a group of people living in t… [+4850 chars] Comments (0) Albert Einstein’s 1915 Letter to His Son Reveals the Key To Learning - My Modern Met Posted at 2025-07-29 05:16:19 Albert Einstein writing a density formula of the Milky Way in 1931 at the Carnegie Institute of the Mt. Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, Calif. (Public domain) In 1915, a 36-year-old Albert Einstein … [+3252 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Uncover Lost Human Cities Beneath the Sea: Secrets of Ancient Migration Routes Revealed - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-07-29 05:15:57 A groundbreaking study recently published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience has revealed the existence of ancient human migration routes submerged beneath the sea, shedding new light on how early humans t… [+6922 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Warn: Tintina Fault Could Unleash Major Earthquake - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-07-29 05:15:33 New research has uncovered surprising evidence that the Tintina fault in Yukon, once thought dormant for over 40 million years, may in fact still be active and capable of generating powerful earthqua… [+5430 chars] Comments (0) 9,000-Year-Old Drawings Found Next to Dinosaur Footprints in Brazil - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-29 05:15:12 In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have uncovered 9,000-year-old rock art that offers new insights into the relationship between ancient humans and dinosaurs. These petroglyphs, etched into r… [+3057 chars] Comments (0) Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck. Engineers have figured out why - Tech Xplore Posted at 2025-07-28 05:40:32 When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravelas did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of … [+5155 chars] Comments (0) See a razor-thin moon shine close to Regulus in the evening sky tonight - Space Posted at 2025-07-28 05:40:11 The slender waxing crescent moon will shine near the 'Kingly' star Regulus in the constellation Leo on the night of July 26, offering a photogenic — if challenging — target for those with a clear vie… [+2409 chars] Comments (0) Weekend reads: Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper; another journal issue on Palestine cancelled; JAMA, NEJM editors decry political interference – Retraction Watch - Retraction Watch Posted at 2025-07-28 05:39:51 Dear RW readers, can you spare $25? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up past 500. There are more than 60,000 retractions in The Retractio… [+5053 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space - Futurism Posted at 2025-07-28 05:39:30 The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysi… [+3394 chars] Comments (0) These Robots That “Eat” Each Other to Survive Could Evolve Into Machines and Conquer Our Planet - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-28 05:39:08 In a world where robotics are becoming an integral part of everyday life, were starting to see innovations that are as surprising as they are fascinating. Recently, researchers from Columbia Universi… [+3787 chars] Comments (0) Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view - Space Posted at 2025-07-28 05:38:08 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The scientists who precisely measure the posit… [+5209 chars] Comments (0) NASA’s AI Satellite Just Made a Decision Without Humans — in 90 Seconds - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-28 05:37:36 NASA is piloting a new form of onboard artificial intelligence that may significantly change how Earth-observing satellites collect and prioritize data. In a recent test, a satellite was able to auto… [+3905 chars] Comments (0) NASA Discovers Asteroid with Enough Gold to Make Everyone on Earth a Billionaire - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-07-28 05:37:06 NASA has discovered a massive gold deposit on asteroid 16 Psyche, a metallic-rich body located in the asteroid belt. This asteroid is estimated to contain $700 quintillion worth of metals, including … [+3662 chars] Comments (0) An Asteroid Once On Course For Earth May Be Heading For The Moon Instead - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-28 05:36:42 A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit not on our planet, but on the moon. The object, named asteroid 2024 YR4, has drawn intense inter… [+4587 chars] Comments (0) Ancient Fossil Found in Roman-Era Dump Reveals Surprising Use as Sacred Amulet - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-07-28 05:35:40 Archaeologists in Galicia, Spain, have uncovered a significant discovery: a trilobite fossil, millions of years old, transformed into a Roman-era amulet. The fossil, believed to have been used as a p… [+4009 chars] Comments (0) Betelgeuse, one of the most familiar stars in the sky, may have a hidden companion star orbiting it - CNN Posted at 2025-07-28 05:34:05 Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best … [+10835 chars] Comments (0) A Cosmic Mystery: Is China Building the World’s Biggest Telescope? - The Wall Street Journal Posted at 2025-07-28 05:33:36 Comments (0) This Week In Space podcast: Episode 170 — Atomic Space Batteries! - Space Posted at 2025-07-28 05:33:12 On Episode 170 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by are joined by Dr. Robert O'Brien, director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research for the Universities Space Research As… [+2245 chars] Comments (0) Scientists detect gargantuan 'pimple' that has plagued a star for at least 7 years - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-28 05:32:51 Most exoplanets are discovered as they transit, or move across, their parent stars. But a new study details the opposite scenario: As a giant planet crossed its host star, peculiarities in its tran… [+5279 chars] Comments (0) NASA Captures Stunning Solar Eclipse from Space - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-28 05:32:30 On July 25, 2025, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured a rare solar eclipse from its vantage point in space. This unique phenomenon, visible only from the SDO’s position, revealed around … [+3566 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Find Secret Code in Human DNA - Futurism Posted at 2025-07-28 05:32:09 One person's junk is another's treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of "junk" DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function a… [+3763 chars] Comments (0) Caught on Camera: Rare Footage Reveals How a Giant Earthquake Tore the Earth in Seconds - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-07-28 05:31:49 A CCTV video from Myanmar has revealed the first direct footage of a curved fault slip during an earthquake—confirming long-held geological theories and deepening our understanding of rupture dynamic… [+5412 chars] Comments (0) Strange sighting in the skies over South Carolina early Saturday? This might explain them - WLTX Posted at 2025-07-28 05:31:27 COLUMBIA, S.C. Early risers, night owls, and overnight workers in South Carolina got quite a show if they looked up into the skies a couple of hours before dawn on Saturday. News19 received multiple… [+983 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of launch to space station - Space Posted at 2025-07-28 05:31:06 The next four people to launch to the International Space Station have arrived at their launch site. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, together with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Age… [+1940 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX targets Saturday evening for launch of Falcon 9 rocket from VSFB - KSBY News Posted at 2025-07-28 05:30:35 Update (9:31 p.m.) - According to base officials, the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched at 9:31 p.m. Saturday from SLC-4E._________________________________________________________________________… [+927 chars] Comments (0) Moon, Mars, and meteors: Why July 28 is the best night for skywatching all summer - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-27 06:25:44 A beautiful crescent moon will appear close to Mars after dark on Monday, July 28. The dancing duo will make their debut about 45 minutes after sunset and will be visible from across the world — just… [+2412 chars] Comments (0) NASA unveils incredibly precise new satellite tool that anyone can use: 'You can zoom in to your country, your state, your city block' - Yahoo Home Posted at 2025-07-27 06:25:11 NASA's new web portal reveals ground movements across North America with precision that captures tiny shifts smaller than an inch, reported NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This tool helps people m… [+2216 chars] Comments (0) Surprising JWST Observations Hint We Might Be Inside A Black Hole - IFLScience Posted at 2025-07-27 06:24:40 A study analyzing JWST observations of the early universe has uncovered an intriguing mystery: most galaxies appear to be rotating in the same direction. This unexpected pattern, which defies current… [+4740 chars] Comments (0) “We Were Never Supposed to See This”: Astronomer’s Shocking Claim About 200-Light-Year-Wide Structure Feeding the Milky Way’s Core - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-27 06:24:13 IN A NUTSHELL Astronomers discovered the Midpoint cloud, a Giant Molecular Cloud spanning 650 trillion miles within the Milky Way. The discovery, usi… [+6095 chars] Comments (0) Ocean Sugar Makes Cancer Cells Explode - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-07-27 06:23:46 A sugar made by deep-sea microbes causes cancer cells to self-destruct, and boosts the body’s defenses in the process. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have found a powerful new way to kill cancer c… [+1913 chars] Comments (0) 15 Million Years Ago, Earth “Swallowed” Billions of Tons of Water, Drastically Transforming the Oceans Forever - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-27 06:22:08 A fascinating new study has shaken up our understanding of Earths oceans. It reveals that around 15 million years ago, something remarkable happened beneath the surface of the planet: the Earth “swal… [+3544 chars] Comments (0) NASA or the Space Force: Who should protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? - Space Posted at 2025-07-27 06:19:23 Recent NASA budget uncertainties could make one space agency endeavor up for grabs — defending Earth from incoming space rocks. That effort, undertaken by NASA for many years, could be given to the … [+8480 chars] Comments (0) NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth's Magnetic Field - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-27 06:18:46 For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest… [+4735 chars] Comments (0) What happens if an asteroid hits the moon? Astronomers are racing to find answers - CNN Posted at 2025-07-27 06:18:08 The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is curre… [+14545 chars] Comments (0) Physicists discover new state of quantum matter - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-27 06:17:40 Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new state of quantum matter. The state exists within a material that the team reports could lead to a new era of self-charging co… [+3449 chars] Comments (0) Innovation Strikes In The Field Of Chimpanzee Rectum Adornment - Defector Posted at 2025-07-27 06:17:13 Fifteen years ago in a sanctuary in Zambia, inspiration struck a chimpanzee named Julie. She plucked a stiff blade of grass, stuck it inside her ear, and left it there. There the grass dangled as Jul… [+7960 chars] Comments (0) Jaw-Dropping Video Shows NASA’s Plan to Deliver a Helicopter Swarm to Mars Without Landing - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-27 06:16:44 It’s been more than a year since the Ingenuity helicopter broke one of its blades, ending its experimental stint on Mars. On the heels of this wildly successful NASA mission, a defense contractor has… [+2764 chars] Comments (0) What Galileo Discovered Just Before Jupiter Swallowed It Whole - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-27 06:16:19 In a mission that changed our understanding of gas giants, NASAs Galileo spacecraft made history not just in orbit but also in its dramatic descent into Jupiters atmosphere. Launched in October 1989,… [+3255 chars] Comments (0) Researchers Catch Adorable Otter On Camera For First Time In Over A Decade - The Dodo Posted at 2025-07-27 06:15:56 Deep in the Tangkulap Forest Reserve in Malaysia, conservation organization Panthera has an array of cameras set up, hoping to catch glimpses of different animals. While reviewing photos from cameras… [+1776 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Just Found a Planet That Might Split Into Two Different Worlds - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-27 06:15:32 A newly discovered exoplanet may offer astronomers a rare look at how planetary evolution unfolds, revealing the processes that transform young, hydrogen-rich worlds into either