The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight! Don't miss the 1st 'shooting stars' of 2025
With no moonlight to interfere, this might turn out to be one of the best meteor displays of the year.
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Meteor showers, northern lights and supermoons: Here's what 2025 has in store if you look up
The skies are looking bright in the new year.
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Double Trouble? Two large asteroids flying at high speed approaching Earth on January 3 says NASA
NASA reports that two asteroids, 2024 YC9 and 2024 YL1, will safely pass by Earth on January 3, 2025. Asteroid 2024 YC9, the size of a house, will com
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Migrating bats “surf” on storms, study finds
The Doors have nothing on these “Riders on the Storm”
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never been."
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He thought it was gold, but inside this 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite he found something even stranger
Gold prospector finds 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite in Maryborough, Victoria: scientists unlock its cosmic secrets.
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Rewriting the Rules: Scientists Tinker With the “Clockwork” Mechanisms of Life
Scientists recreated molecular switches that regulate biological timing, aiding nanotechnology and explaining evolutionary advantages. Living organisms monitor time – and react to it – in many different ways, from detecting light and sound in microseconds to …
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These are the space stocks to watch in 2025 — SpaceX, Boeing and far beyond
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Musk is standing in the way as Bezos reaches for orbit
Though the Amazon founder has ground to make up, he is unlikely to be short of customers for his space project
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How to Watch the Spectacular Quadrantids Meteor Shower Tonight
The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the many other showers that will appear in 2025.
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How AI is Unlocking Ancient Texts
AI is unlocking ancient texts previously thought unreadable, potentially revolutionizing historical research, according to a Nature article. Neural networks have successfully decoded burned Roman scrolls from Herculaneum, deciphered ancient Chinese oracle bon…
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Health: Drug dealing or use reported across five health trusts
All regional health trusts in Northern Ireland have told BBC News NI they have recorded drug dealing or drug usage at their sites.
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Ring In 2025 With A Meteor Shower, An Eclipse And A Brilliant Planet In Just 24 Hours
Here's everything you need to know to kick off 2025 with a celestial spectacular — including an option to see each one online.
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To boost fitness, try this simple, science-backed trick
‘Fartleks’ are an effective way to add intensity to activities, which a growing body of science indicates can make your workouts more beneficial.
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Thursday Morning Links
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Do crabs feel pain?
A growing body of research suggests crabs, lobsters and other animals caught for seafood can feel pain. Scientists are pushing for legal protections to ensure they are treated humanely.
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Rujm el-Hiri mystery deepens: Golan Heights site not what previously thought, research indicates
A theory of the site was that its walls and entrances aligned with astronomical bodies, but as the site has shifted from its original position, it does not correspond to celestial observations
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'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England
Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years
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Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
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Dark energy camera captures the glittering galaxies of the Antlia Cluster
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…
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