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NASA ERNEST Rover

NASA’s JPL Is Testing the Next Generation of Autonomous Martian and Lunar Technology

DNA

Thinking of Gifting a DNA Test for Father’s Day? This Researcher Warns it Could Lead to Surprising Discoveries

JWST Pink Planet

James Webb Space Telescope Made a Salty Discovery in This Unusual Exoplanet’s Skies

Ice age cave

“Rare Snapshot of a Vanished Arctic World”: 75,000-Year-Old Cave Reveals Complex Ice Age Community

Christopher Plain·August 5, 2025
An international team of explorers have revealed unexpected findings discovered in a 75,000-year-old ice age European Arctic cave.
dark matter

Dark Matter May Arise From ‘Mirror Worlds’ or Cosmic Horizons, Bold New Theories Suggest

Ryan Whalen·August 5, 2025
New theories put forward possible answers to the long-standing question of dark matter’s particle nature, a major mystery of the universe.
Pluto

Pluto’s Alien Landscape Reveals “Bladed Terrain” Riddled with Massive Methane Ice Spires, Study Suggests

Micah Hanks·August 4, 2025
Pluto’s mysterious far side may conceal towering ice formations, according to research offering clues about the dwarf planet’s bladed terrain.
plasma supermassive black hole

High-Resolution Images Reveal Rare ‘Plasma Ribbon’ in a Distant Black Hole Galaxy

Ryan Whalen·August 4, 2025
A stunning image reveals the plasma jet at the heart of the OJ 287 galaxy, providing new data on black holes’ impact on their surroundings.
Synchron's Stentrode interface (Credit: Synchron).

Synchron Unveils World’s First “Thought-Driven Control” of an Apple iPad in New Brain-Computer Interface Milestone

Chrissy Newton·August 4, 2025
Synchron has revealed the world’s first public demonstration of an iPad controlled purely by thought.
Moonquakes

Scientists Warn Moonquakes Are Stronger and Happen More Often Than Expected

Ryan Whalen·August 2, 2025
Moonquakes created landslides on the lunar surface, according to new research highlighting new concerns for safety in moon habitation.
Seafloor

The Deepest Ecosystem Ever Found Has Been Discovered in the Ocean’s Mysterious Hadal Trenches

Ryan Whalen·August 2, 2025
Chinese ocean explorers have discovered the deepest life on record, existing at extreme depths on the sea floor.
radioactive wasp nest

A Radioactive Wasp Nest Was Just Discovered at a Cold War-Era Nuclear Site by Department of Energy Officials

Micah Hanks·August 1, 2025
A concerning find was recently made at the Savannah River Site’s F-Area Tank Farm, involving the discovery of a radioactive wasp nest.
rogue planets microlensing

In the Darkness Between Stars, Mysterious Rogue Planets May Be Building Worlds of Their Own, Webb Telescope Reveals

Micah Hanks·August 1, 2025
New research has revealed that mysterious ‘rogue planets’ could be assembling scaled-down planetary systems of their own.
visual microphone

“Sound Transmission Isn’t Necessary”: Visual Microphone Decodes Vibrations to Hear Without Listening

Christopher Plain·August 1, 2025
Scientists have invented the first-ever single-pixel "visual microphone" that detects vibrations with light and converts them back to sound.
lightning megaflash lightning strikes

“We Call it Megaflash Lightning”: Scientists Use Satellites to Find New Record-Breaking Weather Extremes

Ryan Whalen·August 1, 2025
Scientists have now observed the largest megaflash lightning strike ever documented across 515 miles of the Great Plains.
Audrey Crews

She Lost Movement at 16. Neuralink Just Helped Her Write Again—Using Her Mind

Chrissy Newton·August 1, 2025
Audrey Crews, the first female recipient of a Neuralink implant, has written her name for the first time after two decades of paralysis.
Webb Space Telescope dying star

James Webb Space Telescope Spots a “Cosmic Starfish,” Revealing Multi-Polar Chaos in a Dying Star’s Final Act

Micah Hanks·July 31, 2025
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope catches stunning new views of a complex multi-polar structure resembling a cosmic "starfish."
cosmic veil solar cells energy generation

Engineers Invent “Cosmic Veil” That Could Revolutionize Energy Generation in Space

Christopher Plain·July 31, 2025
Engineers have announced the development of a "cosmic veil" they believe could dramatically improve energy generation in space.
atmosphere micrometeorite

Fossilized Space Dust is Helping Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere

Ryan Whalen·July 31, 2025
International researchers have devised a new technique for studying a sort of fossilized atmosphere left behind by micrometeorites.
North Atlantic Anomaly puzzling hot zone

Scientists Propose Origin Story for “Puzzling” Hot Zone Beneath America They’re Calling the North Atlantic Anomaly

Christopher Plain·July 31, 2025
Scientists studying a puzzling hot zone beneath America, called the North Atlantic Anomaly, have proposed a mantle wave origin hypothesis.
heliostats near earth objects

