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Scientists Unearth 80-Million-Year-Old Brazilian Sauropod Fossils Revealing Fatal Osteomyelitis Infection Killed Six Dinosaurs - Energy Reporters

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Researchers discovered 80-million-year-old fossils in Brazil, highlighting the presence of osteomyelitis in sauropod dinosaurs. Advance… [+5736 chars] Comments (0) Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life - NPR Posted at 2025-09-12 05:24:23 A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars or did it? That's the question NASA scientists have worked for years to answer. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a … [+4531 chars] Comments (0) Extraterrestrial life needs the right atmosphere. This planet 40 light-years away might fit the bill, scientists say. - NBC News Posted at 2025-09-12 05:15:18 A rocky, Earth-size planet locatedin our Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere around it, according to new research, raising the possibility that it could also have liquid water on its surfaceandco… [+5556 chars] Comments (0) Scientists found a 'geological heartbeat' that is forming a new ocean and splitting Africa in half - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-12 05:14:12 Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, in a layer called the mantle, heat builds up and pulses, causing rock to slowly rise toward the crust. This movement is known as a mantle upwelling, and it plays a m… [+5292 chars] Comments (0) Astronauts capture amazing views of the total lunar eclipse from the ISS (photos) - Space Posted at 2025-09-11 05:30:46 We just got some great birds-eye views of this past weekend's total lunar eclipse, thanks to astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The eclipse occurred overnight from Sunday to Mo… [+2412 chars] Comments (0) The 8 Best Exercises for Upper Body Strength - GQ Posted at 2025-09-11 05:30:22 A pull-to-push ratio of 2-3:1, with two to three pulling reps for every one pressing rep is ideal, says Telegadas. Dont forget, if youre only working out your upper body youre leaving a lot of gains … [+3827 chars] Comments (0) NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-09-11 05:29:56 An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturns atmospheres and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most co… [+6356 chars] Comments (0) Scientists are finally learning what's inside mysterious 'halo' barrels submerged off Los Angeles - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-11 05:29:12 Thousands of barrels of industrial waste litter the ocean floor off Los Angeles and have been there for decades — but scientists still don't fully understand what chemicals this junkyard is leaking i… [+4451 chars] Comments (0) Dumping On History While Trying To Repeat It - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-09-11 05:28:16 NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber. Comments (0) This Bizarre Fish Has 8 Rows of Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-11 05:27:36 Spotted ratfish are scaleless, rabbit-faced deep-sea fish, about two feet (61 centimeters) long, and native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean. As if that wasnt a strange enough description, these dis… [+3810 chars] Comments (0) NASA Is Holding A Press Conference About New Perseverance Mars Rover Discovery Tomorrow - IFLScience Posted at 2025-09-11 05:27:04 NASA has some exciting new results from the Perseverance rover, and they will be presented during a press conference on Wednesday, September 10. The call for a press conference is exciting as it sugg… [+1295 chars] Comments (0) Human stem cells become more active in space — and that's not a good thing - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-11 05:26:34 Human stem cells get worn out and age much faster in space, a new study has found, which is a problem for anyone hoping to take a long trip through our solar system. Scientists used artificial intel… [+4055 chars] Comments (0) NASA rover spots bizarre 'turtle' hiding among ancient rocks on Mars - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-11 05:26:07 NASA's Perseverance rover has snapped an intriguing photo of a "turtle" appearing to poke its head out of its shell on the surface of Mars . The reptile-like structure is the latest in a long list o… [+2909 chars] Comments (0) Earth-like planet that may contain water studied by NASA's Webb telescope - CBS News Posted at 2025-09-11 05:25:28 Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release.  The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbit… [+3598 chars] Comments (0) Apophis flyby in 2029 will be the first time a potentially hazardous asteroid has been visible to the naked eye - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-11 05:25:01 When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to wa… [+5992 chars] Comments (0) In groundbreaking study, researchers publish brain map showing how decisions are made - CNN Posted at 2025-09-11 05:24:36 Neuroscientists from 22 labs joined forces in an unprecedented international partnership to produce a landmark achievement: a neural map that shows activity across the entire brain during decision-ma… [+5802 chars] Comments (0) 'Artificial super astronauts': How AI and robotics could help humanity settle Mars - Space Posted at 2025-09-11 05:24:12 "Artificial astronauts" could fly as actual crew members on human missions to Mars, and elsewhere in space. These rugged, space-rated artificial humans offer great advantages, advocates say. For exa… [+3791 chars] Comments (0) Earth’s ‘New’ Quasi-Moon Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight for 60 Years - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-11 05:23:48 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown quasi-moon thats been shadowing Earths orbit for decades, undetected, and will likely remain there for a few decades more. The quasi-moon, named 2025 P… [+2253 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.” - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-09-11 05:23:26 Comments (0) Three new species of snailfish discovered in Pacific Ocean depths - Oceanographic Magazine Posted at 2025-09-11 05:22:59 With large heads and a jelly-like body covered in loose skin, youd think that something as unique-looking as the bumpy snailfish would be easy to spot. Youd be wrong, because until now, this wholly u… [+1802 chars] Comments (0) After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-09-11 05:22:36 Comments (0) Astronomers discover repeating gamma-ray burst 'unlike anything we have ever witnessed before' (video) - Space Posted at 2025-09-11 05:22:13 Astronomers have spotted a cosmic explosion of high-energy gamma-rays unlike any ever seen before. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) designated GRB 250702B set itself apart from other explosive bursts of gam… [+4944 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX targets Sept. 23 for launch of NASA's IMAP mission to map the boundaries of our solar system - Space Posted at 2025-09-11 05:17:10 SpaceX is preparing to launch three spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission to study the sun's influence throughout the solar system, from Earth's atmosphere to the edge of interstellar space. A F… [+3797 chars] Comments (0) Geologists find direct evidence of an extraterrestrial impact and tsunami in North Carolina - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-11 05:14:54 North Carolinas Sandhills just got a startling update to their past. Geologists have identified a thin package of layers that record an extraterrestrial hit and the tsunami that followed, tucked into… [+5473 chars] Comments (0) 50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-09-10 05:18:44 Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of science and human thought. Yet, only one direct search for extraterrestrial life has… [+9871 chars] Comments (0) Soulmates of the animal kingdom: 8 creatures who never let ‘love’ fade - Times of India Posted at 2025-09-10 05:18:23 Tiny African antelopes, dik-diks mate for life. They stay close, moving through the brush together, protecting one another from predators. Their lives are small lived but they do different rituals su… [+55 chars] Comments (0) 1st known interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua is an 'exo-Pluto' — a completely new class of object, scientists say - Space Posted at 2025-09-10 05:18:01 The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have been a fragment of an icy exoplanet, research suggests. When 1I/'Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined t… [+7727 chars] Comments (0) Juno spacecraft finds auroral 'footprints' of Jupiter's moon Callisto for 1st time - Space Posted at 2025-09-10 05:17:38 In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly detected the auroras of Jupiter's moon Callisto. This discovery completes the… [+2754 chars] Comments (0) Star's warped ring may be shaped by a hidden planet - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-10 05:17:16 Fomalhaut has long been the poster child for bright, nearby stars with spectacular debris disks. But even by cosmic standards, its dusty ring has always looked odd.  Now, the sharpest radio images y… [+6109 chars] Comments (0) Multiple new species of 'living fossil' fish found hiding in plain sight after more than 150 years - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-10 05:16:54 The modern coelacanth is a famous "living fossil," long thought to have died out, but first fished out of deep waters in the Indian Ocean in 1938. Since then, dozens of examples have been found, but … [+3002 chars] Comments (0) Plasma propulsion system could help remove space debris without contact - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-10 05:16:32 Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with act… [+3901 chars] Comments (0) Does the nearby exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e support life? New James Webb Space Telescope data could help us find out - Space Posted at 2025-09-10 05:16:10 Astronomers have investigated the atmosphere and potential habitability of a famous "Goldilocks zone" planet using NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope(JWST). The planet in question is TRAPPIS… [+3819 chars] Comments (0) 'Blood moon' gallery: Stunning snaps from last night's total lunar eclipse - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-10 05:15:46 A lunar eclipse can give the moon a red hue, which is why it's called a "blood moon." Here it is photographed with double exposure above Jiujiang, China. (Image credit: Photo by Shen Junfeng/VCG via … [+3316 chars] Comments (0) Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds - AP News Posted at 2025-09-10 05:15:24 SEATTLE (AP) For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacteri… [+5654 chars] Comments (0) Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Indonesian communications satellite from Cape Canaveral - Spaceflight Now Posted at 2025-09-10 05:15:01 An artist’s rendering of the Nusantara Lima satellite in gestationary Earth orbit. Graphic: Boeing Update Sept. 8, 9:30 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt, targeting Tuesday, Sept. 9. An … [+4048 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Turned Plastic Trash Into a Material That Eats Carbon - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-10 05:14:39 Experts estimate that the global production and disposal of plastics emits nearly 2 billion tons of greenhouse gases per year. The vast majority of these materials end up in landfills, but what if we… [+3039 chars] Comments (0) Ore Formation Processes, Part Two: Hydrothermal Boogaloo - Hackaday Posted at 2025-09-10 05:14:16 Theres a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: If it cant be grown, it has to be mined. Before mining can ever start, though, there has to be ore in the ground.… [+10898 chars] Comments (0) How to Distinguish a Population of Interstellar Rocks from a Fleet of Spacecraft? - Avi Loeb – Medium Posted at 2025-09-10 05:13:50 (Credit: shutterstock) How can we distinguish between the population statistics of interstellar rocks and a fleet of spacecraft that target that inner Solar system? The answer is obvious: by the sp… [+6419 chars] Comments (0) Physicists devise an idea for lasers that shoot beams of neutrinos - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-10 05:12:39 At any given moment, trillions of particles called neutrinos are streaming through our bodies and every material in our surroundings, without noticeable effect. Smaller than electrons and lighter tha… [+8379 chars] Comments (0) The September Epsilon Perseids meteor shower peaks predawn on Sept. 9. - Space Posted at 2025-09-10 05:12:15 Heads up stargazers! The September Epsilon Perseids meteor shower peaks predawn on Sept. 9. Here's what you need to know about this annual shower to increase your chances of seeing one of its rare sh… [+2509 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX test fires next Super Heavy booster for Starship's 11th upcoming launch (video) - Space Posted at 2025-09-10 05:11:52 With a rousing success under its belt from its last test flight, SpaceX is now preparing for the next launch of its giant Starship rocket. The company performed a static test fire of the Super Heavy… [+3508 chars] Comments (0) Nobel laureate David Baltimore dead at 87 - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-09-10 05:11:29 Comments (0) Advanced underwater technology reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-10 05:11:03 MBARI's advanced underwater technology is revealing the remarkable species that thrive in the deep sea. In 2019, MBARI researchers encountered an unfamiliar pink snailfish swimming just above the sea… [+7412 chars] Comments (0) Nasa To Share Details Of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov) Posted at 2025-09-10 05:10:39 Participants in the teleconference include: Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington … [+1063 chars] Comments (0) The Spectacular Winning Images of the 2025 Underwater Awards Australasia - PetaPixel Posted at 2025-09-09 05:19:13 Photo credit: Luciano Morales Corinaldesi, Sina Ritter, and Jake Wilton. A photo of a leopard seal with its jaws wide open has taken home the top prize in the Underwater Awards Australasia 2025. J… [+4548 chars] Comments (0) Physicists Measured The Pulse of an Atom's Magnetic Heart in Real Time - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-09 05:18:48 The pulse of an atom's magnetic heart as it ticks back and forth between quantum states has been timed in a laboratory. Physicists used a scanning tunneling microscope to observe electrons as they m… [+3163 chars] Comments (0) Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on September 7, 2025 - Mashable Posted at 2025-09-09 05:18:24 Comments (0) 'Why firewall isn’t fire at 50,000°C': Voyager’s most misunderstood discovery - WION Posted at 2025-09-09 05:17:58 Temperature readings in the firewall region suggested plasma at tens of thousands of degrees Celsius. However, in the vacuum of space, temperature means particle energy, not heat transfer like on Ear… [+2 chars] Comments (0) NASA's Perseverance rover finds 'turtle' on the Red Planet - Chron Posted at 2025-09-09 05:17:31 NASA's Perservance rover photographed a rock on Mars earlier this week that resembles a turtle peaking out of its shell.  