The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark conditions. These meteors usually don’t have long trains, but the heads may appear as bright fireballs.…

Associated Press (apnews.com) • Published 19 days ago

Particles from a colossal black hole over 13 billion light-years away are striking Earth. Astronomers are puzzled by the incredible power and age of this celestial phenomenon. Could this distant blazar rewrite what we know about the early universe? The answer…

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel (dailygalaxy.com) • Published 19 days ago

Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another world in the first half of 2021.

ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com) • Published 20 days ago

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Space.com (www.space.com) • Published 20 days ago

A special truck that uses a Cummins hydrogen engine setup traveled 1,806 miles on 386 pounds (175 kg) of hydrogen, sets a new record

autoevolution (www.autoevolution.com) • Published 20 days ago

Astronomers hope to find clues to the origins of the Solar System in the unexpected nature of the object’s icy composition.

IFLScience (www.iflscience.com) • Published 20 days ago

TheInertia.com (www.theinertia.com) • Published 20 days ago

Each evening, enjoy a sweeping view of four planets at once. Also look for Mars occulted by the Moon and meteors!

NASA (science.nasa.gov) • Published 20 days ago

From The Atlantic Science Desk, 77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024. Some that caught my eye: 5. Your body carries literal piece

kottke.org (kottke.org) • Published 20 days ago

From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and what they told us about our beautiful cosmos.

Live Science (www.livescience.com) • Published 20 days ago

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research...

Space.com (www.space.com) • Published 20 days ago

In the search for new materials that can enable more efficient electronics, scientists are exploring so-called 2D materials. These are sheets of just one atom thick, that may have all kinds of interesting electronic properties. If two sheets are placed on top…

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 20 days ago

A research team has experimentally calculated the Jones polynomial based on the quantum simulation of braided Majorana zero modes. The research team determined the Jones polynomials of different links through simulating the braiding operations of Majorana fer…

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 20 days ago

Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost

BBC News (www.bbc.com) • Published 20 days ago

The processes that haul gold up to the surface from deep within Earth's mantle rely on the sulfur that bubbles beneath active volcanoes.

ScienceAlert (www.sciencealert.com) • Published 21 days ago

SALINA—All dogs at the animal shelter in Salina are currently under q

Salina Post (salinapost.com) • Published 20 days ago

Lab-grown minibrains, remarkable brain scans and psychedelic trips — take a look back at some of Live Science's most interesting neuroscience stories from 2024.

Live Science (www.livescience.com) • Published 20 days ago

Using the Very Large Array (VLA), an international team of astronomers have observed a nearby galaxy merger known as CIZA J0107.7+5408. Results of the observational campaign, presented December 20 on the preprint server arXiv, could help us better understand …

Phys.Org (phys.org) • Published 20 days ago

People with brain injuries differ in their ability to figure out when waiting pays.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com) • Published 20 days ago

You know what was missing from the Apollo Moon landings? Buzz Aldrin leaping out of the water like a dolphin.

IFLScience (www.iflscience.com) • Published 20 days ago