NSF NOIRLab rings in the New Year with a glittering galaxyscape captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory…

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 18 days ago

This whopper of a creature caught on camera looks like something out of a sci-fi film

LADbible (www.ladbible.com) • Published 18 days ago

A new study used ancient genes to look into interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans. Results of two recent studies estimate the two groups likely met and began mating about 45,000 years ago. The team noted the contact likely had a major influence …

VOA News (learningenglish.voanews.com) • Published 18 days ago

The world set another record for orbital launches in 2024 in a continuing surge of launch activity driven almost entirely by SpaceX.

SpaceNews (spacenews.com) • Published 18 days ago

Fossil evidence, along with genetic analysis, points to this Northeast African country as the starting point for human evolution.

Thebrighterside.news (www.thebrighterside.news) • Published 18 days ago

When a magnetar within the Milky Way galaxy belched out a flare of colossally powerful radio waves in 2020, scientists finally had concrete evidence to pin down an origin for fast radio bursts.

ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com) • Published 18 days ago

The basalt regions within the caldera are slowly shifting to the upper crust, where heat is being diffused northeast.

The Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) • Published 18 days ago

The small step back to Earth’s satellite will provide a giant leap for exploring our solar system.

Wired (www.wired.com) • Published 17 days ago

New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope contradict traditional theories about early galaxy formation, revealing large and bright galaxies instead of the expected small, dim structures. This observation supports the Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) …

SciTechDaily (scitechdaily.com) • Published 17 days ago

Oppressive, unstimulating urban architecture isn’t just about eyesores; there’s evidence that it can cause actual harm to its residents. To fix this in 2025, we must start building for joy.

Wired (www.wired.com) • Published 17 days ago

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation in detail."

Space.com (www.space.com) • Published 17 days ago

15 minutes before one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history, something strange happened. A mysterious wave, imperceptible to human senses, rippled silently across the Earth’s surface. Scientists only discovered it after the disaster struck, leavi…

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel (dailygalaxy.com) • Published 17 days ago

Beneath Alaska’s rugged terrain lies a 620-mile enigma that has puzzled geologists for decades. The Denali Fault, a colossal strike-slip fault system, holds secrets of ancient tectonic events that shaped the western edge of North America. With new evidence li…

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel (dailygalaxy.com) • Published 17 days ago

The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the strongest, and quickest, meteor showers of the year. Here’s what you need to know to observe it during peak activity.

CNN (www.cnn.com) • Published 17 days ago

Scientists anticipate the submarine volcano will erupt before the end of 2025.

ZME Science (www.zmescience.com) • Published 17 days ago

Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years. The discovery, announced Thursday by the universities of Oxford and Birmingham, were made last summer when a worker digging up clay in a quarry in Oxfordshire n…

Associated Press (apnews.com) • Published 17 days ago

NASA scientists discovered K2-18 b, a planet bigger than Earth in a habitable zone, with signs of potential life in its atmosphere, including dimethyl sulfide

Supercarblondie.com (supercarblondie.com) • Published 18 days ago

By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the Moon.

ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com) • Published 18 days ago

Welcome to WTOP’s inaugural monthly feature of “What’s up in the sky?” Here’s what D.C. stargazers can watch for regarding the moon, stars and planets in January.

WTOP (wtop.com) • Published 18 days ago

Fast radio bursts are brief and brilliant explosions of radio waves emitted by extremely compact objects such as neutron stars and possibly black holes. These fleeting fireworks last for just a thousandth of a second and can carry an enormous amount of energy…

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 18 days ago