Researchers Find Ancient Surprise About Carbs - Newser
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
As it turns out, human ancestors had multiple copies of the gene at least 800,000 years ago, which is hundreds of thousands of years earlier than thought, reports NBC News. "That is predating not onl… [+704 chars]
To land safely on Mars and the moon, we may need to measure dust - Space.com
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Spacecraft landing on dusty surfaces like of the moon and Mars tend to kick up powdery regolith that blurs the lenses of navigation cameras, reducing visibility and making the already-difficult job o… [+3885 chars]
Evolution in action: How ethnic Tibetan women thrive in thin oxygen at high altitudes - Phys.org
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Breathing thin air at extreme altitudes presents a significant challengethere's simply less oxygen with every lungful. Yet, for more than 10,000 years, Tibetan women living on the high Tibetan Platea… [+4063 chars]
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse? Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a 'Betelbuddy' stellar companion - Phys.org
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
One of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse, may not be on the brink of exploding as a supernova, according to a new study of the star's brightening and dimming. Instead, recent research … [+5851 chars]
Most of Earth's meteorites may have come from the same 3 spots - Space.com
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they hit the ground. Every now and again, though, something larger gets dr… [+2733 chars]
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 68th Starlink mission of 2024 as it seeks permission to operate nearly 30,000 Gen2 satellites - Spaceflight Now
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
A Falcon 9 stands ready for a Starlink mission at Cape Canaveral’s pad 40. File photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.
Update Oct. 21, 4:20 p.m.: SpaceX is pushing back its planned launch to no earl… [+7871 chars]
3D Brain Atlas Maps Key Stages of Brain Development - Neuroscience News
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Summary: Researchers have created a 3D atlas of the developing mouse brain, offering a dynamic, high-resolution view of brain structures during embryonic and post-natal stages. This new tool allows s… [+8192 chars]
Half-a-billion-year-old 'marine Roomba' is earliest known asymmetrical animal - Livescience.com
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
The earliest known animal to show evidence of an asymmetrical body lived over half a billion years ago in what is now the Australian outback, a new study reports.
The 555 million-year-old creature, … [+3255 chars]
Astronomers Make a Discovery That Challenges Our Notions of the Universe - My Modern Met
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way. (Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and S. Crowe – University of Virginia)
It's com… [+3069 chars]
Astrophysical Shock: Near-Earth Microquasar Unleashes Extreme Cosmic Radiation - SciTechDaily
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Microquasars are now known to emit incredibly high-energy photons, challenging old theories of cosmic radiation solely from distant quasars and changing our study of galactic phenomena. Credit: SciTe… [+8429 chars]
Launch Roundup: SpaceX approaches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China, Japan launch missions - NASASpaceflight.com
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
11This week will see a fourth flight of the Japanese H3 rocket carrying a communications satellite for the Japanese military and two launches from China. Blue Origin will attempt to test its second h… [+9462 chars]
Scientists Propose Shooting $200 Trillion Worth of Pulverized Diamonds Into Atmosphere - Futurism
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
It's... surprisingly promising.
Shiny Solution
There are ways of cooling the planet, and then there are cool ways of cooling the planet. Spending decades grinding up something approaching a quadril… [+3419 chars]
How to increase your chances of seeing the northern lights as the current solar cycle peaks - ABC News
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
After seeing hundreds of launches, SpaceX’s rocket catch was a new thrill - Ars Technica
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Biotech company nears breakthrough in the resurrection of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger - New York Post
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
A Dallas-based biotech company has nearly completed its reconstruction of the Tasmanian tiger just two years into its de-extinction project.
The last known thylacine, commonly referred to as the Ta… [+2351 chars]
S2 meteorite: What happened when a rock as big as London hit Earth? - BBC.com
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
The meteorite was 40-60km in diameter and left a crater 500km across
A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientis… [+4604 chars]
NASA Mission Beams a Cat Video Across Deep Space With Lasers - ScienceAlert
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
Ships passing in the night used Morse code sent with lanterns and shutters to communicate. That same basic principle has allowed NASA to communicate with Psyche, its mission to a metal-rich asteroid … [+3034 chars]
“Rewriting the History of Paleontology” – Ancient San Rock Painting Depicts 250-Million-Year-Old Animal Long Before Scientists Knew It Existed - SciTechDaily
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
A composite picture shows the rock art painting of an ancient Dicynodont, alongside a fossil of the species and an artist impression of the rock art. Credit: Wits University
San rock paintings in So… [+3610 chars]
Photo Shoot: Night Sky Drama - Cape Cod Times
Posted at 2024-10-23 00:00:00
A storm warning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, was the last thing a weather- weary world wanted to see after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The warning sounded ominous… [+2193 chars]
'1st of its kind': NASA spots unusually light-colored boulder on Mars that may reveal clues of the planet's past - Yahoo! Voices
Posted at 2024-06-21 00:00:00
If you click 'Accept all', we and our partners, including 237 who are part of the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework, will also store and/or access information on a device (in other words, use … [+678 chars]
Satellites Like Starlink Could Pose New Threat to Our Healing Ozone Layer - ScienceAlert
Posted at 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Communications companies such as Starlink plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites into orbit around Earth over the next decade or so. The growing swarm is already causing problems for astronom… [+6855 chars]
Supermassive black hole roars to life before astronomers' eyes in world-1st observations - Livescience.com
Posted at 2024-06-21 00:00:00
For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the black hole at the center of a galaxy roaring to life in real time — and they're not sure why it happened.
The awakening of the cosmic monster… [+3134 chars]
How Is Science Even Possible? - Quanta Magazine
Posted at 2024-06-21 00:00:00
The universe seems like it should be unfathomably complex. How then is science able to crack fundamental questions about nature and life? Scientists and philosophers alike have often commented on the… [+36432 chars]
Perseverance Finds Strange 'Popcorn Rocks' on Mars, Suggesting Past Water Flow - ScienceAlert
Posted at 2024-06-21 00:00:00
NASA's Perseverance Rover has left Mount Washburn behind and arrived at its next destination, Bright Angel.
It found an unusual type of rock there that scientists are calling 'popcorn rock.' The odd… [+5106 chars]
Supermassive black hole roars to life before astronomers' eyes in world-1st observations - Livescience.com
Posted at 2024-06-21 00:00:00