This week in stories we’re tracking here at The Debrief: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope was launched on Sunday, and experts think this could be one of its most important discoveries in the years ahead. Meanwhile, scientists have discovered a magnetic “clock” in ancient pottery that could help museums distinguish real artifacts from modern fakes. And elsewhere, scientists say it might be possible that aliens are lurking in the acidic clouds of Venus.
Ready to get caught up on more of the latest science news? Here’s a look at other stories we’re covering right now at The Debrief…
- Scientists Just Solved a 178-Year-Old Space Weather Mystery
- A ‘Lost’ Medieval Castle Was Just Discovered Hidden in an Unexpected Place
- 1,000-Year-Old Artifact Bearing Unusual 11th Century “Medusa” Unearthed by Russian Archaeologists
- James Webb Space Telescope Reveals an Unexpected Discovery About the Rings of a Strange Celestial Centaur
- Astronomers Find the Youngest Planet Ever Seen and Scientists Aren’t Sure How It Formed So Fast
- Underground Nuclear Explosions in North Korea Caused a Serious Problem, and New Research Suggests It’s Getting Worse
- Striking New Evidence of Hidden Chambers Near Tutankhamun’s Tomb Could Help Solve a Longstanding Archaeological Mystery
- AI Keeps Getting Smarter—And Now Scientists Want to Know If It Can Build Robots
- This Breakthrough Computer Has No Chips—and Uses Trillions of DNA Strands to Do Math
- What Separates Human Intelligence From AI? Scientists Say the Answer May Be Chemistry
- Scientists Took a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Temperature for the First Time, and It was Almost Like that of a Human
- Venus May Have Destroyed Its Own Moon, New Research Suggests
- Astra Space is Poised to Rewrite the ‘Commercial’ Rocket Equation with its 2027 Rocket 4 Launch
- Scientists May Have Uncovered a ‘Holy Grail’ for Deciphering the Lost Scrolls of Herculaneum—By Burning Modern Papyrus
- Icarus Robotics’ Microgravity Robot JOY Completes 22 Minutes of Successful Weightless Flight