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…
- Nuclear Clocks, a Lost Wonder, and a Real-Life Lightsaber—The Latest from The Debrief
- Archaeologists Uncover a Hittite Royal Archive of 184 Cuneiform Tablets
- Scientists Achieve Major Breakthrough with World’s First Working Nuclear Clocks
- LSD Microdosing Experiments Reveal a Completely Different Cognitive Effect on Half the Population
- AI Can Be Aware, But Humans Draw the Line at Consciousness, New Study Finds
- Mysterious Ring Discovered Beneath the Sea May Reveal Who Controlled One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- “Invisible” Tattoos That Appear & Dissapper on Command Combine Modern Technology with a 5,000-Year-Old Art Form
- Scientists Discover Ancient Genetic Shake-Up That May Explain the Extraordinary Intelligence of Octopuses
- Rare 60,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals a Hidden Dimension of Neanderthal Technology
- Scientists Create a Real-Life “Lightsaber” That Can Transmit Radio Waves
- Strange Electronic Patterns Caused by These Unusual Superconductors Could Lead to Better Quantum Computers
- Dark Matter May Come From Primordial Black Holes Hiding in the Fifth Dimension
- Flying Through a Magnetic Switchback, the ESA’s Solar Orbiter Provides Crucial New Space Weather Data
- Mysterious Death at Russian Plague Lab Sparks International Alarm as U.S. Officials Seek Answers
- “We Can Finally Observe Schrödinger’s Cat in Real Life”: Breakthrough Uses Quantum Spin to Move a Levitating Diamond