7 mind-blowing 'astronomy picture of the day' by NASA
Check out 7 mind-blowing 'astronomy picture of the day' by NASA
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Caltech JPL Relief Fund
Keith’s note: JPL and CalTech have been able to set up a disaster relief fund for those affected by the devastating fires in southern California. Go to Caltech JPL Relief Fund
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Fossil discovery sheds light on the early evolution of animal nervous systems
An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan animals, a group that includes insects, nematodes, and priapulid…
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World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
LignoSat will demonstrate how well wood withstands the rigors of the space environment.
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SpaceX Tests Lower Satellite Orbits to Stop Starlink From Ruining Telescope Images
The company may have found a new way to keep its satellites from ruining telescope images.
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
The enormous near-Earth asteroid (887) Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to watch it live this weekend.
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Newly discovered undersea structures stun scientists: 'Is there a lost world beneath the Pacific Ocean?'
Research revealed a “major mystery” deep beneath the Earth’s bodies of water and crust.
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Massive ice core is a ‘time machine’ that could help solve an ancient climate mystery, scientists say
Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages nearly 1 million years ago.
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SpaceX launches NROL-153, expanding U.S. spy satellite constellation
The launch marks the seventh deployment in the NRO’s new “proliferated architecture” strategy, which emphasizes smaller, distributed satellite networks
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I used AI to imagine humanity in 50,000 years — here’s how it went
AI tools let you imagine anything
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The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode
"This could explain the rarity of similar systems."
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Back to the Void: NASA Resumes ISS Spacewalks After Seven-Month Standstill
For nearly seven months, NASA’s astronauts have been grounded from stepping outside the International Space Station (ISS), following a series of alarming spacesuit malfunctions. Now, the wait is over. NASA is gearing up for back-to-back spacewalks to perform …
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See the moon and Jupiter ride the Bull in tonight’s sky
The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus.
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Physicist introduces percolation model to explain word puzzle solving behavior
Alexander Hartmann, a physicist at the University of Oldenburg, in Germany, has introduced a new model to explain a common word puzzle phenomenon. In his paper published in the journal Physical Review E, he suggests that instances where a puzzle solver experi…
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Scientists Stunned by Giant Ocean Worms Living in Volcanic Cracks—A Breakthrough in Marine Biology
Deep beneath the ocean floor, in one of Earth’s most extreme environments, scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery. Hidden within volcanic cavities, a unique ecosystem thrives, challenging long-held assumptions about the limits of life. Using advanced…
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Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades To Answer.
Three mathematicians have developed a breakthrough method for proving whether numbers can be written as fractions, solving a problem that has puzzled researchers for decades. Frank Calegari, Vesselin Dimitrov and Yunqing Tang proved the irrationality of an in…
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Several studies claim that "time is an illusion" and doesn't exist as we know it
Debate continues to rage in the scientific community about the true meaning of time, even about its very existence at a fundamental level.
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.
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230 million-year-old dinosaur is oldest ever discovered in North America — and changes what we know about how they conquered Earth
A newfound "chicken-size" dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how dinosaurs spread across the globe.
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'What is that?' Scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights
A whitish, gray patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights has been explained for the first time by researchers at the University of Calgary.
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