NASA/JPL-Caltech Some curious rock formations on Mars are stirring up excit… [+2120 chars] Comments (0) Do humans and chimps really share nearly 99% of their DNA? - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-09 05:17:02 Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "simila… [+4355 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-09 05:16:37 What it is: A planet-forming disk around a star Where it is: 525 light-years away, in the constellation Taurus When it was shared: Aug. 29, 2025 This spectacular new image from the James Webb Spac… [+2597 chars] Comments (0) Scientists issue warning over concerning phenomenon that could cause powerful ocean current to shut down completely: 'We have to act really fast' - The Cool Down Posted at 2025-09-09 05:16:10 A new study indicates that the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation which would be a catastrophic climate event can no longer be considered an unlikely scenario.  Scientists h… [+4343 chars] Comments (0) 48 years ago, Voyager 1 left Earth - theregister.com Posted at 2025-09-09 05:15:42 It is almost half a century since Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a mission to study Jupiter, Saturn, and the atmosphere of Titan. It continues to send data back to Earth. A… [+3070 chars] Comments (0) Some animals survive millions of years in stone, but most simply vanish, now we know why - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-09 05:15:13 Most of what we learn about ancient animals comes from hard parts – shells, bones, and sometimes soft tissues that have been transformed into fossils over eons. How does this happen? The key lies in … [+6120 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discover Black Hole Created Less Than One Second After the Big Bang - Yahoo News Canada Posted at 2025-09-09 05:14:46 Astronomers examining data from the James Webb Space Telescope say they've spotted what might be the oldest black hole in the universe, born less than a second after the Big Bang. Their findings, pu… [+5285 chars] Comments (0) Corn moon, ‘out-of-this-world’ Saturn to shine in California sky. When to look up - Sacramento Bee Posted at 2025-09-09 05:14:19 Local An extremely bright Saturn and a vibrant full moon will materialize in the California night sky in September. Most of the world will be able to view a rare celestial spectacle a total lunar e… [+3432 chars] Comments (0) Giant Dinosaurs Were Riddled With a Devastating Disease, Fossils Show - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-09 05:13:54 Dinosaur life wasn't all peaches and cream before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth. Some were plagued by much smaller dangers long before. A new study has found evidence that a potentially deadly… [+2485 chars] Comments (0) 'It shouldn't survive': Astronomers discover dust on an epic journey far beyond its galaxy - Space Posted at 2025-09-09 05:13:28 A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope has found tiny dust particles traveling far from their home galaxy, surviving a perilous journey through a harsh cosmic environment that sho… [+3399 chars] Comments (0) 5 Ghanaian scientists making giant strides on the global stage - GhanaWeb Posted at 2025-09-09 05:13:02 Over the years, some Ghanaians have been exceptional on the global stage in various industries. From Mars exploration to nanotechnology, Ghanaian minds are putting Ghana on the globe in reshaping th… [+2081 chars] Comments (0) Mars has a solid core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery, according to new study - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-09 05:12:38 Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth's. Results from NASA's InSight mission suggest that the red planet has a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer … [+7221 chars] Comments (0) The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought - Space Posted at 2025-09-09 05:12:15 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For decades, astronomers have wondered what th… [+7961 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Unearth Giant Underground Tunnels—And They Weren’t Built By Humans Or Nature - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-09-09 05:11:53 The mysterious discovery of massive underground tunnels in Brazil and Argentina has challenged long-held assumptions about prehistoric environments. These sprawling burrows, first spotted by Heinrich… [+5858 chars] Comments (0) Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: Four Telescopes unveil strange features and findings — all about the new sci - The Economic Times Posted at 2025-09-09 05:11:30 Astronomers worldwide are turning their focus to a rare and baffling cosmic visitor: interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. First detected in early July as it sped toward the Sun from deep space, the object i… [+4365 chars] Comments (0) See the blood moon rise in 1st pictures of September 2025 total lunar eclipse - Space Posted at 2025-09-09 05:11:07 The Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse has come and gone, treating stargazers to a breathtaking blood moon that was witnessed by over seven billion people across Asia, western Australia and eastern Europe… [+2973 chars] Comments (0) The universe's first magnetic fields were 'comparable' to the human brain — and still linger within the 'cosmic web' - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-08 05:19:30 The universe's first magnetic fields may have been much weaker than we first imagined — and were roughly equivalent to the strength of the magnetic activity within the human brain , according to a n… [+4515 chars] Comments (0) Blood Vessels Found in T. rex Bones Rewrite What We Know About Dinosaurs - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-09-08 05:19:07 Dinosaur DNA remains out of reach, so scientists hunt rarer clues: soft tissues entombed in bone. Using synchrotron X-rays, researchers visualized iron-rich casts of blood vessels inside a healing T.… [+5140 chars] Comments (0) Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-08 05:18:43 The watery part of the world dominated our science news coverage this week, beginning with the alarming prediction that a key Atlantic current, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC),… [+7303 chars] Comments (0) Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on September 6, 2025 - Mashable Posted at 2025-09-08 05:18:18 Comments (0) 'The first alien broadcast?': The bizarre Voyager data that baffled NASA scientists - WION Posted at 2025-09-08 05:17:54 Some of Voyagers telemetry data, especially from systems monitoring spacecraft orientation, have been unusual sometimes appearing as noise or garbled signals, puzzling engineers. Comments (0) How the Space shuttle helped women break Nasa's glass ceiling - BBC Posted at 2025-09-08 05:17:30 "The Nasa guys had realised that women might be women and therefore, while they were flying, it might be the time of the month when they got their periods," Sullivan told me in an earlier interview. … [+924 chars] Comments (0) NASA just got a look at an asteroid spanning over two football fields wide - Mashable Posted at 2025-09-08 05:16:39 Comments (0) Astrophotographer captures the gaping maw of a cosmic shark in stunning deep space image (photo) - Space Posted at 2025-09-08 05:15:43 A cosmic shark hunts through deep space. (Image credit: Ronald Brecher) Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher captured a haunting vista in July earlier this year, in which several deep-sky objects take o… [+2750 chars] Comments (0) What scientists have learned from the biggest ever collision of black holes - Al Jazeera Posted at 2025-09-08 05:15:21 Scientists in the United States have discovered the biggest-known merger of two black holes using gravitational wave detectors. The scientific findings from the collision, which was recorded in Nove… [+4046 chars] Comments (0) Space travel may accelerate the aging of stem cells by as much as 10 fold, study says - NBC News Posted at 2025-09-08 05:14:57 Traveling to space is brutal on the body. Spaceflight can cause astronauts bones to lose density, their brain and eye nerves to swell, and their genes to change expression. Research suggests spendi… [+2937 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Intrigued by Non-Human Skull Embedded in Cave Wall - Yahoo News Canada Posted at 2025-09-08 05:14:35 Scientists believe they're close to solving an ancient mystery involving a strange hominin skull, neither Neanderthal nor human, that was found fused to a cave wall with a stalagmite sticking out of … [+3442 chars] Comments (0) Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs - Space Posted at 2025-09-08 05:14:12 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The sun will someday die. This will happen whe… [+7742 chars] Comments (0) No one knew what was inside the black eggs found at 20,000 feet underwater - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-08 05:13:50 Four jet-black spheres clung to a rock on the Pacific seafloor at roughly 20,300 feet, stopping a research crew in its tracks. They looked like eggs, but their color, shape, and shine felt off-script… [+5611 chars] Comments (0) Interstellar Comet Grows Tail As It Hurtles Toward Earth - The Weather Channel Posted at 2025-09-08 05:13:27 This image composed from multiple exposures and provided by NSF's NOIRLab shows a comet streaking across a star field above the International Gemini Observatory on Cerro Pachon, near La Serena, Chile… [+978 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from California (video) - Space Posted at 2025-09-08 05:13:05 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites soared into the blue sky over California on Saturday (Sept. 6) after emerging 20 seconds into its flight from a fog layer typical of its launc… [+1567 chars] Comments (0) Get Ready! The 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse Is About to Happen - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-08 05:12:41 Stargazers will have a chance to see a " Blood Moon" on Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and Africa. When the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up, the sha… [+2404 chars] Comments (0) "It's Like A Spring Storing Energy": Scientists Create Rocket Fuel That's 150% More Powerful Than Aluminum, Revolutionizing Space Travel - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-08 05:12:19 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers developed a new boron-based rocket fuel compound offering 150% more energy than aluminum. The compound’s structure accumula… [+6135 chars] Comments (0) "Life Started In A Pond": Scientists Recreate 4-Billion-Year-Old Chemical Reaction That Sparked First Proteins On Earth - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-08 05:11:57 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers recreated a chemical reaction in the lab that could explain the origins of life. The reaction occurred in conditions mimick… [+5771 chars] Comments (0) "Ice Can Power Your Phone": Scientists Discover Frozen Water Generates Electricity When Bent, Opening Revolutionary Energy Applications - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-08 05:11:33 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers have discovered that ice can generate electricity through flexoelectricity, transforming our approach to energy. The study … [+5566 chars] Comments (0) 'The 47-year-old marvel': How engineers are keeping a 1970s spacecraft alive in interstellar space - WION Posted at 2025-09-08 05:11:11 Originally, each Voyager carried ten active instruments. Now, only three can stay on at a time, focused on studying particles, waves and cosmic rays in interstellar space. Turning off some systems he… [+48 chars] Comments (0) NASA Perseverance rover spies a 'turtle' on Mars photo of the day for Sept. 5, 2025 - Space Posted at 2025-09-07 05:19:36 As NASA's Perseverance rover, a car-sized robotic explorer, looks for signs of possible ancient life on Mars, it has stumbled across some interesting things. Recently, on Aug. 31 (the 1,610th sol, or… [+1984 chars] Comments (0) Triple star system burns bright in new image from the James Webb Space Telescope - Space Posted at 2025-09-07 05:19:14 It's a scene that could evoke popular fantasy stories, with sparkling stars shining above misty mountaintops, but the James Webb Space Telescope image you see above is of a very real part of our univ… [+4678 chars] Comments (0) "Earth's Seasons Are No Longer In Sync": Scientists Use Satellite Data To Reveal Chaotic Growth Patterns That Challenge 20 Years Of Ecological Models - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-07 05:18:49 IN A NUTSHELL Scientists have discovered that Earth’s seasons are not synchronized globally, revealing complex localized variations. Using two decade… [+5055 chars] Comments (0) 'Ghost sharks' are lurking off the coast of Washington – and they have teeth growing out of their foreheads - BBC Wildlife Magazine Posted at 2025-09-07 05:18:27 It's easy to assume that teeth always grow inside mouths, yet a new study has revealed that some animals such as the spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) grow them elsewhere. Sometimes referred to a… [+4105 chars] Comments (0) Fomalhaut star's warped ring shows evidence of sculpting by ancient planets - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-07 05:18:04 Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the highest resolution image to date, revealing new insights into the unusual and mysterious architecture of the de… [+4686 chars] Comments (0) Watch the blood moon total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7 with these free livestreams (video) - Space Posted at 2025-09-07 05:17:42 Stargazers will be treated to a spectacular view on the night of Sept. 7-8, as Earth's inner shadow sweeps across its natural satellite, triggering a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse. Here's how you … [+2632 chars] Comments (0) "Earth's Oxygen Will Start Disappearing In 10,000 Years": Scientists Warn Sun's Increasing Heat Will Trigger Irreversible Atmospheric Collapse That Ends Complex Life - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-07 05:17:19 IN A NUTSHELL Earths atmosphere faces an irreversible oxygen decline due to the Sun’s warming. Increased luminosity from the Sun will disrupt photosynt… [+5637 chars] Comments (0) Stem cells age faster in space, study reveals - CNN Posted at 2025-09-07 05:16:57 Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists understanding of the potential effects of space exploration on the human body. Stem cells are foun… [+6520 chars] Comments (0) Why Is Ice Slippery? New Study Overturns 200-Year-Old Physics Theory - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-09-07 05:16:33 It isn’t pressure or friction that makes ice slippery, but hidden forces at the molecular level. New findings show that dipole interactions disrupt ice’s structure in unexpected ways. Credit: Shutter… [+4171 chars] Comments (0) '50,000°C but no fire?': Voyager redefined our understanding of heat while being in firewall - WION Posted at 2025-09-07 05:16:09 Voyager 1 reported plasma temperatures in the range of 30,00050,000 °C at the edge of the Solar System, in a region scientists call the firewall. Unlike on Earth, this extreme heat exists without fla… [+17 chars] Comments (0) Another "Save NASA" Protest At NASA HQ on Monday - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-09-07 05:15:47 A small segment of today’s protest crowd. — NASAWatch Keith’s note: There will be another Save NASA protest at NASA Headquarters on Monday Sept. 15th. This is the third Save NASA protest in Washing… [+1802 chars] Comments (0) Physics-based indicator predicts tipping point for collapse of Atlantic current system in next 50 years - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-07 05:15:24 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an enormous loop of ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that carries warmer waters north and colder waters south, helping to regulate the cli… [+4044 chars] Comments (0) A new particle detector is ready to probe 'ashes' of the Big Bang after passing its 'standard candle' test - Space Posted at 2025-09-07 05:15:01 A new particle detector has passed a crucial test that shows it is ready to detect the "ashes" left over from a unique primordial soup that filled the universe immediately after the Big Bang. The sP… [+5572 chars] Comments (0) Tail of comet that's visiting from another star is growing, new telescope image shows - CBS News Posted at 2025-09-07 05:14:38 A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system.  