gas-shrouded mini-Nep… [+3101 chars] Comments (0) Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-07-27 06:15:10 Comments (0) Ancient Voice Box Finally Reveals How Dinosaurs May Have Sounded - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-27 06:14:42 Despite what the movies tell us, dinosaurs probably didn't roar at their prey. It's more likely that they chirped like birds, based on a well-preserved new fossil with an intact voice box. A team of… [+2262 chars] Comments (0) The parched planet paradox: How drought and sea level rise feed on each other - NBC News Posted at 2025-07-27 06:09:22 Overpumping groundwater, worsening droughts and more rapid evaporation due to higher temperatures have caused a drastic decline in the amount of available freshwater, according to a new study. Conti… [+4731 chars] Comments (0) How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far? - Space Posted at 2025-07-27 06:07:38 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light … [+6745 chars] Comments (0) T. rex relatives 'moonwalked' to attract mates, newfound dinosaur ‘mating arena' suggests - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-26 05:36:17 Around 100 million years ago, male dinosaurs entered a "mating arena" in Colorado and danced their hearts out to attract females, a new study suggests. Researchers uncovered a series of mating displ… [+3074 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Superheated Gold to 14 Times Its Melting Point and It Remained Solid - ZME Science Posted at 2025-07-26 05:35:24 Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Its not easy to surprise physicists with a phase change. Yet when Tom White first reviewed the data from a new experiment that used lasers t… [+6387 chars] Comments (0) This 'super-Earth' exoplanet 35 light-years away might have what it takes to support life - Space Posted at 2025-07-26 05:34:49 A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support liquid water and potentially life. Located about 35 light-years from Earth, L… [+3374 chars] Comments (0) 3I/ATLAS is 7 miles wide — the largest interstellar object ever seen — new photos from Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-26 05:26:30 The alien comet 3I/ATLAS is roughly 7 miles (11.2 kilometers) wide, making it the largest interstellar object ever spotted, according to newly revealed photos from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory . … [+3964 chars] Comments (0) These gorgeous new images of the cosmos from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope took our breath away (video) - Space Posted at 2025-07-26 05:23:41 NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stellar, nebular and galactic activity in unprecedented detail. The collection … [+5219 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers share best-ever evidence that Betelgeuse has a secret companion star — and they've nicknamed it 'her bracelet' - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-26 05:23:16 The red supergiant Betelgeuse likely has a companion star, astronomers have confirmed. Long theorized to share an orbit with Betelgeuse — an extremely bright star that may go supernova in the next… [+3551 chars] Comments (0) An Entire Hidden Layer of Reality May Be Lurking Just Below the Standard Model of Physics - Yahoo Home Posted at 2025-07-26 05:22:45 "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Heres what youll learn when you read this story: Although CERNs Large Hadron Collider has made… [+4724 chars] Comments (0) After 15 years of controversy, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper - Retraction Watch Posted at 2025-07-26 05:22:18 Fifteen years after publishing an explosive but long-criticized paper claiming to describe a microbe that could substitute arsenic for phosphate in its chemical makeup, Science is retracting the arti… [+9711 chars] Comments (0) These 3 meteor showers are happening in late July: What to know - ABC News Posted at 2025-07-26 05:21:43 Comments (0) Ancient human relative cannibalized toddlers, 850,000-year-old neck bone reveals - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-26 05:20:54 Around 850,000 years ago, a toddler was decapitated and cannibalized, cut marks on one of their neck bones suggest. The bone, which belonged to an archaic human relative, was found at the Gran Dolin… [+3323 chars] Comments (0) I’ve Never Wanted Kids. Now I’m on the Cusp of 50, in a New Relationship, and Considering a Wild Idea. - slate.com Posted at 2025-07-26 05:20:05 Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Im in a relatively new relationship after getting divorced from my … [+5061 chars] Comments (0) Fossil Once Mistaken for a Caterpillar Turns Out to Be an Entirely Different Species - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-07-26 05:19:40 A groundbreaking discovery has recently reshaped our understanding of early animal evolution. A long-misidentified fossil at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, initially described in 1865 as a … [+7354 chars] Comments (0) Spain offers 400 million euros to revive Thirty Meter Telescope as Trump suggests cancelling project - Space Posted at 2025-07-26 05:19:18 On Wednesday (July 23), Diana Morant, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities in Spain, announced the Spanish government will offer a maximum of 400 million euros ($471 million) to save … [+5063 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers discover new dwarf planet 'Ammonite' — and it could upend the existence of Planet Nine - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-26 05:18:57 Astronomers have discovered a possible new dwarf planet orbiting far beyond Pluto. First detected in March 2023 by Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, this object has been dubbed 2023 KQ14 and nickna… [+4227 chars] Comments (0) NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 Launch, Docking - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-07-26 05:18:36 NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agencys SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 12:09 p.m. EDT, Thursday… [+7871 chars] Comments (0) NASA Welcomes Senegal as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-07-26 05:18:14 Senegal signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agencys headquarters in Washington, becoming the latest nation to commit to the responsible exploration of space fo… [+3023 chars] Comments (0) Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago – our unusual scientific collaboration explores how - Space