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Tiangong lowest temperature

Scientists Have Achieved the Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Space Aboard China’s Tiangong Station

second moon

“No Link to a Known Artificial Object Has Been Found”: Astronomers Confirm Earth Has Captured a Tiny New Moon

Archimedes screw

Scientists Just Transformed a 2,000-Year-Old Invention into a Molecule-Sized Motor

lunar magnetic anomaly

Unexplained Magnetic Anomaly on the Moon Prompts NASA Investigation with Next-Generation Plasma Spectrometer

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2023
A plasma spectrometer has been delivered to NASA to assist the agency’s investigations into a mysterious area on the Moon that is the location of an unexplained magnetic anomaly.
autonomous security robots

Autonomous Security Robots Are Starting to Patrol Schools and Cities, Despite Controversies

Tim McMillan·July 11, 2023
From schools to major cities, an increasing number of sectors are turning to autonomous security robots to bolster public safety.
13.4 billion years back in time

Travel 13.4 Billion Years Back in Time With This Video from the James Webb Space Telescope

Christopher Plain·July 11, 2023
NASA just released a stunning new video visualization using data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes that magically transports the viewer 13.4 billion years back in time.

North Korea Accuses U.S. of Surveillance Flights, Threatens to Shoot Down Spy Planes in Its Airspace

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2023
North Korea issued a warning this week that U.S. spy planes detected within its airspace may be shot down amidst accusations that American drones and other aircraft are conducting surveillance.
quantum drive, lightsails

Impossible Quantum Drive That Defies Known Laws of Physics Scheduled for “Do or Die” October Space Flight

Christopher Plain·July 10, 2023
In October of this year, IVO LTD.'s physics-defying Quantum Drive will launch into low earth orbit, where it will get it first test in the vacuum of space.
photonic time crystals

Photonic Time Crystal Discovery Could Have “Profound Implications” for Optics, Lead to New Disruptive Tech

Micah Hanks·July 10, 2023
“We don’t yet understand exactly how it happens.” A breakthrough with photonic time crystals in the near-visible spectrum could lead to new approaches in optics and the creation of novel disruptive technologies.
X-59

NASA’s X-59 Maiden Flight Brings Us Closer to Sonic-Boom Free Future For Supersonic Travel

Tim McMillan·July 10, 2023
NASA's X-59 experimental aircraft is on the brink of its inaugural test flight, paving the way for quieter supersonic air travel.
far side of the moon

Buried on the Far Side of the Moon, the Detection of a Mysterious Heat-Emitting Object Leads to an Unexpected Discovery

Micah Hanks·July 7, 2023
The detection of a large, heat-emitting mass buried beneath the far side of the Moon suggests it may have a history more like our planet than scientists once realized.
AI

An Ethical Dilemma: Study Explores People’s Views on the Morality of AI Decisions

Tim McMillan·July 6, 2023
A recent study sheds light on the nuanced way people view the morality of decisions made by artificial intelligence (AI).
Threads

Threads Picks Up Millions of Users Within Hours of Launch as Meta’s New Alternative to Twitter

Micah Hanks·July 6, 2023
In the latest blow dealt in a battle between social media giants, Meta Platforms officially launched its new Threads app on Wednesday, amassing millions of followers within just a few hours.
AI Creative

Artists Beware: “Game Changer” Test Results Show AI is More Creative Than 99% of Humans

Christopher Plain·July 6, 2023
AI tool ChatGPT has been shown to be more creative than 99% of humans who underwent the same standardized test for creativity.
Metasurfaces

Controlling Points of Darkness with Metasurfaces Could Enable New Covert Detection Technologies, Harvard Team Says

Micah Hanks·July 5, 2023
Harvard researchers say they have succeeded in developing a method of controlling points of darkness known as optical singularities with the help of metasurfaces.
Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Shows Off Mysterious Aircraft, Igniting Speculation it Could be Company’s Secret Next-Gen Fighter

Tim McMillan·July 5, 2023
Lockheed Martin recently sparked intrigue by potentially offering a glimpse at its enigmatic Next-Generation fighter jet. 
contact with extraterrestrial intelligence

Take Me to Your Lawyer: The Legal Aspects of Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Michael Bohlander·July 4, 2023
An international lawyer examines the legal issues related to potential contact with extraterrestrial intelligence.
Google Sycamore quantum processor

Google’s Sycamore Quantum Processor May Have Just Settled Quantum Supremacy Debate

Micah Hanks·July 4, 2023
Google says its Sycamore quantum processor can now make instant calculations that would require the fastest conventional computers currently in existence almost half a century to complete.