The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the Inte… [+2807 chars] Comments (0) Physicists create a new kind of time crystal that humans can actually see - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-07 05:14:16 Imagine a clock that doesn't have electricity, but its hands and gears spin on their own for all eternity. In a new study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have used liquid crystals, … [+6444 chars] Comments (0) Researchers discover massive geo-hydrogen source to the west of the Mussau Trench - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-07 05:13:53 Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the solar system. As a source of clean energy, hydrogen is well-suited for sustainable development, and Earth is a natural hydrogen factory. However, most hyd… [+4477 chars] Comments (0) The Largest Land Mammal Ever to Walk the Earth: Meet Paraceratherium, the Giant Rhino That Dwarfed Elephants - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-09-07 05:13:30 A remarkable fossil discovery in northwest China has reignited scientific debate about the largest land mammal to ever exist. As reported by CNN in a 2021 feature, and recently echoed by IFLScience, … [+5221 chars] Comments (0) Ant Queens Produce Offspring of Two Different Species, Stunning Scientists - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-07 05:13:08 Some ant queens can produce offspring of more than one species even when the other species is not known to exist in the nearby wild. No other animal on Earth is known to do this, and it's hard for e… [+3728 chars] Comments (0) Prehistoric Skull Found Fused to Cave Wall May Have Belonged to Mysterious Ancient Hominid - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-07 05:12:44 In 1960, a villager found something terrifyingly creepy in Greeces Petralona cavea humanoid cranium with a protrusion on its forehead, fused to the cave wall. Since then, researchers have been trying… [+3722 chars] Comments (0) Ten flights in, the Starship Program has had successes and failures - NASASpaceFlight.com - Posted at 2025-09-07 05:12:19 5SpaceX has had a long journey through 10 flight tests of Starship. Teams have endured explosions and failures, but also achieved triumphs through amazing reentries, catches of Boosters, and even the… [+12396 chars] Comments (0) Gravitational waves reveal 'stellar graveyard' packed with neutron star and black hole mergers - Space Posted at 2025-09-06 05:14:06 Using gravitational waves, tiny ripples in space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, astronomers have discovered that a "stellar graveyard" is packed with mergers between extreme st… [+5986 chars] Comments (0) The Largest Mammal To Ever Live Made African Elephants Look Incredibly Small - IFLScience Posted at 2025-09-06 05:13:47 Since the demise of the dinosaurs, mammals have thrived. Without their scaly peers around, their numbers exploded, they diversified, and they got bigger but just how big?Its well-known that the blue … [+3057 chars] Comments (0) Most solar eclipse maps have a major flaw. Here's how to ensure you're really in the path of totality - Space Posted at 2025-09-06 05:13:10 Solar eclipse maps show crisp lines for the path of totality, the narrow strip where a total solar eclipse will be visible. But in reality, the edges of the path are fuzzy, jagged and sometimes wrong… [+8725 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule boosts ISS higher above Earth in key test - Space Posted at 2025-09-06 05:12:52 A Dragon just pushed the International Space Station a little farther away from Earth. SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully finished a test reboost of the International Space Station (I… [+2488 chars] Comments (0) Asteroid Fragment Reveals a Strange Mineral Never Seen on Earth - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-06 05:12:34 The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past. Two tiny grains of the rock, delivered to Earth in 2020 by the famous Hayabusa2 mission, contain minerals older than any found on our planet… [+2642 chars] Comments (0) Lull in Falcon Heavy missions opens window for SpaceX to build new landing pads - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-09-06 05:12:16 Comments (0) Solar flares are hotter than we ever thought possible - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-06 05:11:58 Solar flares are the Sun at full volume – sudden bursts of magnetic energy that can supercharge Earths upper atmosphere, disrupt radio signals, and threaten satellites and astronauts.  For decades, … [+6474 chars] Comments (0) The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is wrapped in carbon dioxide fog, NASA space telescope reveals - Space Posted at 2025-09-06 05:11:39 On July 1, 2025, the Deep Random Survey remote telescope in Chile, part of the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) project, spotted a new comet. But it wasn't just any old comet: Th… [+4711 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope spots odd disk around star that could shatter planet formation theories - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-06 05:11:19 A bizarre planet-forming disk is full of carbon dioxide in the regions where Earth-like planets could form, fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show. Usually, such planet-f… [+4632 chars] Comments (0) Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age - Nature Posted at 2025-09-06 05:11:00 Comments (0) Chinese submersible explores previously unknown giant craters at the bottom of the Pacific — and they're teeming with life - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-06 05:10:42 Chinese researchers have discovered a giant, previously unknown hydrothermal system at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that could shed light on the origins of life. The Kunlun system, northeast of P… [+4559 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Stunned As Fairy Circles Expose Massive Hidden Hydrogen Reservoirs Underground - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-09-06 05:10:23 A new study published in Geology by the University of Vienna explores how mysterious fairy circlescircular barren patches scattered across landscapes in Namibia, Brazil, Australia, and Russiamay be s… [+5392 chars] Comments (0) "We Just Cracked The Code Of Plant Power": Swiss Scientists Create Breakthrough Molecule That Stores Four Charges To Mimic Photosynthesis For Solar Fuels - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-06 05:10:05 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a molecule essential for artificial photosynthesis. The molecule can store two po… [+5229 chars] Comments (0) 'Ghost sharks' grow forehead teeth to help them have sex, study suggests - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-06 05:09:46 Male "ghost sharks"eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that are related to sharks and rayshave a strange rod jutting from their foreheads, studded with sharp, retractable teeth. New research appea… [+4211 chars] Comments (0) "Earth Had Saturn-Like Rings For Millions Of Years": Siberian Meteorite Impact Created Massive Diamond Crater While Debris Formed Planetary Rings - Energy Reporters Posted at 2025-09-06 05:09:28 IN A NUTSHELL Popigai Crater in Siberia, formed by a massive meteorite impact, is the fourth-largest known on Earth. The impact at Popigai transformed… [+5117 chars] Comments (0) '8.6 light years away: Could Voyager 2 ever meet Sirius, the brightest star in Earth’s sky? - WION Posted at 2025-09-06 05:09:09 At 8.6 light years, or about 81 trillion kilometres, Sirius is far closer than many other notable stars. Yet at Voyager 2s current speed of around 55,000 km/h, it would still take over 100,000 years … [+12 chars] Comments (0) 'At 55,000 kmph': What if Voyager 1 & 2 collide with a Dyson Sphere? - WION Posted at 2025-09-06 05:08:50 If intelligent builders of the Dyson Sphere noticed the crash, they might interpret Voyager as debris, a probe, or a deliberate message. This could influence how they perceive humanity, as careless, … [+72 chars] Comments (0) What rodent thumbnails tell us about their (evolutionary) world domination - The Washington Post Posted at 2025-09-06 05:08:32 In the 90s cartoon Pinky and the Brain, the titular Brain a scheming lab mouse with an outsize noggin fantasized about taking over the world. A study published Thursday in Science posits that Pinky … [+85 chars] Comments (0) Sean Duffy Is Stuck Inside The Fox Bubble - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-09-06 05:07:12 Comments (0) 5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you - The Conversation Posted at 2025-09-05 05:12:26 Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror. They simultaneously simulate the interacting, chaotic flow of Earths atmosphere and oceans, and they run on the worlds largest supercomput… [+7657 chars] Comments (0) JWST May Have Found the Universe’s First Pristine Galaxy - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-09-05 05:12:08 The James Webb Space Telescope may have uncovered one of the Universe’s first galaxies, AMORE6, almost devoid of heavy elements. If confirmed, it would be the long-sought evidence for primordial Popu… [+6418 chars] Comments (0) Researchers unearthed skeleton of extinct ‘hypercarnivore’ that had a taste for dinosaurs - CNN Posted at 2025-09-05 05:11:49 Tens of millions of years ago, an apex predator resembling a giant crocodile stalked the humid freshwater floodplains of southern Patagonia. Measuring up to 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) long and weighing a… [+5377 chars] Comments (0) The Universe’s Engine Is Changing: DESI Hints Dark Energy Isn’t What We Thought - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-09-05 05:11:31 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory—a program of NSF NOIRLab—in Arizon… [+11923 chars] Comments (0) NASA Satellites Captured Rare Geological Movement In Kazakhstan - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-09-05 05:11:13 A remarkable geological phenomenon has been observed in the floodplains of Kazakhstan, where a colossal sandy formation, nicknamed the sandy slug, is slowly moving across the landscape. This unusual … [+5898 chars] Comments (0) New York’s ‘Big Bang Machine’ Passes Critical First Test - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-05 05:10:56 We know very little about the first few microseconds after the Big Bang. We have theories, most of which were still double- and triple-checking to see if they actually make scientific sense. The rese… [+3353 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida on heels of California liftoff (video) - Space Posted at 2025-09-05 05:10:37 SpaceX launched a fresh batch of Starlink spacecraft into orbit this morning (Sep. 3), lofting 28 more satellites into the company's megaconstellation of over 8,000. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off fro… [+1934 chars] Comments (0) Perseid meteors shine with the Milky Way over an ancient Egyptian temple in breathtaking photo - Space Posted at 2025-09-05 05:10:18 Photographer Osama Fathi has captured a stunning view of Perseid meteors crossing the bright ribbon of the Milky Way over the ruins of an ancient settlement in Egypt dedicated to the worship of the c… [+2355 chars] Comments (0) Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn - Financial Times Posted at 2025-09-05 05:10:00 Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights, complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition. Everything in Print Weekday Print Edition FT … [+202 chars] Comments (0) NASA's Insight Lander Reveals a Surprise at The Very Core of Mars - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-05 05:09:42 Scientists peering into the very heart of hearts of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost core of the planet, InSight seismic data reveals a solid mass ab… [+6025 chars] Comments (0) Supervised learning in DNA neural networks - Nature Posted at 2025-09-05 05:09:24 Comments (0) New modeling indicates 100-year-old geological theory on the Himalayas may have been wrong all along - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-05 05:09:06 For the last century, Émile Argand's theory on the formation and geological support system of the massive Himalayan mountain range has remained the predominant explanation widely accepted among geolo… [+4160 chars] Comments (0) Spatial joint profiling of DNA methylome and transcriptome in tissues - Nature Posted at 2025-09-05 05:08:48 Comments (0) Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making - Nature Posted at 2025-09-05 05:08:30 Comments (0) Meteorite impact one billion years ago may have changed the evolution of life on Earth - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-05 05:08:12 A new study pushes the date of a Scottish meteorite impact from the often cited 1.2 billion years to about 990 million years. That single change reshapes a key chapter in Earth history and reframes w… [+5187 chars] Comments (0) Mutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random, study suggests - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-05 05:07:53 A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not rando… [+8662 chars] Comments (0) Longest total lunar eclipse since 2022 rises this weekend: Here's when and where to see the 'blood moon' - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-05 05:07:35 On the night of Sept. 7-8, Australia, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe will get a spectacular view of all phases of a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse . During the event, which will last about five… [+2531 chars] Comments (0) Astronaut Megan McArthur, 1st woman to pilot SpaceX Dragon, retires after 25-year NASA career - Space Posted at 2025-09-05 05:07:17 Astronaut Megan McArthur has retired from NASA, ending more than two decades with the space agency. McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and h… [+4251 chars] Comments (0) A spine-tingling discovery: This dinosaur had spiked body armor - NPR Posted at 2025-09-05 05:06:59 A dinosaur that roamed modern-day Morocco more than 165 million years ago had a neck covered in three-foot long spikes, a weapon on its tail and bony body armor, according to researchers who unearthe… [+2532 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope discovers 'exceptionally rare' 5-galaxy crash in the early universe - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-05 05:06:40 Astronomers have discovered an incredibly rare system in which at least five galaxies from the early universe are merging — just 800 million years after the Big Bang . The remarkable discovery was m… [+6235 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX McGregor looks to the future, from Raptor 3 to potential HLS testing - NASASpaceFlight.com - Posted at 2025-09-04 05:17:31 3SpaceXs engine development and testing site in McGregorthe worlds most active rocket engine test facilitycontinues to be a hive of activity. Recent updates reveal intensified Raptor engine trials a… [+4675 chars] Comments (0) How magnets could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars - Space Posted at 2025-09-04 05:17:10 Scientists have developed a more efficient way to generate oxygen for astronauts that could help with future missions into deep space. Current life-support systems such as those on the International… [+2662 chars] Comments (0) Earth's Rotation Is Slowing, And It Might Explain Why We Have Oxygen - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-04 05:16:35 Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result. While Earth's slowdown is not noti… [+5305 chars] Comments (0) Humans inherited genes from Neanderthals that still limit our muscle activity - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-04 05:15:38 Most of us carry a small trace of Neanderthal ancestry and, in some cases, that legacy sits in our legs. A single change in a muscle enzyme can subtly throttle how hard muscles can work under pressur… [+5827 chars] Comments (0) Earth could be sitting in the centre of a giant cosmic void, according to astronomers - BBC Sky at Night Magazine Posted at 2025-09-04 05:15:16 Its human to feel alarmed by the sheer emptiness of space. Now, astronomers from the University of Portsmouth in the UK suggest this unsettling vastness may be worse than we thought. They reckon Ea… [+2334 chars] Comments (0) Newly discovered bus-size asteroid will zoom close past Earth tomorrow — and will not return for exactly 100 years - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-04 05:14:16 A bus-size asteroid , first spotted just over a week ago, will zoom past Earth tomorrow (Sept. 3). The space rock will not get this close to us again until Sept. 4, 2125 — almost 100 years to the da… [+3244 chars] Comments (0) UPDATE: SpaceX targeting Tuesday night for next Falcon 9 launch - KSBY News Posted at 2025-09-04 05:13:05 (UPDATE: 8:52 p.m. Tuesday) - SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday night at 8:51 p.m. SpaceX is preparing for its next Falcon 9 launch from Vand… [+588 chars] Comments (0) New massive dinosaur measuring at 39 feet discovered in China - ABC News Posted at 2025-09-04 05:12:34 Comments (0) Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS could be investigated by these spacecraft as it races past the sun: 'This could be literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' - Space Posted at 2025-09-04 05:11:59 New research investigates the possibility that different spacecraft could visit Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving scientists a unique on-location view of the interstellar visitor, or even offering the chance to… [+11825 chars] Comments (0) Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on September 2, 2025 - Mashable Posted at 2025-09-04 05:11:37 Comments (0) Scientists Pinpoint Cause of Mysterious Electrical Surges on Satellites - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-04 05:11:09 In 1994, two Canadian TV satellites failed within mere hours of each other. The pair was in a geostationary orbit when a major solar storm hit, resulting in electrostatic discharges that disabled the… [+3174 chars] Comments (0) Stressed Ice Generates Electricity, Researchers Find - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-04 05:10:44 Dont mess with ice. When its stressed, ice can get seriously sparky. Scientists have discovered that ordinary icethe same substance found in iced coffee or the frosty sprinkle on mountaintopsis imbu… [+4189 chars] Comments (0) As the Great Salt Lake Shrinks, Something Unexpected Is Rising to the Surface - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-09-04 05:10:17 The Great Salt Lake once reached depths of up to 1,000 feet and spanned roughly 20,000 square miles, but today, it mostly resembles a parched wasteland. So, when signs of life suddenly began popping … [+3156 chars] Comments (0) Alzheimer’s Linked to Epigenomic Breakdown, Not Just Plaques - Neuroscience News Posted at 2025-09-04 05:09:55 Summary: A new large-scale study shows that Alzheimers disease is marked by the erosion of epigenomic control, where brain cells lose the ability to maintain stable gene expression. Using a multi-reg… [+12846 chars] Comments (0) "Space Has a Tesla Floating Forever": Elon Musk's Cherry-Red Roadster Orbits Sun With Starman Mannequin Driving for Millions of Years - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-09-04 05:09:30 IN A NUTSHELL The Apollo 17 mission marked the last manned lunar expedition, emphasizing the peaceful aims of space exploration. Elon Musk’s cherry-re… [+5885 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers discover a 'forbidden' pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way - Space Posted at 2025-09-04 05:09:09 Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is t… [+5260 chars] Comments (0) A Closer Look at: Ardipithecus ramidus - Daily Kos Posted at 2025-09-04 05:08:50 Comments (0) Asteroid Bennu contains stardust that's older than the solar system - Space Posted at 2025-09-04 05:08:28 Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. Taken together, the findings, d… [+4732 chars] Comments (0) Dozens of mysterious blobs discovered inside Mars may be the remnants of 'failed planets' - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-04 05:08:07 Giant impact structures, including the potential remains of ancient "protoplanets," may be lurking deep beneath the surface of Mars , new research hints. The mysterious lumps, which have been perfec… [+3947 chars] Comments (0) This Plotter Knows No Boundaries - Hackaday Posted at 2025-09-04 05:07:47 If your school in the 1980s was lucky enough to have a well-equipped computer lab, the chances are that alongside the 8-bit machines you might have found a little two-wheeled robot. These machines an… [+858 chars] Comments (0) Scientists discover explosive origins of superspeed electrons streaming from the sun - Space Posted at 2025-09-03 05:13:46 The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has tracked electrons traveling at nearly the speed of light back to the sun, finding they originated in different types of sol… [+5390 chars] Comments (0) Strange Living Islands Have Appeared on The Great Salt Lake, And Now We Know Why - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-03 05:13:28 The appearance of strange 'islands' bristling with reeds on the drying playa of Utah's Great Salt Lake may finally have an explanation. A vast, natural network of underground plumbing emerges from t… [+2888 chars] Comments (0) 9 small creatures that cost more than gold and here’s the list - Times of India Posted at 2025-09-03 05:13:10 Paying 75 lakh for a beetle? Due to its rarity, cultural significance as a symbol of good luck, specifically in Japan, and its unique appearance with large, stag-like mandibles , Stag beetles market … [+28 chars] Comments (0) Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:12:52 A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. Published in Nature Physics, this discovery could have major technologi… [+4284 chars] Comments (0) 5 mysteries of the solar system that still baffle scientists - WION Posted at 2025-09-03 05:12:33 In 2017, astronomers detected 'Oumuamua, an interstellar object passing through our solar system. Its unusual shape and acceleration patterns defy conventional explanations, leading to various hypoth… [+168 chars] Comments (0) In search of Denisovans: Genetic tools identify lost human relatives from fossil records - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:12:14 New genetic techniques are shedding light on a mysterious part of our family treeancient human relatives called the Denisovans that emerged during the Pleistocene epoch, approximately 370,000 years a… [+3634 chars] Comments (0) Pluto's dwarf planet partner Charon may have spilled its guts to create 2 of the pair's moons - Space Posted at 2025-09-03 05:11:55 Two of Pluto's midsize moons may be made of the guts of its largest moon, Charon, new research suggests. New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show that the two moons, Nix and … [+4813 chars] Comments (0) Rare oceanic plate delamination may explain Portugal's mysterious earthquakes - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:11:36 One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread destruction. Anoth… [+3825 chars] Comments (0) Most Detailed Geologic Map Of The US To Date Lets You Explore Country’s Ancient History - IFLScience Posted at 2025-09-03 05:11:18 Ever wanted to know more about the ground beneath your feet? Well, thanks to a new geologic map of the lower 48 states of the USA, now you can and in more detail than ever before.Geologic maps are pr… [+2444 chars] Comments (0) 'We've known it's been coming for a while': Inside the decision to eliminate the UK Space Agency - Space Posted at 2025-09-03 05:11:00 The U.K. government's announcement to absorb the nation's 15-year-old space agency into a recently established government department may sound shocking to some, but it came as no surprise to insiders… [+8695 chars] Comments (0) Quantum entanglement lasts 600 times longer in elusive dark states, study finds - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:10:42 A research team affiliated with UNIST has successfully demonstrated the experimental creation of collective quantum entanglement rooted in dark statespreviously confined to theoretical models. The fi… [+3319 chars] Comments (0) Graphene reveals electrons that behave like frictionless fluid and break textbook rules - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:10:24 For several decades, a central puzzle in quantum physics has remained unsolved: Could electrons behave like a perfect, frictionless fluid with electrical properties described by a universal quantum n… [+4058 chars] Comments (0) Satellite laser ranging technique reveals 90 mm sea-level surge over past 30 years - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:10:06 The rise in global mean sea level (GMSL) is a critical indicator of climate change. Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) researchers have utilized advanced space geodetic technologies to deliver … [+4687 chars] Comments (0) Something from nothing: Physicists model vacuum tunneling in a 2D superfluid - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-03 05:09:48 In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously created out of nothing, through a phenomenon call… [+3673 chars] Comments (0) The Blind Date of Mars with 3I/ATLAS in a Month - Avi Loeb – Medium Posted at 2025-09-03 05:09:30 (Credit: BBC) Blind dates are exciting because they hold the potential for surprises, especially when dealing with an interstellar date partner of unknown origin. On October 3, 2025, the interstell… [+3729 chars] Comments (0) Ancient human skull discovered in Greece rewrites human evolutionary timeline - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-09-03 05:09:11 Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era. A new scientific study has shed… [+2816 chars] Comments (0) Watch live online as an asteroid the size of a commercial jet passes within Earth-moon distance on Sept. 3 (video) - Space Posted at 2025-09-03 05:08:53 A recently discovered asteroid roughly the size of a commercial jet will pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth on Sept. 3. Here's how you can watch the flyby live online, courtesy of the Virtual Tele… [+2188 chars] Comments (0) A Surprising Mathematical Pattern Was Found Hiding in Earth's History - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-03 05:08:34 According to a recent study, events geologists use to distinguish transitions between geological chapters in Earth's story follow a hidden hierarchical pattern, one that could shed light on both past… [+4152 chars] Comments (0) New telescope images deliver sharpest-ever view of powerful solar flare - Mashable Posted at 2025-09-03 05:08:15 Comments (0) NASA Forecast For September 2025 - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-09-03 05:07:57 NASA Office Of Communications Keith’s note: OK so I am ‘back’. Thanks for all the kind words, support etc. Let’s get down to business. The month of September is going to be the hardest yet for NASA… [+7750 chars] Comments (0) Doctors Discover How a 92-Year-Old Sprinting Champion Functions Like a 20-Year-Old - bestlifeonline.com Posted at 2025-09-02 05:12:41 While everyone hopes to celebrate as many birthdays as possible, theres a significant difference between a long lifespan and what some experts call healthspan. The latter term refers to a sustained h… [+5164 chars] Comments (0) These Newly Discovered Cells Breathe in Two Ways - WIRED Posted at 2025-09-02 05:12:22 The team members went through a process of incrementally determining what elements and molecules the bacterial strain could grow on. They already knew it could use oxygen, so they tested other combin… [+5011 chars] Comments (0) Cornell Scientists Unlock the Secret to Age-Defying Weight Control - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-09-02 05:12:04 Scientists discovered how to switch aging fat cells back into calorie-burning mode, hinting at a way to fight weight gain and disease without freezing temperatures. Credit: Stock Scientists at Corne… [+4855 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Found a 520-Million-Year-Old Miracle: a Fossil With Brains and Guts Intact - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-09-02 05:11:46 "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Heres what youll learn when you read this story: A remarkable fossilized larva has been discov… [+3916 chars] Comments (0) ESA's JUICE spacecraft flies by Venus on its way to Jupiter's icy moons - Space Posted at 2025-09-02 05:11:29 During the wee hours of this morning (Aug. 31), a boxy spacecraft with solar wings in the shape of crosses flew right by Venus — if all went according to plan. That probe is the European Space Agenc… [+2989 chars] Comments (0) What if Voyager 1 had AI controlling it? - WION Posted at 2025-09-02 05:11:10 If Voyager had AI, it wouldnt just represent humanitys curiosity, it would act as an independent explorer, making discoveries on its own. Future spacecraft may not only carry our messages to the star… [+102 chars] Comments (0) From Voyager to Tesla car! 5 man-made objects on an endless journey through space - WION Posted at 2025-09-02 05:10:52 Launched in 1977, the Voyager twins are the farthest human-made objects