Posted at 2025-07-26 05:17:50 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us… [+6806 chars] Comments (0) NASA Earth Science Division Provides Key Data - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-07-26 05:17:29 NASA’s Earth Science Fleet — NASA Keith’s note: This letter from Earth scientists has also been published in Science magazine and is reprinted here with the permission of the authors [Science, 389,… [+4754 chars] Comments (0) Ceramicist Sees Something Stuck In His Mold — Then Realizes They’re Legs - The Dodo Posted at 2025-07-26 05:17:08 A few months ago, Thailand-based ceramic artist Trevor Foster was working in his outdoor studio when he noticed something strange about the mold hed just poured slip into. At first, I thought the mo… [+1794 chars] Comments (0) Become A Cute Girl With “Taotao the Chanter”! [DOOD] - YGOrganization Posted at 2025-07-26 05:16:43 Look, there is nothing in this world that can’t be Gijinka’d into a cute girl. Onmyouji Taotao (Taotao the Chanter)Level 2 EARTH Illusion Tuner Effect MonsterATK 900DEF 600You can only use the (2)nd… [+339 chars] Comments (0) The Cells That Breathe Two Ways - Quanta Magazine Posted at 2025-07-25 05:40:57 Take a deep breath. A flow of air has rushed into your lungs, where the oxygen moves into your bloodstream, fueling metabolic fires in cells throughout your body. You, being an aerobic organism, use … [+3968 chars] Comments (0) Senegal Visit Signals The Real NASA Management Structure - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-07-25 05:40:34 NASA Town Hall 25 June 2025 Keith’s note: According to a media advisory sent out on 22 July by NASA HQ “Senegal will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 24, a… [+737 chars] Comments (0) Neither Scales Nor Feathers: Bizarre Appendage Discovered on Reptile Fossil - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-25 05:40:02 A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither scale, nor bone, nor feather. The extinct creature's 247-million-year-old f… [+3793 chars] Comments (0) Now-submerged migration routes redraw map of how humans settled beyond Africa - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-25 05:39:23 A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"his term for regions around the world once populated by ancient humans that today are submerged under water due to sea-level chan… [+6397 chars] Comments (0) Earth experienced a shorter day on July 22 - KXAN Austin Posted at 2025-07-25 05:38:35 AUSTIN (KXAN) — Yes, you read that correctly, Earth experienced a shorter day on Tuesday, spinning about 1.34 milliseconds faster than its typical 24-hour rotation. There have now been multiple days… [+409 chars] Comments (0) Superheated gold withstands 'entropy catastrophe': New method challenges established physics - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-25 05:37:58 Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a decades-old theory and upended our understanding of superheating. It's n… [+8011 chars] Comments (0) The Moon’s Hidden Shield: How Surface Features Defend Against Solar Wind - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-25 05:37:21 In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers have uncovered an astonishing revelation about the Moon’s surface, challenging previous beliefs about its exosphere.… [+4772 chars] Comments (0) Octopuses are tricked by the 'rubber hand illusion' like humans, suggesting self-awareness - Earth.com Posted at 2025-07-25 05:36:50 Imagine reaching for a cup and feeling as though your hand is moving, only to discover it’s not your hand, but a rubber replica being touched in sync with your real, hidden hand. You still react, con… [+5661 chars] Comments (0) Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is packed with water ice that could be older than Earth - Space Posted at 2025-07-25 05:36:28 A team of scientists has found the recently discovered "interstellar invader" comet 3I/ATLAS is teeming with water ice. This water could have been sealed in the comet for 7 billion years, which would… [+4918 chars] Comments (0) Your Brain Maps the Same Path Differently Every Time - Neuroscience News Posted at 2025-07-25 05:35:16 Summary: New research shows that our brains internal map rewrites itself every time we navigate a familiar environment. Even when mice experienced identical virtual mazes with controlled sensory inpu… [+7445 chars] Comments (0) Scientists may have solved a chemistry mystery about Jupiter's ocean moon Europa - Space Posted at 2025-07-25 05:32:40 A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being solved. Hydrogen peroxide forms as a byproduct when energetic particl… [+4290 chars] Comments (0) Spiders may have evolved in the ocean before adapting to land, well-preserved fossil reveals - ABC News Posted at 2025-07-25 05:32:07 Comments (0) Dinosaur hunters make “chilling” discovery deep in Canadian badlands - BBC Wildlife Magazine Posted at 2025-07-25 05:31:29 An extraordinary set of dinosaur footprints discovered at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada has revealed the first evidence of mixed-species herding behaviour in the area. The fossilised f… [+3426 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather (video) - Space Posted at 2025-07-25 05:30:46 NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (July 23), after a 24-hour delay caused by airspace concerns. TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Elec… [+3438 chars] Comments (0) Lightning Kills Way More Trees Than Anyone Thought, New Research Suggests - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-25 05:30:22 Weve all seen dramatic footage of lightning striking a mighty tree, its branches going up in flames. But how often does this actually happen? Researchers didnt know how much lightning impacted forest… [+2720 chars] Comments (0) NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-07-25 05:29:55 Comments (0) Best-ever map of the human genome sheds light on 'jumping genes,' 'junk DNA' and more - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-25 05:29:35 Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled. Across two new papers published Wedne… [+8663 chars] Comments (0) 2 Earth weather satellites accidentally spy on Venus - Space Posted at 2025-07-25 05:29:05 In a serendipitous turn of events, scientists have discovered that Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 weather satellites, designed to monitor storms and climate patterns here on Earth, have also been … [+5927 chars] Comments (0) “Copper Was Never Meant to Do