Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner
"This is a promising sign that there continues to be new and exciting avenues to explore tidal disruption events and use them as probes of supermassive black holes."
Space.com (www.space.com)
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Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics
We’re just a few days away from getting a double-dose of heavy-lift rocket action.
Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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Crater Three Times Larger Than the Grand Canyon Found in the U.S.
Buried beneath the Earth’s surface, a massive crater has been uncovered that dwarfs even the Grand Canyon. Formed by an ancient asteroid impact, this geological marvel holds secrets about Earth’s history, including catastrophic events that reshaped the planet…
The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel (dailygalaxy.com)
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Single Nerve Cord Revealed as Ancestor of Ecdysozoan Nervous Systems
A study analyzing Cambrian fossils uncovered that the ancestral ecdysozoan likely had a single ventral nerve cord, challenging long-standing views about the evolution of these structures.
Neurosciencenews.com (neurosciencenews.com)
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A Lost World Beneath the Pacific Ocean? Mysterious Structures Discovered Deep Within Earth’s Mantle
Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper research. No one can see inside the Earth or drill deep enough to collect rock samples from the mantle—the layer between Earth’s core…
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Six-planet system discovered that moves in perfect mathematical harmony
Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical harmony.
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Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition
German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of “percolation problem.”…
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Study Reveals Why Saber Teeth Evolved Repeatedly in Prehistoric Predators
Saber teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one of the most extreme dental adaptations in nature.
ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com)
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Physicist Thinks He May Have Solved The Time Travel "Grandfather Paradox", But There's A Catch
If you traveled back in time, you may not be able to tell.
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Tomorrow May Already Be Here: Physicists Say Time Doesn’t Exist
What if everything you know about time is wrong? Some physicists argue that time is an illusion, a construct of human perception rather than a fundamental part of the universe. Could it be that tomorrow has already happened, and we’re just trapped in a web of…
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Scientists discover new kind of cartilage that looks like fat-filled 'Bubble Wrap'
A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.
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SpaceX launches Starshield satellites for the NRO on Falcon 9 rocket from California
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New Math Suggests 'Impossible' Third Type of Particle Could Exist
Quantum mechanics has long classified particles into just two distinct types: fermions and bosons.
ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com)
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Hidden Stars Halfway Across the Universe: The Webb Telescope’s Stunning Discovery
Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe was only half as old as it is now. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have accomplished a monumental feat in the field of …
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New Quasiparticles Discovered That Behave Like No Other Known Particles
They seem to be picking and choosing the quantum properties they like.
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Engineering Lessons From The Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Observatory Failure
Every engineer is going to have a bad day, but only an unlucky few will have a day so bad that it registers on a seismometer. We’ve always had a morbid fascination with engineering mega-failu…
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Insane New Images of Mercury's Surface Captured on Probe's Final Flyby
From just 295 kilometers above Mercury's surface, ESA's BepiColombo transfer probe has captured stunning close-up images while on its final flyby of the tiny, sunbaked world.
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Rare asteroid wider than Manhattan will make a close approach to Earth
Don’t space out or you’ll miss it.
New York Post (nypost.com)
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Oregon State University researchers say an active undersea volcano off the coast of Oregon could erupt in 2025
When the volcano erupts, it won't pose a danger. It has already erupted three times in the last 30 years, providing valuable information to scientists.
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The 570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera’s Dazzling View of 230 Sparkling Galaxies
This beautiful galaxy image is more than 500 megapixels.
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