from Earth. Voyager 1 is now more than 24 billion kilometres away, officially in interstellar space. Each carries the famous Go… [+186 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Discovered A New Mineral On Mars, Here's What That Means - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-09-02 05:10:35 Scientists have just made a fascinating discovery on Mars: a new mineral called ferric hydroxysulfate. The name is a mouthful, but the implications it brings are exciting. This particular mineral hin… [+4500 chars] Comments (0) A Study Appears to Stunningly Contradict Newton and Einstein's Theory of Gravity - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-09-02 05:10:15 Heres what youll learn when you read this story: Einsteins Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, is currently our best approxi… [+3988 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX deploys 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit after launch from Florida - Space Posted at 2025-09-02 05:09:55 "Deployment of 28 Starlink satellites confirmed." With that statement, posted to social media, SpaceX wrapped another launch in support of its broadband internet satellite megaconstellation on Sunda… [+1422 chars] Comments (0) NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky - Space Posted at 2025-09-02 05:09:37 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting… [+5923 chars] Comments (0) Don't miss Venus line up with Jupiter and Mercury before sunrise on Sept. 1 - Space Posted at 2025-09-02 05:09:19 Jupiter, Venus and Mercury will appear together in the predawn sky on Sept. 1. (Image credit: Created by Anthony Wood in Canva.) Early risers are in for a spectacular show next week, when Jupiter, V… [+2774 chars] Comments (0) The Challenge of Measuring the Mass of 3I/ATLAS - Avi Loeb – Medium Posted at 2025-09-02 05:08:59 (Credit: Ciyavula) The biggest uncertainty about the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS involves the diameter of its solid-density nucleus. The flux detected by the SPHEREx space observatory at a waveleng… [+6168 chars] Comments (0) Scientists think they discovered the origin of life on Earth - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-02 05:08:41 Life needs proteins for almost everything, from cell repair to immune defense. Scientists have long asked how the first proteins were formed before cells had complex machinery. A new study reports a… [+4912 chars] Comments (0) The Math Says Life Shouldn’t Exist: New Study Challenges Origins Theories - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-09-02 05:08:23 Note 2509010422_Source1.Reinterpretation Source 1.https://scitechdaily.com/the-math-says-life-shouldnt-exist-new-study-challenges-origins-theories/ 1.Math Says Life Should Not Exist: New Study Chal… [+5591 chars] Comments (0) Scientists left shocked by skull found in cave wall that analysis shows isn’t human - LADbible Posted at 2025-09-02 05:08:04 Researchers have discovered a strange-looking skull that does not appear to be human in nature. Its not every day you get to find a new species, and with this discovery come many questions about our… [+3447 chars] Comments (0) NASA Is Taking Suggestions For Raising Swift’s Orbit - Hackaday Posted at 2025-09-02 05:07:46 Launched in 2004, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory – formerly the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer – has been dutifully studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) during its two-year mission, before moving on … [+1026 chars] Comments (0) Smartphones and computers could get a big boost in performance, thanks to an accidental discovery - Notebookcheck Posted at 2025-09-02 05:07:29 A team of researchers at MIT looking for a way to improve the safety and durability of nuclear reactors has accidentally discovered a new technique that could boost the performance of computer chips.… [+1599 chars] Comments (0) Canada's first lunar rover looks to future space exploration - BBC Posted at 2025-09-02 05:07:10 Ali Abbas AhmadiBBC News, Toronto A computer generated image of what the lunar vehicle could look like on the Moon In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by a day spa and a shawarma j… [+7679 chars] Comments (0) Farming spread through migration, not local adoption, ancient DNA reveals - Archaeology News Online Magazine Posted at 2025-09-01 05:11:43 Around 10,000 years ago, human groups experienced one of the most important changes in the history of humanity: the shift from gathering and hunting to farming. The transition, typically known as the… [+3555 chars] Comments (0) 'Where Did We Come From?': Challenging the classic Darwinian approach - review - The Jerusalem Post Posted at 2025-09-01 05:11:25 Comments (0) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California - Space Posted at 2025-09-01 05:11:07 SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of them up from California's central coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink craft lifted off to… [+1899 chars] Comments (0) When NASA lost contact with Voyager 2: The 2023 error that nearly ended the mission - WION Posted at 2025-09-01 05:10:49 For two tense weeks in July 2023, NASA feared humanitys longest-running spacecraft might be lost forever. When a misdirected command on July 21 caused Voyager 2s antenna to point just two degrees off… [+370 chars] Comments (0) Antarctica Is Changing Rapidly. The Consequences Could Be Dire - WIRED Posted at 2025-09-01 05:10:31 This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continentsa great sheet of ice set in contrast… [+3175 chars] Comments (0) Voyager 2 and Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Inside the massive storm bigger than Earth - WION Posted at 2025-09-01 05:10:13 Voyager 2s observations transformed planetary science. For the first time, astronomers could study the Great Red Spot as a three-dimensional, evolving system. The data laid the groundwork for future … [+240 chars] Comments (0) Detection of an Anti-Solar Tail for 3I/ATLAS - Avi Loeb – Medium Posted at 2025-09-01 05:09:55 Deep images of 3I/ATLAS, taken by the Gemini South telescope on August 27, 2025. The different panels show images from short to long wavelengths in the u (upper left), g (upper right), r (lower left)… [+4855 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Say They May Have Just Figured Out the Origin of Life - Futurism Posted at 2025-09-01 05:09:38 How did the building blocks of life come together to spawn the first organisms? It's one of the most longstanding questions in biology and scientists just got a major clue. In a new study published … [+3131 chars] Comments (0) This Week in Science: Brain-Boosting Smells, The Brightest Flash Ever, And More! - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-01 05:09:20 This week in science: The US puts together new guidelines for blood pressure; sections of the seafloor found to be strangely upside down; the brightest radio flash ever detected; and much more! Secr… [+2684 chars] Comments (0) This 89-year-old N.J. pilot plans to cross the Atlantic twice in an epic 37-day flying adventure - NJ.com Posted at 2025-09-01 05:09:01 Ed Galkin is about to add another adventure to his astonishing flight resume. Galkin has flown around the world four times, most recently in 2022, in the same single-engine plane the retired dentist… [+2936 chars] Comments (0) Mammoth DNA from Mexico reveals a divergent lineage - Phys.org Posted at 2025-09-01 05:08:43 Long before the construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, which lies northeast of Mexico City, the area was home to the former Lake Xaltocan and inhabited by a rich ecosystem of prehi… [+4442 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’ - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-09-01 05:08:24 Heres what youll learn when you read this story: Usually, when something gets warmed up, heat tends to spread outward before eventually dissipating. But things are a little different in the … [+4024 chars] Comments (0) Space Habitats Are Getting an Extreme Makeover - The Wall Street Journal Posted at 2025-09-01 05:08:06 From cork-lined walls to algae-tinted windows, the future of living and working in outer space looks less like a weightless tin can and more like a comfy cruise ship.  These living quarters promise … [+276 chars] Comments (0) We finally have an idea of how the lifetime supply of eggs develops in primates - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-01 05:07:48 Scientists are one step closer to understanding how human ovaries develop their lifetime supply of egg cells, known as ovarian reserve. The new research, published Aug. 26 in the journal Nature Comm… [+4899 chars] Comments (0) The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discover - Live Science Posted at 2025-09-01 05:07:29 Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian … [+5517 chars] Comments (0) James Webb Telescope Captures Space Butterfly - The Weather Channel Posted at 2025-09-01 05:07:11 (NASA) NASA released images of a butterfly in space this week. The images captured with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope dont depict a monarch or a swallowtail, but they do show a protost… [+704 chars] Comments (0) Stunning Discovery Deep in The Ocean Dwarfs The Famous 'Lost City' - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-09-01 05:06:53 A human-occupied vehicle (HOV) probing the deep Pacific Ocean has cast a light upon a massive undersea 'metropolis'. The tortuous system of deep craters and dolomite walls blows the Atlantic Ocean's… [+4182 chars] Comments (0) Vitamin B1 theory from 1958 is finally proven by scientists after being called 'crazy' - Earth.com Posted at 2025-09-01 05:06:35 For years, one rule in chemistry class seemed simple: certain high-energy carbon species, like vitamin B1, fall apart in water. Thats why many reactions take place in specialized organic solvents ins… [+5606 chars] Comments (0) Thanks JPLers - NASA Watch Posted at 2025-09-01 05:06:17 NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber. Comments (0) Brightest fast radio burst ever detected could help solve an enduring cosmic mystery - KSL.com Posted at 2025-09-01 05:05:59 NEW YORK Astronomers have spotted the brightest fast radio burst yet coming from a nearby galaxy. Observations of this phenomenon, a powerful flash of radio waves that lasts only about one millisecon… [+7322 chars] Comments (0) NASA puts asteroid Bennu under the microscope photo of the day for Aug. 29, 2025 - Space Posted at 2025-08-31 05:13:14 Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar system — and also as a key to possibly understanding the origins of life. … [+2574 chars] Comments (0) Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool - Nature Posted at 2025-08-31 05:12:54 Comments (0) Galactic cannonballs: The mystery of hypervelocity white dwarfs may just have been solved - Space Posted at 2025-08-31 05:12:36 White dwarfs — the superdense, slowly cooling embers left behind when stars like our sun die — are usually quiet cosmic relics. A rare few, however, are anything but. In recent years, astronomers an… [+5312 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers find evidence that we live inside a colossal structure never before imagined - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-31 05:12:18 Our corner of the universe looks tidy at first glance. But pull back, and patterns begin to surface that stretch across billions of light-years. New mapping work hints that our own galaxy belongs t… [+5065 chars] Comments (0) Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-31 05:11:59 How likely you think something is to happen depends on what you already believe about the circumstances. That is the simple concept behind Bayes' rule, an approach to calculating probabilities, first… [+4804 chars] Comments (0) Webb observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS - European Space Agency Posted at 2025-08-31 05:11:40 Comments (0) The Unexpected Reason Baboons March in Order - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-31 05:11:21 Baboons walking in progression on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula. Credit: Vittoria Roatti Baboons have long puzzled scientists with their habit of walking in neat lines across the African landscape. … [+4397 chars] Comments (0) 56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators - Space Posted at 2025-08-31 05:11:02 This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Pollinators play a vital role in fertilizing f… [+5946 chars] Comments (0) Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-31 05:10:44 For the first time, scientists have used ultrafast X-ray flashes to take a direct image of a single electron as it moved during a chemical reaction. In the new study , published Aug. 20 in the jo… [+3918 chars] Comments (0) Next Week, A Record-Breaking Over 7 Billion People Will See The Total Lunar Eclipse - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-31 05:10:26 Get ready for the Blood Moon next week! Our natural satellite will turn crimson as it is experiencing a total eclipse. It will happen during the evening between September 7 and 8 (depending on the ti… [+3396 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-31 05:10:07 A research team has used both archival Hubble Space Telescope data and new observations to precisely measure the binary star system NGC3603-A1. One star weighs about 93 times the mass of our sun, whi… [+3512 chars] Comments (0) Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit - Spaceflight Now Posted at 2025-08-31 05:09:49 File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the vertical position at sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch 24 Starli… [+1501 chars] Comments (0) Did a single genetic mutation make horses rideable? - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-31 05:09:30 Domestication of the horse was one of the crowning achievements of early humans. It led to advancements in transportation, warfare and agriculture, effectively galloping societies into the modern era… [+3449 chars] Comments (0) Breakthrough Photo: See The 'Birth' Of A Planet For The Very First Time - NDTV Posted at 2025-08-31 05:09:11 Astronomers have made a historic discovery, capturing the first image of an exoplanet actively carving a bright gap in the dusty disk around its young star. This rare observation, led by Leiden PhD c… [+2077 chars] Comments (0) The Advanced Project Gemini Concepts That Could Have Been - Hackaday Posted at 2025-08-31 05:08:53 Looking back on the trajectory leading to Project Apollo and the resulting Moon missions, one can be forgiven for thinking that this was a strict and well-defined plan that was being executed, especi… [+1150 chars] Comments (0) "Punk rocker" dinosaur was covered in long spikes and armor, newly discovered fossils show - CBS News Posted at 2025-08-31 05:08:34 A dinosaur dubbed one of the "strangest" ever found boasted an elaborate armory of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature. Spicomellus, wh… [+2324 chars] Comments (0) Cataclysmic crash with neighboring planet may be the reason there's life on Earth today, new studies hint - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-31 05:08:16 Early Earth was a barren wasteland incapable of supporting life until a big protoplanet crash carried in the necessary ingredients, a new study suggests. That collision of