This”: New Alloy Defies Physics to Power Space and Hydrogen Tech in Deep-Freeze Conditions - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-07-25 05:27:20 IN A NUTSHELL The new copper-based alloy developed in Japan maintains its properties in extreme cold, offering breakthroughs in space exploration and hydrogen… [+5328 chars] Comments (0) Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video) - Space Posted at 2025-07-24 05:55:38 A giant parachute built for Europe's beleaguered ExoMars mission has aced a drop test with a mock lander during a test campaign in the Arctic. The double parachute system consists of a 50-foot-wide … [+3510 chars] Comments (0) The rubber hand illusion works on octopuses too - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-24 05:54:46 Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a sense of their own body, just as we do. The rubber hand illusion is a bi… [+3595 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Discover Ancient Galaxy That Proves Big Bang Theory - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-24 05:54:15 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could validate long-held assumptions about the early universe. The discovery, detailed in a recent st… [+4629 chars] Comments (0) 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Ocean Origin For Spiders - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-24 05:53:52 The special brains of spiders may have started to evolve in the oceans, long before their ancestors crawled onto land. A fresh look at a 500-million-year-old fossil by researchers from the Universit… [+3740 chars] Comments (0) You Don’t Want to Know Where Scientists Just Found 27 Million Tons of Plastic - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-24 05:53:26 Despite the hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic floating in our oceansnot to mention the microplastics in our saliva, blood, breast milk, and semenresearchers have been unable to account f… [+3104 chars] Comments (0) New Discovery Reveals Human Eggs Can Remain Viable for Decades Thanks to a Cellular ‘Spring Cleaning’ Survival Mechanism - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-24 05:53:06 IN A NUTSHELL Human eggs utilize a minimalist strategy to remain viable for decades, preserving their integrity. Recent research reveals that eggs con… [+5030 chars] Comments (0) Joel Graham – New NASA AA For Legislative and IG Affairs - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-07-24 05:52:46 Keith’s note: This note was just sent to NASA employees by Vanessa Wyche: Leadership Announcement: OLIA: I am happy to share Joel Graham has joined NASA as the associate administrator for the Office … [+1173 chars] Comments (0) 2 summer meteor showers are about to peak on the same night: How to catch them at their best. - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-24 05:52:24 Two meteor showers will peak together on the night of July 29-30, with the moon out of the way just in time for about 25 shooting stars per hour to be seen in dark skies. The highlight will be the S… [+2305 chars] Comments (0) Here are the 16 states where the northern lights could be visible Tuesday night - OregonLive.com Posted at 2025-07-24 05:51:54 Some people along the northern part of the United States could get a light show in the sky Tuesday night, when the view line for the northern lights dips all the way to the Oregon-Washington border. … [+1191 chars] Comments (0) Ancient Sperm Fossils Found in Antarctica: The Oldest Ever Discovered! - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-24 05:51:34 Scientists have uncovered the oldest known fossilized animal sperm, found preserved in a 50-million-year-old cocoon from Antarctica. This unprecedented finding pushes back the timeline of such discov… [+2970 chars] Comments (0) First Direct Images of ‘Cosmic Web’ That May Weave Entire Universe - PetaPixel Posted at 2025-07-24 05:51:09 This image is a simulation based on groundbreaking new images captured by an international team of astronomers. The team detected the very faint glow from the gas inside cosmic filaments, shown here … [+4019 chars] Comments (0) This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed' - Space Posted at 2025-07-24 05:50:47 Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of gas and dust stretching out for a staggering 200 light-years and lurking in a poorly explored region of the Milky Way. The structure, named the Midpoint c… [+3722 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX: ‘Air space concerns’ causes last-minute scrub of NASA’s TRACERS mission - Spaceflight Now Posted at 2025-07-24 05:50:26 NASA’s two TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) are encapsulated along with five other satellites ahead of launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a Spa… [+12333 chars] Comments (0) New AI study clarifies the origins of Papua New Guineans - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-24 05:50:05 A team of European researchers has shed new light on the genetic origins of Papua New Guineans. The team uses advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools to demonstrate that Papua New Guineans are cl… [+4213 chars] Comments (0) How a 2-Tonne Stone Was Transported by Boat 5,300 Years Ago - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-24 05:49:39 Researchers have uncovered how prehistoric people managed to transport a massive 2-tonne stone across distances over 5,300 years ago. The stone, called the Matarrubilla stone, resides within a circul… [+2252 chars] Comments (0) NASA says a plane-sized asteroid will pass Earth next week. Here's what to know. - ABC News Posted at 2025-07-24 05:49:15 Comments (0) July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, scientists say - ABC News Posted at 2025-07-24 05:48:48 Comments (0) Scientists investigate how sperm manage to defy a major law of physics - Earth.com Posted at 2025-07-24 05:48:28 Tiny organisms live in a world where the usual rules of motion feel upside-down. Water that slips through our fingers turns syrupy at their scale, dragging against every twitch. Yet a sperm cell or a… [+5547 chars] Comments (0) Bite marks reveal giant terror birds were potentially prey for another apex predator — humongous caiman - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-24 05:48:03 Fossilized bite marks suggest there could have been a dramatic tussle between a gigantic terror bird and an even more massive crocodile around 12 million years ago. Phorusrhacids, commonly known as … [+3101 chars] Comments (0) India Is Splitting Apart: Geologists Detect Frightening Continental Break - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-07-23 06:03:53 A recent study presented at theAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU) conference has sent shockwaves through the geological community, suggesting that India is on the brink of splitting in two. This ground… [+5458 chars] Comments (0) How a trailblazing Jewish scientist is still revolutionizing the world of astronomy - The Forward Posted at 2025-07-23 06:02:13 The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory in Chile named for trailblazing American Jewish astronomer Vera Rubin have been dazzling stargazers, capturing the light from millions of dista… [+6449 chars] Comments (0) Largest supernova dataset hints dark energy may be changing over time - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-23 05:56:04 It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the dramatic explosion of a particular kind of white dwarf. In 1998, they announced… [+8775 chars] Comments (0) Discovery of newborn planet gives glimpse into formation of Earth - The Times Posted at 2025-07-23 05:55:22 In a glimpse of what the Earth looked like 4.5 billion years ago, astronomers have spotted a newborn planet in its earliest days of infancy forming within a spiral of dust for the first time.We will … [+3141 chars] Comments (0) Radical New Theory Rewrites the Story of the Earliest Universe - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-23 05:52:33 Following the Big Bang, our universe expanded at an exponential rate. According to this theory, known as cosmic inflation, the explosive growth produced tiny quantum fluctuations that later evolved i… [+6647 chars] Comments (0) Hidden neighbor: Astronomers confirm long-suspected companion star near Betelgeuse - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-23 05:40:28 Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume, spanning a radius around 700 times that of the sun. Despite only being t… [+5608 chars] Comments (0) Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: Why it needs to be protected - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-23 05:29:45 Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole in the Earth's surface. It is… [+5705 chars] Comments (0) NASA Shares How to Save Camera 370-Million-Miles Away Near Jupiter - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-07-23 05:28:07 An experimental technique rescued a camera aboard the agencys Juno spacecraft, offering lessons that will benefit other space systems that experience high radiation. The mission team of NASAs Jupite… [+5149 chars] Comments (0) Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake in March Split the Earth at ‘Supershear Velocity’ - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-23 05:27:24 On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 5,000 lives and caused damage even in neighboring countries. In a study published July 10 in The Seismic Record, seism… [+3553 chars] Comments (0) Most extreme 'rogue wave' ever recorded was so big it's difficult to comprehend - Earth.com Posted at 2025-07-23 05:26:50 Imagine you’re standing on the deck of a ship in the middle of the ocean. The waves are rough, but it’s the ocean, so you’re used to that feeling. Suddenly, a monstrous wall of water, two or even thr… [+6964 chars] Comments (0) A Denver Museum Tried to Go Green… and Unearthed a 67-Million-Year-Old Secret - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-23 05:26:18 A routine geothermal drilling project at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has led to a striking paleontological surprise. Scientists unexpectedly discovered a 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur … [+3143 chars] Comments (0) Launch Roundup: Russian and European science missions to launch during busy week - NASASpaceFlight.com - Posted at 2025-07-23 05:24:20 26Eight launches are scheduled for this week. Four of these are Falcon 9s, with SpaceX launching two customer missions and two Starlink missions. Internationally, Russia and Europe are both expected … [+9912 chars] Comments (0) China Unveils Game-Changing Moon Technology That Converts Lunar Soil Into Usable Fuel and Oxygen for Deep Space Missions - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-23 05:22:06 IN A NUTSHELL Chinese scientists have developed a technology to convert lunar soil into fuel and oxygen, aiding space exploration. The technology uses… [+4370 chars] Comments (0) NASA to launch 2 new satellites that will help forecast solar storms - ABC News Posted at 2025-07-23 05:20:49 Comments (0) 'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals - Space Posted at 2025-07-23 05:20:15 New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon's interior. For decades, scientists… [+5501 chars] Comments (0) Earth is spinning faster, making days shorter — here’s why scientists say it could be a problem - CNN Posted at 2025-07-23 05:19:39 Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 mil… [+8527 chars] Comments (0) Want to live forever? A 90-year-old physics rock star is betting his remaining years on it. - Boing Boing Posted at 2025-07-23 05:19:07 Ninety-year-old University of Washington emeritus physics professor John G. Cramer has volunteered to join a pioneering effort to surpass the 122-year human longevity limit by undergoing bioreactor-g… [+1442 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff - Space Posted at 2025-07-23 05:18:28 SpaceX aborted the launch of two communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with two of SES' O3b mPOWER internet spacecraft was set to launch… [+1408 chars] Comments (0) Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-07-23 05:18:00 Comments (0) Astronomers capture dawn of new solar system for 1st time - DW Posted at 2025-07-22 05:35:01 Astronomers have spotted the earliest known signs of rocky planet formation around a young, sun-like star for the first time. The discovery offers an unprecedented glimpse into what may have happene… [+2604 chars] Comments (0) When will the solar system die out? - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-22 05:34:40 Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years . While that sounds like a long time, it's just a blip in the 13.8 billion-year story of the universe. And one day, the solar system will cease… [+3670 chars] Comments (0) NASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected' - Space Posted at 2025-07-22 05:34:09 It's little wonder that astronomers are excited for the