Scientist Demonstrates Detection of Near-Earth Objects Like Spacecraft and Asteroids with Heliostats

Christopher Plain·July 31, 2025
Sandi Lab experiments demonstrate how heliostats that concentrate solar energy can detect Near Earth Objects like asteroids and spacecraft
climate greenland ice sheet

Eruption of Meltwater from Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet Reveals First Look at an Unexpected New Climate Concern

Ryan Whalen·July 30, 2025
A meltwater flood beneath the Greenland ice sheet created such pressure that it cracked the glacier, defying previous climate models.
quantum physics

Scientists Are Still Perplexed by Quantum Physics and Can’t Agree on Its True Meaning, Landmark Survey Finds

Micah Hanks·July 30, 2025
Quantum mechanics remains mysterious as it turns 100, and a landmark survey reveals physicists are still sharply divided over its meaning.
meteor

Double Meteor Showers Will Close Out July with a Celestial Show—Here’s How Skywatchers Can Spot Them

Ryan Whalen·July 30, 2025
July 2025 will end with a double meteor shower, offering great views to skywatchers as the two celestial events peak simultaneously.
tsunami

Tsunami Waves Strike Pacific Nations After 8.8-Magnitude Russian Earthquake—Here’s What You Should Know

Micah Hanks·July 30, 2025
Several countries remain on tsunami alerts after a colossal magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula late on Tuesday.
U.S. Space Force X37-B

U.S. Space Force’s Enigmatic X37-B Space Plane to Test Next Generation Lasers and Quantum Inertial Sensors

Christopher Plain·July 30, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch the enigmatic X37-B spaceplane to study next-generation lasers and quantum inertial sensors.
meta-optical system

“We Are Actually Very Close to This Science Fiction”: Meta-Optical Tech May Soon Enable ‘Projection-Glasses,’ Novel Cameras, and More

Ryan Whalen·July 30, 2025
Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems is working to overcome the limitations of optical technologies.
alien megastructures

Kardashev Collapse? New Study Warns Alien Megastructures Could Destroy Themselves Before We Ever Find Them

Micah Hanks·July 29, 2025
A new study challenges whether alien megastructures, such as Dyson spheres, could last as durable signs of advanced civilizations.
extraterrestrial life

Cosmic Ray Discovery Suggests Extraterrestrial Life May Exist in “More Places Than We Ever Imagined”

Ryan Whalen·July 29, 2025
Cosmic rays may be enough to nourish exterrestrial life residing underground in our solar system offering to broaden the search.
double-slit experiment

Einstein Was Wrong? ‘Idealized’ Double-Slit Experiment Ends Nearly 100-Year-Old Debate

Christopher Plain·July 29, 2025
MIT scientist built an idealized, atomic-scale version of the famous double slit experiment which showed Albert Einstein was wrong.
Aeneas translation

Meet Aeneas, the AI Archaeologist That Can Date and Decode Ancient Latin Inscriptions—But Don’t Fire Historians Yet

Ryan Whalen·July 29, 2025
A new AI model, Aeneas, can not only estimate origins and dates for ancient Latin texts, but accurately restore lost words say developers.
mental time travel

Experiments Show Mental “Time Travel” Trick Can Improve Recall and Restore Lost Memories

Christopher Plain·July 29, 2025
Experiments show mental "time travel" recreating the circumstances of the original memory can improve recall and restore lost memories
Alvord Desert catastrophic flood

13,000 Years Ago, a Catastrophic Flood Scoured Oregon’s Ancient Landscape—New Satellite Images Reveal the Lasting Impact

Micah Hanks·July 28, 2025
Evidence of an ancient catastrophic flood that occurred 13,000 years ago has been revealed in new images obtained by the Landsat 8 satellite.
model of the universe

A Radical New Theory Has Scientists Rethinking the Origins of the Universe

Ryan Whalen·July 28, 2025
A radical new model of the universe redefines the first few moments of existence, reducing reliance on theoretical concepts.
creation of lightning strikes

Scientists Decode “Perplexing Mystery” of How X-rays, Electric Fields, and Electron Avalanches Create Powerful Lightning Strikes

Christopher Plain·July 28, 2025
Penn State University scientists have demonstrated the complex series of events occurring inside thunderclouds that create lightning strikes.
Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea Turns an Eerie Green as Ancient Organisms Invade Its Waters, New Satellite Images Reveal

Micah Hanks·July 28, 2025
Brilliant swirls of green are adding color to the waters of the Baltic Sea, as its summer waters are being overrun with microorganisms.
CERN extreme chip

‘Extreme’ Chip Will Help LHC Scientists Explore Fundamental Questions About the Universe

Christopher Plain·July 28, 2025
Columbia University engineers invent an extreme chip capable of surviving the harsh radiation emitted during high-energy LHC experiments.
Mirasaura grauvogeli

“I’m Stunned and Flabbergasted”: Scientists Were “Blown Away” By a Rare Fossil Discovery Challenging Past Thinking on Pre-Dinosaur Evolution