the proto-Earth and a Mars… [+4728 chars] Comments (0) James Webb Space Telescope spots odd planet-forming disk around infant star - Space Posted at 2025-08-31 05:07:57 Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a strange disk of gas and dust around an infant star that could challenge current models of planet formation. The protoplanet… [+4031 chars] Comments (0) ‘Immortality’: How NASA built Voyager-2 to outlast humanity and Earth - WION Posted at 2025-08-31 05:07:37 Voyager 2 wasnt designed like any ordinary spacecraft, it was designed to last. With redundant systems, minimal moving parts, and power sources meant to survive decades, NASA ensured that this craft … [+71 chars] Comments (0) 5 places on Earth where you could die in seconds - WION Posted at 2025-08-31 05:07:19 In 1986, Lake Nyos suddenly released a massive cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and thousands of animals within minutes. The lake sits on a volcanic pocket that leaks CO into the wat… [+103 chars] Comments (0) When spider scientists went into a Taiwanese forest at night, they discovered a deadly trap - BBC Wildlife Magazine Posted at 2025-08-30 05:26:44 Researchers in Taiwan have observed sheet web spiders (Psechrus clavis) capturing fireflies and leaving them glowing in their webs for up to an hour. This unusual tactic turns the fireflies mating si… [+2663 chars] Comments (0) "Scientists Warn Of Danger": New Detector Tested To Help Spacecraft Evade Orbital Debris As Global Powers Clash Over Crowded Skies - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-30 05:26:26 IN A NUTSHELL Space debris, comprised of thousands of high-speed fragments, poses a significant threat to satellite operations. The Southwest Researc… [+5652 chars] Comments (0) A Satellite Accidentally Captured This Extremely Cool Photo of the Moon - PetaPixel Posted at 2025-08-30 05:26:09 A coronagraph captured this sublime image of the Moon crossing the Sun’s path. Studying the Sun is crucial for monitoring space weather, as events like coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can disrupt sate… [+2083 chars] Comments (0) Where Are You Going, Fish? - Defector Posted at 2025-08-30 05:25:49 In the fall of 2024, somewhere near the headquarters of Brazil's Environmental Military Police, an unending reverse-cascade of catfish began to climb the slippery rocks of the Sossego waterfall. The … [+4675 chars] Comments (0) What did Voyager 2 capture in its last image before shutting down forever? - WION Posted at 2025-08-30 05:25:28 Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 was the only spacecraft to complete a 'grand tour' of all four outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each flyby delivered unprecedented close-up images and … [+312 chars] Comments (0) A Soviet Physicist Once Survived A Proton Beam Through The Head – This Is How - IFLScience Posted at 2025-08-30 05:25:06 In 1978, while inspecting a faulty detector inside the Soviet Unions most powerful particle accelerator, physicist Anatoli Bugorski was struck in the head by a proton beam traveling close to the spee… [+2810 chars] Comments (0) New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-30 05:24:45 Comments (0) With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-30 05:24:27 Comments (0) Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have interbred 100,000 years earlier than once thought - CNN Posted at 2025-08-30 05:24:10 See all topics In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 19… [+6372 chars] Comments (0) 70 million-year-old hypercarnivore that ate dinosaurs named after Egyptian god - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-30 05:23:52 A gigantic crocodile-like hypercarnivore likely hunted dinosaurs 70 million years ago in what is now Argentina, a new study reveals. Researchers discovered the fossilized skeleton from the extinct a… [+2550 chars] Comments (0) Ripples from the Big Bang could transform our understanding of the universe — and we may be close to detecting them - Space Posted at 2025-08-30 05:23:34 Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those quakes still reverberate to the present day. It will take the most sensitive instruments ever imagined to reveal … [+5987 chars] Comments (0) "Scientists Warn Of Chaos": 500 Billion Data Points Show Quakes Could Tear Through Cities As Officials Struggle With Failing Protections - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-30 05:23:09 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers use supercomputers to simulate and predict earthquake dynamics with unprecedented detail. The EQSIM project highlights how … [+6513 chars] Comments (0) Physicists Discover Universal Laws Governing Quantum Entanglement - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-30 05:22:45 Researchers used thermal effective theory to uncover universal patterns in quantum entanglement across all dimensions. Credit: Stock Scientists uncovered universal laws of entanglement in any dimens… [+6052 chars] Comments (0) Perseverance Mars rover stumbles upon wind-carved 'megaripples' on the Red Planet - Space Posted at 2025-08-30 05:22:27 NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as "megaripples" during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet. The photo, taken on A… [+4669 chars] Comments (0) NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-30 05:22:08 Rocky material that impacted Mars lies scattered in giant lumps throughout the planets mantle, offering clues about Mars interior and its ancient past. What appear to be fragments from the aftermath… [+6651 chars] Comments (0) Boeing Stock (NYSE:BA) Ticks Up With X-37B Launch - TipRanks Posted at 2025-08-30 05:21:46 Story HighlightsBoeing launches the X-37B with the Space Force, and seems to be readying for a ramp-up in 737 Max production. Comments (0) Mysterious 'alien' comet puzzles NASA scientists - Chron Posted at 2025-08-30 05:21:25 Hubble captured this image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. It shows that the comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming of… [+3613 chars] Comments (0) An Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity - Yahoo News Canada Posted at 2025-08-30 05:21:00 Heres what youll learn when you read this story: Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. Theres j… [+4782 chars] Comments (0) Satellite Companies Like SpaceX Are Ignoring Astronomers’ Calls to Save the Night Sky - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-30 05:20:38 There are more than 12,000 active satellites circling Earth at the moment, a growing figure that has nearly doubled in less than three years. This recent boom in the satellite industry has been a maj… [+3575 chars] Comments (0) 'We need to broaden our search, and now we can.' Scientists are set to unleash a powerful new weapon in the hunt for dark matter - Space Posted at 2025-08-30 05:20:16 Scientists are about to unleash a powerful new weapon in the hunt for dark matter, the mysterious substance that accounts for around 85% of the "stuff" in the universe. Like a super-weapon developed … [+6648 chars] Comments (0) Warped spacetime with surprise 'double-zoom' reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole - Space Posted at 2025-08-29 05:10:53 Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered radiation being pumped out from the core of a quasar — within which a superma… [+3896 chars] Comments (0) Bluesky now platform of choice for science community - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-29 05:10:35 Comments (0) 15 Animals Most Likely to Be the First Colonists on Mars - AOL.com Posted at 2025-08-29 05:10:17 Life on Mars is still a big maybe, but if humans ever manage to settle there, they wont go alone. Any future colony will need organisms that can tolerate intense radiation and a serious lack of oxyge… [+5050 chars] Comments (0) Harassment at Antarctic research bases could spell problems for moon, Mars outposts - Space Posted at 2025-08-29 05:09:59 Warning: This story contains details of violence that may be disturbing to some readers. You can find resources and help for survivors at the U.S. Department of Justice website . More than 40 perc… [+7573 chars] Comments (0) Scientist Warns That New Synthetic Lifeform Could Spell Doom for Humankind - Futurism Posted at 2025-08-29 05:09:41 It's a technology that doesn't even exist yet, but its effects could be so drastically destructive that scientists in the field are calling for it to be banned now, before it's too late. We're talk… [+3822 chars] Comments (0) The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as we thought - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-29 05:09:22 Comments (0) Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes - Quanta Magazine Posted at 2025-08-29 05:09:04 In 2012, physicists showed that this paradox is tightly linked to the nature of the event horizon. Theyd known since the 1970s that black holes emit radiation, and that this radiation probably someho… [+4379 chars] Comments (0) Thioester-mediated RNA aminoacylation and peptidyl-RNA synthesis in water - Nature Posted at 2025-08-29 05:08:46 Comments (0) Haematopoietic stem cell number is not solely defined by niche availability - Nature Posted at 2025-08-29 05:08:28 Comments (0) The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature Posted at 2025-08-29 05:08:10 Comments (0) NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission - NASA (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-29 05:07:52 NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agencys SLS (Space L… [+2440 chars] Comments (0) Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma - Nature Posted at 2025-08-29 05:07:33 Comments (0) Attosecond control and measurement of chiral photoionization dynamics - Nature Posted at 2025-08-29 05:07:15 Comments (0) Glow-in-the-dark houseplants shine in rainbow of colours - Nature Posted at 2025-08-29 05:06:56 Comments (0) 'Landmark moment': Scientists reveal the most detailed photo of a solar flare ever captured - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-29 05:06:22 The Inouye Solar Telescope captured this image of a solar flare on August 8, 2024. (Image credit: NSF/NSO/AURA, CC-BY) The world's largest solar telescope just captured the highest-resolution images… [+3175 chars] Comments (0) Humans and Neanderthals were interbreeding for a much longer period of time than we realized - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-29 05:05:22 A childs skeleton, found nearly a century ago in Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel, has taken on new meaning after a modern re-analysis. A fresh look at the skull and jaw, dated to roughly 140,0… [+5142 chars] Comments (0) Chemists create new high-energy compound to fuel space flight - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-29 05:05:04 University at Albany chemists have created a new high-energy compound that could revolutionize rocket fuel and make space flights more efficient. Upon ignition, the compound releases more energy rela… [+6859 chars] Comments (0) James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-29 05:04:46 Researchers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to observe 3I/ATLAS on Aug. 6. (Image credit: NASA/James Webb Space Telescope) Astronomers have found something strange in the James Webb Space Tel… [+4353 chars] Comments (0) 'A remarkable discovery': Astronomers find 1st exoplanet in multi-ring disk around star - Space Posted at 2025-08-29 05:04:28 Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth. The planet has been given the suitably cute name WISPIT 2b. WIS… [+4192 chars] Comments (0) Superfood for Bees Sparks 15-Fold Colony Boom - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-28 06:44:00 Worker bees feeding in the lab, Oxford Bee Lab. Credit: Caroline Wood Scientists have created a groundbreaking bee “superfood” by engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols normally found in… [+8238 chars] Comments (0) Bearded Dragons Can Switch Sex. Scientists Finally Found Out How - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-28 06:34:25 Bearded dragons are famous for their ability to change sex depending on heat and genes. Two new genome projects have revealed the likely master gene, Amh, behind this switch — finally solving a repti… [+10053 chars] Comments (0) One Snake, Two Venoms – And Both Are Lethal - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-28 06:25:26 One snake, two venoms — and the wrong antivenom could make the difference between life and death. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have uncovered a hidden split in the venom of Australia’s deadly Ea… [+4203 chars] Comments (0) Where There Is No Down: Measuring Liquid Levels In Space - Hackaday Posted at 2025-08-28 06:15:34 As you can probably imagine, we get tips on a lot of really interesting projects here at Hackaday. Most are pretty serious, at least insofar as they aim to solve a specific problem in some new and cl… [+11839 chars] Comments (0) Giant Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in China That Could Outsize the World’s Largest T. rex! - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-28 06:02:42 In a groundbreaking discovery reported by CGTN, paleontologists in Zhucheng, China, have unearthed a massive tyrannosaur fossil that could rival “Sue,” the largest T. rex. The find, including a giant… [+4365 chars] Comments (0) Scientists uncover 'coils' in DNA that form under pressure - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-28 05:55:11 Scientists have found that twisting structures in DNA long mistaken for knots are actually something else entirely. Inside cells, DNA gets twisted, copied, and pulled apart. The twists can influen… [+5409 chars] Comments (0) ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent Juice spacecraft to a bug in the code - theregister.com Posted at 2025-08-28 05:49:25 The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist … [+3473 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Say There’s an ‘Anti-Universe’ Running Backward in Time - Yahoo News Canada Posted at 2025-08-28 05:46:02 Heres what youll learn when you read this story: A backward, mirror universe could explain the existence of dark matter. If an anti-universe exists, it would run backward in time, … [+4600 chars] Comments (0) Relive SpaceX's nighttime launch of the X-37B space plane with these dazzling photos - Space Posted at 2025-08-28 05:44:59 SpaceX shared stunning photos of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane into orbit last week. The pictures capture the nighttime launch on Aug. 21 , when th… [+3526 chars] Comments (0) Observations detect rotating galaxy filament about 5.5 million light years long, connecting 14 galaxies - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-28 05:43:56 By analyzing the data from the MeerKAT International Giga-Hertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE-HI) survey, astronomers have discovered a new rotating galaxy filament. The newfound filament… [+3611 chars] Comments (0) Exoplanets engulfed in steam are taking center stage in the search for life in our galaxy - Space Posted at 2025-08-28 05:38:42 Scientists have developed a better model to understand "steam worlds," which are planets smaller than Neptune and larger than Earth that are too hot to have liquid water at their surface and thus hav… [+5460 chars] Comments (0) Scientists discover minerals in asteroid Ryugu that are older than Earth itself - Space Posted at 2025-08-28 05:38:07 Comments (0) Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on August 26, 2025 - Mashable Posted at 2025-08-28 05:37:43 Comments (0) SpaceX launches Earth-observation satellite for Luxembourg and 7 other satellites to orbit (video) - Space Posted at 2025-08-28 05:37:21 SpaceX launched a new Earth-observation satellite along with several smaller spacecraft from California on Tuesday (Aug. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Luxembourg's National Advanced Optical System… [+2359 chars] Comments (0) Dwarf planet Ceres may have once been suitable for life, new study suggests - Space Posted at 2025-08-28 05:36:56 Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long been cast as a frozen relic of the early solar system — quiet, airless, and lifeless. But new research suggests that … [+3680 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX Just Sent the ISS a New Way to Stay in Orbit - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-28 05:36:32 The International Space Station (ISS) has been in orbit for over 26 years, housing astronauts at an altitude of 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. But even at that distance, the space station ca… [+3109 chars] Comments (0) With infinite stars, why is the night sky dark? - Boing Boing Posted at 2025-08-28 05:36:07 Why is the night sky dark? This simple question, known as Olbers' paradox, has perplexed astronomers for centuries. In an infinite, eternal universe filled with stars, every line of sight should end … [+2750 chars] Comments (0) Brightest fast radio burst ever detected could help solve an enduring cosmic mystery - CNN Posted at 2025-08-28 05:35:43 Astronomers have spotted the brightest fast radio burst yet coming from a nearby galaxy. Observations of this phenomenon, a powerful flash of radio waves that lasts only about a millisecond, could sh… [+9142 chars] Comments (0) New Shepard NS-35 Mission Updates - Blue Origin Posted at 2025-08-28 05:35:20 Were standing down on todays NS-35 launch attempt to continue to troubleshoot an issue with the boosters avionics. Were determining the next launch opportunity. Aug. 25, 2025 Our next NS-35 launch … [+5740 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Have Created a Protein Qubit Inside a Living Cell - extremetech.com Posted at 2025-08-27 05:52:58 Quantum technology is a uniquely poor fit for biology. It requires extreme precision and clean environments free of interference, which couldn't be further from the environment inside a living cell. … [+3013 chars] Comments (0) ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It’: 300,000-Year-Old Chinese Dental Fossils Reveal an Unknown Hybrid Ancestor - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-27 05:48:11 In a new study published in theJournal of Human Evolution, a team of Chinese paleoanthropologists reports the discovery of 21 fossilized teeth in the Hualongdong cave in southeastern China. The remai… [+3833 chars] Comments (0) Flash From Nearby Galaxy Brightest of Its Kind Ever Seen - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-27 05:46:25 A dazzling bolt of radio light from across intergalactic space is the most powerful of its kind seen to date and its location has been tracked with unprecedented precision. On 16 March 2025, the CHI… [+4631 chars] Comments (0) Don't miss Mars close to the slender crescent moon at sunset on Aug. 26 - Space Posted at 2025-08-27 05:45:35 Look to the western horizon to catch a fleeting glimpse of the thin crescent moon alongside the red glow of Mars on Aug. 26, set among the stars of the constellation Virgo. Mars will sit less than… [+2596 chars] Comments (0) Red galaxies provide new insights into the birth of the universe - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-27 05:45:05 This image combines data from the JWST's MIRI and NIRcam cameras to create a multicolour view of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The the green, orange, and red hues come from MIRI and reveal the reddest… [+3669 chars] Comments (0) The World’s First Human Hybrid? Ancient Fossil Stuns Scientists - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-27 05:44:33 The skull of Skhul I child showing cranial curvature typical of Homo sapiens. Credit: Tel Aviv University Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest evidence of human-Neanderthal interbreeding: a … [+5759 chars] Comments (0) Repetitive radio bursts from deep space hit Earth hundreds of times in a matter of minutes - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-27 05:44:03 A team using MeerKAT in South Africa spotted a new repeating source of short, sharp radio pulses and, within days, tracked it through an intense outburst that produced hundreds of events across multi… [+4698 chars] Comments (0) Dark matter could create black holes that devour exoplanets from within - Space Posted at 2025-08-27 05:43:34 New research suggests that dark matter could gather over vast periods of time at the heart of Jupiter-sized planets, creating black holes that eat these worlds from within. This striking concept may … [+6451 chars] Comments (0) "Shocking Spiral Secret": Webb Telescope Shows 60% Galaxies Turning Clockwise, Stirring Alarming Theory of Universe Inside Black Hole - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-27 05:43:06 IN A NUTSHELL Researchers observed a consistent pattern in the rotational direction of galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope. Approximately 6… [+5793 chars] Comments (0) ‘Ten Martini’ Proof Uses Number Theory to Explain Quantum Fractals - Quanta Magazine Posted at 2025-08-27 05:42:37 But in some ways, the proof was a bit unsatisfying. Jitomirskaya and Avila had used a method that only applied to certain irrational values of alpha. By combining it with an intermediate proof that c… [+2389 chars] Comments (0) Buried Secrets Reveal How Humans Changed the Great Salt Lake Forever - SciTechDaily Posted at 2025-08-27 05:42:11 The view of Great Salt Lake’s North Arm from Gunnison Island, which has long served as a nesting ground for pelicans. Credit: Brian Maffly, University of Utah For thousands of years, Utah’s Great Sa… [+6557 chars] Comments (0) New Fossil Discoveries Reveal the Mysterious Creatures That Roamed Earth Before the Cataclysmic Extinction - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-27 05:41:37 The Permian period, spanning from 299 to 252 million years ago, marked a crucial era in Earths history. The end of this period witnessed the most devastating mass extinction, known as the Great Dying… [+6327 chars] Comments (0) Huge Parts of the North Sea Seabed Are Upside Down, New Study Reveals - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-27 05:41:10 In the world of stratigraphy, or rock layers, superficial sediments are usually younger than the deeper ones they settle upon. The North Sea, however, has revealed giant mounds of sand that defy this… [+3055 chars] Comments (0) Inouye Solar Telescope delivers record-breaking images of solar flare and coronal loops - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-27 05:40:41 The highest-resolution images of a solar flare captured at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm) ever captured may reshape how we understand the sun's magnetic architectureand improve space weather fore… [+5771 chars] Comments (0) 'Alien auroras' on Jupiter reveal a new kind of plasma wave, scientists say - Space Posted at 2025-08-27 05:39:57 The shimmering northern lights that streak across Alaska's skies have wilder cousins on Jupiter — they're bigger, stranger, and now tied to a discovery helping scientists better understand space weat… [+4229 chars] Comments (0) Flamingoes Can Slow Down Aging—But Only If They Embrace This Lifestyle - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-27 05:39:25 Despite the uniform appearance of pink flamingo flocks, individuals live very different lifestyles. In the Camargue region of France, some stay put for their entire lives while others migrate along t… [+4035 chars] Comments (0) Sonic boom expected ahead of next SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base - KSBY News Posted at 2025-08-27 05:38:58 A sonic boom advisory has been issued ahead of SpaceX's planned launch Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch of the OHB Italias NAOS spacecraft has a 27-minute launch window opening … [+872 chars] Comments (0) 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains dust older than the solar system itself — and traces of interstellar space - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-27 05:38:32 The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than our solar system, as well as organic materials and ices from interstellar space, three fresh studies of the asteroid's sample materi… [+4975 chars] Comments (0) Three NASA research rockets could paint the sky with colorful vapor trails tonight - NBC News Posted at 2025-08-27 05:38:02 The mesopause is the coldest layer of the planets atmosphere, with temperatures that can dip to nearly minus 148 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NASA. Scientists have been eager to learn more about… [+1258 chars] Comments (0) Giant planet discovered just 124 light-years from Earth - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-27 05:37:36 A nearby star has a new heavyweight companion, and it swings around on a path that is anything but neat. The world, labeled GJ 2126 b, traces a stretched orbit that pushes close to its star, then rac… [+5308 chars] Comments (0) Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-26 06:15:41 Mars' Valles Marineris stretches nearly a quarter of the way around the planet's equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) What it is: Candor Chasma, a large canyon on Mars Wh… [+3008 chars] Comments (0) Black holes that transform matter into dark energy could solve 'cosmic hiccups' mystery - Space Posted at 2025-08-26 06:10:17 In a new study, scientists began pondering a pretty wild question: What if black holes can convert dead star matter into dark energy, the mystery force driving the acceleration of the expansion of th… [+7465 chars] Comments (0) Top AI models fail spectacularly when faced with slightly altered medical questions - PsyPost Posted at 2025-08-26 05:57:12 Artificial intelligence systems often perform impressively on standardized medical examsbut new research suggests these test scores may be misleading. A study published in JAMA Network Open indicates… [+7832 chars] Comments (0) 3I/ATLAS is Large and Releases Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - Avi Loeb – Medium Posted at 2025-08-26 05:53:04 Three images of 3I/ATLAS, taken by the SPHEREx Space Observatory. The images were observed at wavelengths of 3.0, 4.26, and 4.7 micrometers, corresponding to prominent emission lines of H2O, CO2 and … [+5319 chars] Comments (0) A Physicist Wants to Turn Jupiter’s Largest Moon Into a Gigantic Dark Matter Detector - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-26 05:52:35 When searching for the unknown, classic physics wisdom holds that a bigger detector boosts the chances of discovery. A physicist is taking that advice to heart, advancing a bold plan to use none othe… [+2433 chars] Comments (0) Giant Chunks of The Seafloor Are Mysteriously Upside Down, Scientists Find - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-26 05:52:10 Deep beneath the waves of the North Sea, the seafloor is behaving in an unexpected way. There, scientists have discovered hundreds of vast sand mounds, some on the scale of several kilometers across… [+3658 chars] Comments (0) High-fidelity entangling gates connect remote superconducting quantum processors - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-26 05:51:44 Quantum computers hold the potential of solving some optimization and data processing problems that cannot be tackled by classical computers. Many of the most promising quantum computing platforms de… [+5412 chars] Comments (0) "I Feel Sick Inside": Scientists Reveal Rare Mineral Discovery Suggests Colossal Ocean Hidden Beneath Earth Could Rewrite Human Survival - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-26 05:51:18 IN A NUTSHELL Olivine plays a crucial role in transporting water deep into Earths mantle. Recent research reveals that infrared transparency of olivin… [+5485 chars] Comments (0) How Does Gravity Affect Time? - bgr.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:50:55 Once the satellites and lab tests gave us a solid confirmation of the existence of gravitationaltime dilation, researchers decided to study the Earth instead. They wanted to know if this effect could… [+1141 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Sequenced the DNA of the ‘Last Neanderthal’—and It Alters Human History - menshealth.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:50:25 Heres what youll learn when you read this story: In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several ye… [+3801 chars] Comments (0) Satellites Spotted a Strange Glow in the Ocean, and Scientists Have a Wild Explanation - Yahoo News Canada Posted at 2025-08-26 05:49:59 Since the early 2000s, scientists have been puzzled by a gleaming turquoise spot in the middle of the Antarctic Ocean showing up in satellite images. The patch is located just south of the great cal… [+2499 chars] Comments (0) Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrive at the ISS on Aug. 25 with 5,000 pounds of supplies - Space Posted at 2025-08-26 05:49:34 A SpaceX cargo ship is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday morning (Aug. 25), and you can watch the rendezvous live. A robotic Dragon capsule is expected to dock w… [+2389 chars] Comments (0) Introducing 'goldene': the world's newest supermaterial that is one atom thick - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:49:06 Gold behaves differently when it is reduced to a single layer of atoms. Electrons take new routes and light couples to the surface in surprising ways. A team reports they have isolated such a layer a… [+5656 chars] Comments (0) Revolutionary 'Breathing' Crystal Could Transform the Clean Energy Industry - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:48:44 The U.S. East Coast dodged… Africa is poised to leapfrog… The large increase in refining… By Haley Zaremba - Aug 24, 2025, 2:00 PM CDTA new man-made crystal that can breathe oxygen may be a game c… [+4291 chars] Comments (0) 30 Years of Satellite Data Confirm Predictions from Early Models of Sea Level Rise - Slashdot Posted at 2025-08-26 05:48:21 "The ultimate test of climate projections is to compare them with what has played out..." says earth sciences professor Torbjörn Törnqvist, lead author on a new study published in the open-access jou… [+2252 chars] Comments (0) Shocking Footage Reveals the Most Deadly Hunting Technique Ever Seen in Orcas! - Indian Defence Review Posted at 2025-08-26 05:47:58 Orcas are known for their advanced hunting skills, but a recent discovery has shown an unexpected side to their predatory behavior. Filmed by the BBC in their documentary series Parenthood, the foota… [+2987 chars] Comments (0) DNA from extinct human cousins helped early humans colonize the Americas - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:47:32 Some of the first human settlers in the Americas carried more than primitive skills and tools, they