launch of NASA's next big space telescope project, the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. Recent research has suggested that Roman , currently set … [+9914 chars] Comments (0) 'Fighting dragons' light up little-known constellation in the Southern sky: Space photo of the week - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-22 05:33:49 The "'The Fighting Dragons of Ara" is a nebula in a huge molecular cloud. (Image credit: Image credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image processing: R. Colombari and M. Z… [+2448 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Detect Entirely New Type of Plasma Wave Above Jupiter’s North Pole - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-22 05:33:29 Since entering Jupiters orbit in 2016, NASAs Juno spacecraft has been hard at work unveiling the many mysteries of our solar systems largest planet. And its latest discovery may be one of the most in… [+3677 chars] Comments (0) “We Found a Lost World Under the Sea”: Archaeologists Uncover 140,000-Year-Old Submerged Land Teeming With Ancient Giants and Vanished Humans - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-22 05:33:05 IN A NUTSHELL Ancient fossils discovered beneath Indonesian seas reveal insights into early human life in Southeast Asia. Over 6,000 fossil specimens,… [+5688 chars] Comments (0) The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity - WIRED Posted at 2025-07-22 05:32:41 The world of Boussos new theorem still departs from our universe in notable ways. For mathematical convenience, he assumed that theres an unlimited variety of particlesan unrealistic assumption that … [+3733 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Stumble Upon Thousands of Giant, Living Eggs in an Active Underwater Volcano—A Shocking Revelation About Deep-Sea Life - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-22 05:32:14 In an exciting breakthrough, scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada made an unexpected discovery off the coast of Vancouver Islandthousands of giant, living eggs at the summit of an active under… [+3283 chars] Comments (0) A ‘phenomenal’ way for older adults to get exercise - San Francisco Chronicle Posted at 2025-07-22 05:31:54 Bob Mittelstaedt, 77, descends Mount Tamalpais Octopus Trail on his electric mountain bike. Mittelstaedt, a longtime cyclist, switched from traditional bikes to e-bikes for on- and off-road riding ab… [+6408 chars] Comments (0) “Rethinking What Silicon Can Do” – New Way To Control Electricity at the Tiniest Scale Discovered - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-07-22 05:31:32 By controlling the symmetry of silicon molecules, researchers have found a way to switch electron flow on and off at the quantum scale. The discovery hints at a radical new path for electronics beyon… [+4083 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Find Sperm Cells Breaking One of Physics’ Most Famous Laws — Newton’s Law - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-22 05:31:11 Human sperm have long been a subject of fascinationnot just for their role in fertilization, but for their remarkable ability to navigate through some of the most viscous environments in the body. Bu… [+3504 chars] Comments (0) Humans and Neanderthals are far more connected than once thought - The Brighter Side of News Posted at 2025-07-22 05:30:48 The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they… [+9814 chars] Comments (0) Invisible Threat From the Sun: Solar Storms Are Stealthily Knocking Out Musk’s Satellites and Disrupting Global Coverage - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-22 05:30:23 IN A NUTSHELL Solar storms are causing SpaceXs Starlink satellites to reenter Earths atmosphere sooner than planned. The increased atmospheric drag fr… [+5368 chars] Comments (0) Trippy liquid 'fireworks' appear when scientists try to mix unmixable fluids - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-22 05:30:04 These mysterious "fireworks" aren't lighting up the night sky — they're computer simulations from a recentpaper on mixing fluids that don't want to mix. Researchers mapped out how two immiscible f… [+2947 chars] Comments (0) Geologists Stumble on an Alien-Like Landscape Beneath Antarctica’s Ice - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-07-22 05:29:38 The topography beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Credit: Open-access s-ink.org repository Hidden landscapes under Antarctic ice may slow glacier flow. These ancient surfaces could change how we predi… [+5447 chars] Comments (0) This wild bioplastic made of algae just aced a Mars pressure test. Can astronauts use it to build on the Red Planet? - Space Posted at 2025-07-22 05:29:11 In a potential milestone for space exploration, scientists have successfully grown algae under simulated Martian conditions using equipment made from biodegradable bioplastics — a step that could bri… [+3590 chars] Comments (0) A strange fossil at the edge of the solar system just shook up Planet Nine theories - ScienceDaily Posted at 2025-07-22 05:28:50 Subaru Telescope has made an exciting discovery: a small body beyond Pluto, with implications for the formation, evolution, and current structure of the outer Solar System.The object was found as par… [+2664 chars] Comments (0) Many Butterflies Have a Second 'Head' – This Could Be Why - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-22 05:28:26 Comments (0) “Dinosaurs Will Walk the Earth Again”: This Unbelievable Collaboration Between Peter Jackson and Colossal Biosciences Resurrects Extinct Giants - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-22 05:27:59 IN A NUTSHELL Peter Jackson collaborates with Colossal Biosciences to bring back the extinct giant moa. The project combines cutting-edge genetic engi… [+5744 chars] Comments (0) 2 new NASA satellites will track space weather to help keep us safe from solar storms - Space Posted at 2025-07-21 05:45:46 A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they affect our atmosphere and satellites. NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp… [+4504 chars] Comments (0) Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Not Yet Seen On Earth - IFLScience Posted at 2025-07-21 05:45:29 Some asteroids are dense. So dense in fact, that they may contain heavy elements outside of the periodic table, according to a new study on mass density.The team of physicists from The University of … [+2801 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Just Discovered a New Natural Wonder at Yellowstone National