Ryan Whalen·July 28, 2025
A newly discovered prehistoric reptile, Mirasaura grauvogeli, was found to have unusual structures similar to feathers.
Mars rover

Martian Gravity Surprise Offers NASA Clues to Why Its Robotic Rovers Are Getting Stuck

Christopher Plain·July 28, 2025
Scientists show a misunderstanding of gravity explains why successful Earth-based simulations that free trapped rovers fail on other planets
sixth sense microorganisms

A ‘Neurobiotic’ Sixth Sense? Scientists Find Microscopic Organisms Can Directly Communicate with the Human Brain

Christopher Plain·July 26, 2025
Scientists have revealed a potential 'neurobiotic' sixth sense derived from direct communication between microorganisms and the human brain.
Fantastic Four

Cosmic Radiation Gifted ‘The Fantastic Four’ With Superpowers—But What Would It Do to a Person in Real Life?

Micah Hanks·July 26, 2025
What would happen to someone in real life if they were exposed to the same cosmic forces that gifted The Fantastic Four with superpowers?
exopshere

Scientists May Have Finally Solved the Origin Mystery of the Moon’s Exosphere

Christopher Plain·July 26, 2025
A new analysis of lunar exosphere origin theories has cast doubt on how much the high-energy solar wind really impacts its formation.
signs of life outside our solar system

Aliens, or Something Else? Astronomers Thought Life Might Exist on This Exoplanet—New James Webb Telescope Data Says Otherwise

Micah Hanks·July 25, 2025
Claims that extraterrestrial life may exist on the exoplanet K2-18b face new challenges from James Webb Space Telescope data.
black holes tidal disruption events

James Webb Space Telescope Sees ‘Zombie’ Black Holes Spring to Life, Feasting on Stars in Dramatic Tidal Disruption Events

Micah Hanks·July 25, 2025
Astronomers have made a series of first-of-their-kind observations that uncover the dusty remains of stars ripped apart by supermassive black holes.
Juno Jupiter

NASA’s “Hail Mary” Moment: Incredible Deep Space Surgery Saves JunoCam from Jupiter’s Fierce Radiation Fields

Ryan Whalen·July 25, 2025
NASA successfully completed a rescue mission to save the JunoCam camera on the Juno spacecraft, only recently revealed.
extreme plasmons multiverse sci fi

Extreme Plasmons Breakthrough Makes Gamma-Ray Lasers and Future Multiverse Probes “Very Probable”

Christopher Plain·July 25, 2025
Engineers invent a material with extreme plasmons that could aid sci fi technologies like gamma ray lasers and tools to probe the multiverse
Fossil Palaeocampa anthrax

“It was Literally Hiding in Plain Sight”: Fossil Forgotten in a Harvard Museum Reveals Secrets of Early Evolution

Ryan Whalen·July 24, 2025
When a string of misidentifications ended, a fossil sat in a drawer at Harvard for a century until its significance was recently discovered.
Moon Lander

Lunar Landings Leave a Mark—Engineers Solve a Decades-Old Mystery, Enabling Safer Touchdowns on the Moon

Ryan Whalen·July 24, 2025
Researchers have identified the phenomenon behind dust streaks from lunar landings, offering insights crucial for safely operating future Moon bases.
Magnetite

Common Elements: Everyday Iron Oxide Could Replace Rare-Earth Metals for Future Gadgets

MJ Banias·July 24, 2025
A new study could mark a shift in our dependence on rare earth metals to simple iron oxide for all our future devices and gadgets.
Stonehenge

Stonehenge Mystery: Enigmatic ‘Newall Boulder’ Wasn’t Moved by Glaciers After All—Its True Origins Are Even More Striking

Micah Hanks·July 23, 2025
A discovery from England’s famous Stonehenge has now been traced to a surprising source, which upends past thinking on its origins.
3I/ATLAS

Vera Rubin Observatory Unveils First High-Res Images of 3I/ATLAS—Captured Days Before Astronomers Knew It Existed

Micah Hanks·July 23, 2025
A mysterious new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was discovered in July. It turns out that wasn't the first time our telescopes spotted it.
Europa hydrogen peroxide

James Webb Space Telescope Made a ‘Puzzling’ Discovery on Jupiter’s Moon Europa—These Scientists May Have an Answer

Christopher Plain·July 23, 2025
SWRI experiments could explain puzzling levels of equatorial hydrogen peroxide on Saturn's moon Europa detected by the JWST.
Antarctica

Scientists Reveal Most Detailed Map of Antarctica’s Seafloor Canyons Ever Made

Christopher Plain·July 23, 2025
Scientists have just published the most detailed map of Antartica's seafloor revealing ultra-deep canyons reaching up to 4,000 meters.
supershear earthquake

Seismologists Identify Rare Supershear Event During Devastating Myanmar Quake

Christopher Plain·July 22, 2025
Seismologists reveal that the March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake likely moved at 'supershear' velocity, which is analogous to supersonic.

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