Controversial Study Reveals Humankind’s Earliest Ancestors Coexisted with Dinosaurs Prior to Ancient Mass Extinction

Micah Hanks·July 3, 2023
The earliest mammalian ancestors of humans co-existed with dinosaurs prior to their mass extinction, new research reveals.
time big bang

Time Moved Five Times Slower After Big Bang Due to Time Dilation, Researchers Say

Christopher Plain·July 3, 2023
New research using the most advanced tools available to astronomers has proven that time moved five times slower a billion years after the Big Bang than it does in the present, proving Albert Einstein was right again.
quantum vortex

Superconductivity Breakthrough Reveals Never-Before-Seen Quantum Vortex Phenomenon

Micah Hanks·June 30, 2023
An international team of researchers says they have discovered a new variety of quantum vortexes within superconductors, pointing to a previously unknown circulatory phenomenon.
ancient magic magical texts

Ancient Magical Texts to be Studied in Unprecedented Depth by Cadre of University Professors

Christopher Plain·June 30, 2023
A team of Professors in Germany has established a 4-year, multi-million euro program to study ancient magic and magical texts called “Magic between Entanglement, Interaction, and Analogy,” or MagEIA.
gravitational wave background

Unraveling the Cosmic Symphony: The Top 5 Ways the Gravitational Wave Background Discovery Revolutionizes Our Understanding of the Universe

MJ Banias·June 29, 2023
Here are five ways detection of the gravitational wave background (GWB) by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) revolutionizes our understanding of the universe. 
magical material microwaves

Magical Material That Blocks Microwaves and Infrared Heat Also Shifts from Transparent to Translucent

Christopher Plain·June 29, 2023
Researchers have developed a seemingly magical material inspired by the skin of squids that can block EM emissions, microwaves and IR heat, and also switch between transparent and opaque states simply by being stretched or contracted.
cosmic acceleration

Mysterious Force Behind Cosmic Acceleration To Be Explored by New Joint NASA and ESA Effort

Micah Hanks·June 28, 2023
NASA and the ESA will team up to unravel the mysteries of dark energy and cosmic acceleration with the Roman and Euclid space telescopes.
Avi Loeb

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 31-33 (June 25-26 2023)

Avi Loeb·June 28, 2023
Might an iron peanut be worth ten thousand spherules, or nothing at all? Avi Loeb and the Galileo Project team's expedition to the Pacific waters off Papua New Guinea draws to a close.
Webb Space Telescope

Webb Space Telescope Makes Breakthrough Detection of Compound “Crucial” to Formation of Life

Micah Hanks·June 27, 2023
A new carbon compound has been detected in space for the first time using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, according to an international team of researchers.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 28-30 (June 25-26 2023)

Avi Loeb·June 27, 2023
As the Galileo Project team's expedition winds down, Avi Loeb provides a series of updates on the search for spherules believed to be associated with an interstellar meteor.
consciousness

25-Year Academic Wager Settled as the Mystery of Consciousness Remains Elusive

Tim McMillan·June 27, 2023
A 25-year wager between a renowned neuroscientist and philosopher has finally come to a conclusion with consciousness remaining a mystery.
ANCILLARY

Revolutionary VTOL Drone for Naval Support: DARPA Unleashes ‘ANCILLARY’ Into the Future

Tim McMillan·June 26, 2023
DARPA announces its moving forward with developing a novel VTOL naval support drone codenamed: ANCILLARY.
space

The Pancosmorio Theory: New Research Reveals Factors That Could Complicate Long-term Survival in Space

Micah Hanks·June 26, 2023
Long-term survival of human explorers in deep space may be harder to achieve than once thought, according to new research.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 25-27 (June 24-25 2023)

Avi Loeb·June 25, 2023
Avi Loeb presents a new series of updates on the search for spherules believed to be associated with an interstellar meteor retrieved during the Galileo Project team's expedition.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 21-23 (June 22-23, 2023)

Avi Loeb·June 23, 2023
The Galileo Project team continues its search for evidence of an interstellar object in this installment of "Diary of an Interstellar Voyage."
time dilation

Time Dilation Experiments Could Upend Einstein, Explain Dark Matter and Expanding Universe

Christopher Plain·June 23, 2023
New research looking into the effects of time dilation may help researchers unlock the mysterious nature of Dark Matter and the accelerated expansion of the universe by supporting or disproving the theories of Albert Einstein
bullshit

Study Reveals People Overestimate Their Ability to Detect BS

Tim McMillan·June 23, 2023
New research reveals the difficulties in detecting misinformation in what researchers affectionately call the "bullshit blind spot."
ManTech

Space Thruster Tiles, Self-Healing Squid-like Stuff, and Pig Hearts: DoD Event Exhibits Pentagon’s Unconventional Tech

Micah Hanks·June 23, 2023
The Pentagon recently showcased some of its most unconventional innovations during an event hosted by the DoD's ManTech program.
debris field

Discovery of “Debris Field” Announced by U.S. Coast Guard in Search for Missing Submersible

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023
A debris field has reportedly been discovered by searchers involved in the effort to recover a missing submersible that was lost on Sunday near the vicinity of the Titanic wreckage.
bunching

Anomalous Phenomenon Observed in Quantum Bunching Effect “Utterly Contradicts Common Knowledge”

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023
An anomalous bunching effect appears to contradict our accepted understanding of the properties of photons, according to a new paper.
MQ-9

MQ-9 Reaper Completes Harrowing Mission First That Proves It Can Be Flown From Anywhere in the World