also brought a small but powerful genetic variant called MUC19. That gene fragment, inherited fro… [+5384 chars] Comments (0) 100-year-old chemistry rule proven false, textbook updates needed - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:47:08 You know that feeling when everyone tells you something is impossible, so you never even try? That is what happened in chemistry for a hundred years. Students memorized a rule, one called Bredt’s rul… [+5510 chars] Comments (0) NASA launch of 3 rockets with colorful vapor trails may be seen from several eastern states - NJ.com Posted at 2025-08-26 05:46:43 NASAs launch of three rockets, including two with colorful vapor trails, could be visible across multiple mid-Atlantic states including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. The launch window, whi… [+2588 chars] Comments (0) Shadow Realm at Black Hole's Edge Simulated For The First Time - ScienceAlert Posted at 2025-08-26 05:46:19 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) established a reputation worldwide in 2019 when it released the first-ever image of a black hole. This was made possible by the science of Very Long Baseline Interfe… [+4953 chars] Comments (0) You could fit every planet in the Solar System between Earth and the Moon - BBC Sky at Night Magazine Posted at 2025-08-25 05:27:29 Look up at the next full Moon and consider how far away it is. It looks pretty big and nearby, doesn't it? Now consider this: you could fit every planet in the Solar System between Earth and the Moo… [+2456 chars] Comments (0) Physics-inspired computer architecture solves complex optimization problems - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-25 05:27:07 A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as arrangi… [+3810 chars] Comments (0) Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold - ScienceDaily Posted at 2025-08-25 05:26:44 A new study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark could provide a cost-effective and sustai… [+6758 chars] Comments (0) Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-25 05:26:21 An international study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the French National Center for Scientific Research provides the first scientific evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had… [+4539 chars] Comments (0) Living on Mars would suck - vox.com Posted at 2025-08-25 05:25:58 The billionaire owners of Space X and Blue Origin have competing visions of a space-based future. Elon Musk wants a self-sustaining settlement on Mars as a backup for humanity in case the Earth gets … [+10194 chars] Comments (0) Fusion breakthrough uses inverted D plasma to solve key energy challenge - Interesting Engineering Posted at 2025-08-25 05:25:36 In 2023, the DIII-D facility conducted a dedicated experimental campaign to assess this operational method.  The findings show that negative triangularity plasmas can produce stable conditions that … [+727 chars] Comments (0) Saturday Citations: Beyond general relativity; gas giants and dark energy; the pleasures of difficult hobbies - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-25 05:25:14 This week, researchers pinned down the age of a complete Homo-genus skull found in Greece in 1960 to at least 286,000 years old. Medical researchers reported that the majority of chronic pain patient… [+5487 chars] Comments (0) A new perspective on how cosmological correlations change based on kinematic parameters - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-25 05:24:52 To study the origin and evolution of the universe, physicists rely on theories that describe the statistical relationships between different events or fields in spacetime, broadly referred to as cosm… [+6823 chars] Comments (0) New type of supernova 'looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before,' astronomer says - KSL.com Posted at 2025-08-25 05:24:30 EVANSTON, Ill. Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A stu… [+8334 chars] Comments (0) A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say - menshealth.com Posted at 2025-08-25 05:24:06 The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: were born, we live, we die. The end. But when you examine existence at the cellular level, things get a bit more interesting.… [+7333 chars] Comments (0) Rare ‘Black Moon’ means extra-dark sky for viewing Perseid meteor shower tonight - MLive.com Posted at 2025-08-25 05:23:35 This rare lunar occurrence is coming at the perfect time. The seasonal Black Moon will appear or rather, not appear tonight, during one of the final nights of the Perseid meteor shower, according t… [+1055 chars] Comments (0) NASA will announce its new astronaut class in September - Space Posted at 2025-08-25 05:22:40 NASA will announce its new astronaut class next month, and you'll be able to watch the unveiling live. The 2025 class of NASA astronaut candidates will be announced Sept. 22 during a livestreamed … [+3097 chars] Comments (0) Denisovan and Neanderthal DNA helped the first Americans survive, study finds - Archaeology News Online Magazine Posted at 2025-08-25 05:21:50 The first people to set foot in the Americas crossed with them not only stone technology and survival skills across the icy expanse of the Bering Strait. Along with these, a new study published in Sc… [+4147 chars] Comments (0) "It Felt Like Opening Another Earth": Scientists Reeling After Finding Ancient Hidden Ecosystem Thriving Beneath Antarctica’s Frozen Surface - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-25 05:21:24 IN A NUTSHELL Beneath Antarctica’s ice, the ancient Transantarctic Mountains stretch over 2,175 miles, influencing ice flow and thickness. Researcher… [+5389 chars] Comments (0) Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch Cargo Dragon on a mission to boost space station orbit - Spaceflight Now Posted at 2025-08-25 05:21:00 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission. Image: SpaceX NAS… [+6956 chars] Comments (0) Why do some animals live just days while others live thousands of years? Scientists think they know - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-25 05:20:36 Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years. Tiny shrews barely make it a year. Some sea sponge species are over 15,000 years old. That gap raises a straightforward question: whats different at the b… [+6282 chars] Comments (0) "It Looked Alive In The Sky": Astronomers Stunned By Milky Way Cloud Holding Mass Of 160,000 Suns And Defying All Known Physics - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-25 05:20:15 IN A NUTSHELL Astronomers discovered a massive molecular cloud in the Milky Way, weighing as much as 160,000 suns. The Green Bank Telescope played a … [+4859 chars] Comments (0) Scientists Have Identified the Origin of an Extraordinarily Powerful Outer Space Radio Wave - WIRED Posted at 2025-08-25 05:19:47 The Earth is constantly receiving space signals that contain vital information about extremely energetic phenomena. Among the most peculiar are brief pulses of extremely high-energy radio waves, know… [+3098 chars] Comments (0) A fisherman discovers a black iceberg off the northeast coast of Canada, leaving scientists in shock. - evidencenetwork.ca Posted at 2025-08-25 05:19:20 A Faroese fisherman’s extraordinary encounter with nature has left the scientific community stunned. Hallur Antoniussen was navigating his vessel Saputi through the icy waters near Carbonear when he … [+7097 chars] Comments (0) NASA spacecraft snaps photo of Earth from across the solar system - Mashable Posted at 2025-08-25 05:18:55 Comments (0) What appeared to be a normal galaxy concealed a ring of light never seen before - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-24 05:30:14 It is not every day that a nearby, cataloged galaxy reveals a secret hiding in plain sight. A new study reports a complete Einstein ring, a near perfect loop of light made when a more distant galaxys… [+5382 chars] Comments (0) Measuring a previously mysterious imaginary component of wave scattering - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-24 05:29:53 There has long been a mystery when calculating how an incoming light wave scatters off an object and becomes a modified, outgoing light wave. In particular, the time delay of the transition from one … [+6304 chars] Comments (0) Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math - Quanta Magazine Posted at 2025-08-24 05:29:31 But just how much harder? In 1962, the mathematician Tibor Radó invented a new way to explore this question through what he called the busy beaver game. To play, start by choosing a specific number o… [+5012 chars] Comments (0) All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought. - yahoo.com Posted at 2025-08-24 05:29:09 "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A … [+3831 chars] Comments (0) NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic Transformation - NASA Science (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-24 05:28:48 Asteroid Bennu, sampled by NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission in 2020, is a mixture of dust that formed in our solar system, organic matter from interstellar space, and pre-solar system stardust. Its unique an… [+5821 chars] Comments (0) New dinosaur species with sail on its back discovered on Isle of Wight - NBC News Posted at 2025-08-24 05:28:28 LONDON A former PhD student analyzing 125-million-year-old fossils has made waves with the discovery of a new species of dinosaur that had a sail on its back. The findings,published in the journal P… [+3363 chars] Comments (0) Humans may have had a competitive edge over our ancient relatives, study suggests - CNN Posted at 2025-08-24 05:28:06 Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo … [+6314 chars] Comments (0) Astronomer Discovery Shocks: Enormous 200-Light-Year Structure Found Channeling Energy Into Milky Way’s Core Stuns Scientists Worldwide - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-24 05:27:44 IN A NUTSHELL Astronomers discovered the Midpoint cloud, a vast structure within the Milky Way, revealing new insights into star formation. The Green… [+6031 chars] Comments (0) Scientists are building cyborg jellyfish to explore ocean depths - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-24 05:27:22 Comments (0) What's a black moon? Here's what to expect this weekend - KSL.com Posted at 2025-08-24 05:27:01 ATLANTA The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood moon, which occurs when the satellite appears to turn red during a lunar … [+3699 chars] Comments (0) US military’s X-37B spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission - Ars Technica Posted at 2025-08-24 05:26:41 Comments (0) Sea-level projections from the 1990s were spot on, study says - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-24 05:26:17 Global sea-level change has now been measured by satellites for more than 30 years, and a comparison with climate projections from the mid-1990s shows that they were remarkably accurate, according to… [+3820 chars] Comments (0) Astronomers Capture Jaw-Dropping New Image of a Hand Amid the Stars - Good News Network Posted at 2025-08-24 05:25:56 Pulsar B1509-58 and a hand-shaped nebula known as MSH 15-52 – credit, NASA / CXC / Un Hong Kong Zhang et al. via SWNS A coalition of telescopes have allowed astronomers to produce an image of the ne… [+1950 chars] Comments (0) Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds - Live Science Posted at 2025-08-24 05:25:33 A mysterious skull with a stalagmite growing out of its head is about 300,000 years old and neither human nor Neanderthal , a new study finds. The skull was reportedly discovered attached to the wa… [+3234 chars] Comments (0) One of the earliest galaxies in the universe was rich in oxygen. Could it mean life evolved earlier than we thought? - Space Posted at 2025-08-24 05:25:12 A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its present age, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how … [+3741 chars] Comments (0) Never-before-seen type of supernova reveals a peek inside a massive star before it dies - CNN Posted at 2025-08-24 05:24:50 Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing th… [+9558 chars] Comments (0) Black Holes Are the Elusive Source of the Universe’s Dark Energy, Study Argues - Gizmodo Posted at 2025-08-24 05:24:28 Dark energythe hypothetical force accelerating our universes expansionsometimes raises more questions than it answers. A new study, however, presents surprising evidence that black holes may be an in… [+3196 chars] Comments (0) Watch Blue Origin launch its 200th payload on 35th New Shepard spaceflight Aug. 23 - Space Posted at 2025-08-24 05:23:54 Blue Origin plans to launch its 35th New Shepard mission on Saturday (Aug. 23), and you can watch live. The commercial spaceflight company, which was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, will send its… [+2929 chars] Comments (0) Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on August 22, 2025 - Mashable Posted at 2025-08-24 05:23:04 Comments (0) Scientists discover that North America is 'dripping' underneath, down into Earth's mantle - Earth.com Posted at 2025-08-24 05:22:20 Beneath the stable crust of North America, scientists have discovered something extraordinary: the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in blobs of rock.  This unusual geologic proce… [+5203 chars] Comments (0) Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station - WIRED Posted at 2025-08-23 05:22:33 The latest addition to Chinas Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and tactical planning. Named Wukong AIafter the protagonist of the Monkey King legend in Chinese myt… [+2699 chars] Comments (0) Curiosity rover images 3 intersecting Mars ridges photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2025 - Space Posted at 2025-08-23 05:22:10 On August 8, 2025, NASA's Curiosity rover found itself at the intersection of three ridges found on the Martian landscape. This "peace sign" shape, as called by NASA engineers, is part of a larger bo… [+1904 chars] Comments (0) What happened before the Big Bang? Computational method may provide answers - Phys.org Posted at 2025-08-23 05:21:46 We're often told it is "unscientific" or "meaningless" to ask what happened before the Big Bang. But a new paper by FQxI cosmologist Eugene Lim, of King's College London, UK, and astrophysicists Katy… [+6365 chars] Comments (0) SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivers 6,700 Lbs of Futuristic Robots From Space Mission That Sparks Global Debate Over Humanity’s Technological Limits - Rude Baguette Posted at 2025-08-23 05:21:22 IN A NUTSHELL SpaceX’s Dragon capsule returned with 6,700 pounds of advanced equipment from the ISS. The MISSE-20 project tested material durability … [+5450 chars] Comments (0) Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms - Space Posted at 2025-08-23 05:20:57 A new study suggests that the planets in our solar system may be helping to keep the sun calmer than other sun-like stars, potentially lowering the risk of powerful solar storms that could disrupt mo… [+3619 chars] Comments (0) Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense - NASA Science (.gov) Posted at 2025-08-23 05:20:33 On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination was NASAs DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft flying towar… [+5135 chars] Comments (0) Next Page