Park—What to Know - Travel + Leisure Posted at 2025-07-21 05:45:09 A brand-new discovery in a popular national park has explosive beginnings. Geologists in Yellowstone National Park recently discovered a new thermal pool, likely formed by a hydrothermal explosion, … [+2517 chars] Comments (0) Dead Sea's salt giants reveal how massive salt deposits form over time - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-21 05:44:50 The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a correspondingly hi… [+6593 chars] Comments (0) Our Galaxy Appears To Be Part Of A Structure So Large It Challenges Our Current Models Of Cosmology - IFLScience Posted at 2025-07-21 05:40:15 Astronomers have discovered that the Milky Way might be just a small piece of a much larger cosmic structure than previously believed. If confirmed by future observations, this research could suggest… [+4026 chars] Comments (0) Scientists solve the 75-year-old mystery of massive ‘gravity hole’ in the Indian Ocean - The Brighter Side of News Posted at 2025-07-21 05:32:26 The ground may feel steady underfoot, but the planet is always in motion. While satellites and sensors have mapped the surface in fine detail, what lies beneath remains largely unknown. The crust, a … [+8907 chars] Comments (0) Video of Tens of Thousands of Migrating Rays Is Bringing Relaxation to Our Timelines - PetHelpful Posted at 2025-07-21 05:27:00 If you need a moment of Zen in the middle of your day, this video shared by Virtuoso Travel on Instagram is just the thing. It captures a few peaceful moments of the great Mobula ray migration, and i… [+2013 chars] Comments (0) Colugo: The 'flying lemur' that doesn't fly and isn't a lemur - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-21 05:25:37 Name: Colugo, or Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus). Also known as the Malayan flying lemur Where it lives: Tropical rainforests inSoutheast Asia What it eats: Flowers, buds, shoots, leave… [+2480 chars] Comments (0) The Last Time I Went on a Trip Without My Daughter, Disaster Struck. I’m So Terrified It’ll Happen Again. - Slate Magazine Posted at 2025-07-21 05:25:10 Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week. Have a question about kids, parenting, or family life? Submit it here! Dear Care and Feeding, A little over two years ago, I took a work tri… [+5379 chars] Comments (0) Twin NASA Mars probes will fly on 2nd-ever launch of Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket - Space Posted at 2025-07-21 05:24:43 A NASA Mars mission's long and winding road to the launch pad is nearing its end. The twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) Mars probes had been scheduled to launch l… [+2930 chars] Comments (0) This summer, the sky comes alive with shooting stars. What you need to know about ongoing meteor showers. - NBC News Posted at 2025-07-21 05:24:12 Three different meteor showers are happening at the same time this month, giving skywatchers plenty of chances to spend their summer nights looking for shooting stars. The annual alpha Capricornids,… [+3073 chars] Comments (0) Humanity Has Dammed So Much Water It's Shifted Earth's Magnetic Poles - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-07-21 05:23:43 Recent shifts in Earth's magnetic field have human fingerprints all over them. While it is normal for our planet's magnetic poles to sporadically wander, new research shows we've now amassed enough w… [+3229 chars] Comments (0) “Unbelievable Cosmic Party!”: Webb’s Birthday Blockbuster Reveals Explosive Baby Suns Igniting Stunning Rings Inside the Cosmic Cat’s Paw - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-07-21 05:23:22 IN A NUTSHELL James Webb Space Telescope celebrates its third year by exploring the intricate Cat’s Paw Nebula. Webb’s advanced infrared capabilities … [+5559 chars] Comments (0) New Gigantic Sauropod Dinosaur Species Found in China’s Jurassic Layers - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-07-21 05:22:50 Paleontologists in China have uncovered the skeletal remains of a new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, Tongnanlong zhimingi. This massive dinosaur, which lived … [+4789 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to exist - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-21 05:22:14 Astronomers have discovered over a dozen "dormant" galaxies that paused their star formation within the first billion years after the Big Bang . The discovery, made with data from the James Webb Sp… [+5739 chars] Comments (0) Origami Space Planes Could Solve a Major Problem in Orbit - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-07-21 05:21:52 Building a spacecraft could one day be as simple as folding a piece of paper into a plane and letting aerodynamics do the rest. A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo simulated the releas… [+3898 chars] Comments (0) Rising rocket launches linked to ozone layer thinning - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-21 05:21:11 The rapid rise in global rocket launches could slow the recovery of the vital ozone layer, says Sandro Vattioni. The problem is being underestimatedyet it could be mitigated by forward-looking, coord… [+6084 chars] Comments (0) New pocket-size model of ALS 'breathes and flows like human tissue' - Live Science Posted at 2025-07-21 05:20:49 Scientists invented a pocket-sized model of the most common form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The "disease-on-a-chip," made using stem cells, could pave the way for new treatments for the … [+5302 chars] Comments (0) Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago - Phys.org Posted at 2025-07-21 05:20:25 Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicistswho investigate interactions between sol… [+6564 chars] Comments (0) Crew-11 - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-07-20 05:16:23 From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversatio… [+74469 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Reveal Supersonic, Tangled Filaments in Distant Gas Cloud - The Daily Galaxy Posted at 2025-07-20 05:16:04 A team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), has uncovered an unexpected and intricate network of tangled, supersonic filaments within a very-high-velo… [+4554 chars] Comments (0) How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper - Quanta Magazine Posted at 2025-07-20 05:15:46 The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it focused on the fact that a relatively small and unknown company said … [+5705 chars] Comments (0) Next Page