Micah Hanks·June 22, 2023
The USAF says it has successfully landed an MQ-9 in terrain that proves the UAV can be launched from virtually anywhere in the world.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 18-20 (June 21, 2023)

Avi Loeb·June 21, 2023
Magnetic spherules are detected under the microscope by Avi Loeb and the Galileo Project team in this latest installment of 'Diary of an Interstellar Voyage.'
France

Astronomers, Scientists, and Experts Convene in Paris, France, to Study Aerial Mysteries

Baptiste Friscourt·June 21, 2023
A recent conference in Paris, France, brought together leading scientists to delve into the study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
amino acid life

“Essential for Life” Amino Acid Found in Interstellar Space, Increasing Chances Extraterrestrial Life is Common

Christopher Plain·June 21, 2023
A Spanish researcher who has previously discovered water, carbon dioxide and other key life-supporting chemicals in an interstellar region of space where planets and stars are born says she has now found the life-supporting amino acid tryptophan in the same place.
Trappist-1

TRAPPIST-1 Could Have Lower Number of Habitable Planets, New Webb Data Suggests

Micah Hanks·June 20, 2023
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests an exoplanet with once-promising potential for life shows no signs of having a thick atmosphere.
Titanic

Rescue Teams Race Against Time in Search for Missing Submersible Near Titanic Wreck

Micah Hanks·June 20, 2023
The search for a submersible craft with five people aboard remains underway after disappearing near the wreckage of the famous Titanic.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 14-17 (June 19-20, 2023)

Avi Loeb·June 20, 2023
Corroded iron, volcanic debris, and evidence of magnetic particles turn up in IM1’s Path in this latest update from the Galileo Project's expedition.
dark matter

Theoretical Breakthrough Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Invisible Dark Matter

Micah Hanks·June 19, 2023
A team of Canadian researchers says that the lack of clumpiness in the structure of the universe could help to shed new light on the composition of dark matter.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage, Parts 11-13: June 18, 2023

Avi Loeb·June 19, 2023
More materials are recovered, and new questions surface, in this combined three-part entry covering Day 8 (June 18, 2023) of the Galileo Project team’s expedition.
new phase of matter

New Phase of Matter Revealed in Physics Breakthrough By Scientists Who Engineered a “Frustration Machine”

Micah Hanks·June 17, 2023
A new phase of matter has been discovered by a team of physicists who succeeded in engineering what they call a “frustration machine.”
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage, Parts 9 & 10: June 17, 2023

Avi Loeb·June 17, 2023
The Galileo Project continues its recovery of material from the ocean floor during its expedition to recover an interstellar object off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
moon

What’s That Orbiting the Moon? Data Suggests a Lost Spacecraft Could be Lurking in Lunar Orbit

Micah Hanks·June 16, 2023
Recent calculations suggest a famous "lost" spacecraft could have been hiding for decades in orbit around the moon.
interstellar Avi Loeb

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 7 & 8

Avi Loeb·June 16, 2023
Strange Wires and other fragments are found during the Galileo Project's expedition to recover an interstellar object from the ocean floor.
fastest stars

Newly Revealed Speed of Fastest Stars Ever Observed in the Milky Way Stuns Astronomers

Micah Hanks·June 16, 2023
An international team of astronomers reports they have succeeded in detecting the fastest stars ever observed within the Milky Way galaxy.
interstellar

Diary of an Interstellar Voyage: Parts 5 & 6

Avi Loeb·June 16, 2023
This combined entry covers Days 5 and 6 of the Galileo Project's expedition to recover a interstellar object from the Pacific Ocean floor.

The Intelligence Brief

X-70 Fractal

NASA Just Revealed Its Mysterious New Experimental Aircraft, the X-70 Fractal

Science & Discovery News

Archimedes screw

Scientists Just Transformed a 2,000-Year-Old Invention into a Molecule-Sized Motor

Plastic

Scientists Turn Plastic Waste and Industrial Sludge Into Stronger Concrete, Cutting Production Emissions by 66%

Wildfire

Wildfire Risk to American Homes Could Nearly Triple by 2060, With Hundreds of Thousands in Danger, Study Warns

Archaeology & Ancient History

prehistoric

280 Prehistoric Cave Drawings Were Hiding in Plain Sight for 60 Years—and Some Tourists Even Carved Their Names Over Them

Chauvet Cave horses

An “Invisible” Discovery in France’s Chauvet Cave Reveals the 37,000-Year-Old Secret to How Its Ancient Art Has Survived

Japan Haniwa

Archaeologists Unearth 1,500-Year-Old Figurine Depicting Mysterious Female Shaman in Japan

Physics, Time & the Cosmos

alternmagnetism

A Mysterious New Type of Magnetism Has Just Been Confirmed by Scientists

Large Hadron Collider

Into the “Zeptoverse”: CERN Experiments Detect Evidence of Something So Rare It Could Potentially Reveal New Forces of Nature

Neutron Star Merger

A Strange New Phenomenon Hidden in Einstein’s Equations Could Change How We Understand Gravity

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