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A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science - Ars Technica
Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore...
How Rare is Our Interstellar Dating Partner of 2025, 3I/ATLAS? - Avi Loeb β Medium
As we summarize 2025 and approach a New Year, the time is ripe to recognize the most significant dating partner that humanity had in 2025β¦
ISS astronaut snaps stunning nighttime photo of Florida and Cuba photo of the day for Dec. 29, 2025 - Space
The image offers a rare look at how Earth's surface and atmosphere interact after sunset.
Life on Europa Could Feed On This Unexpected Source of Energy - Gizmodo
Jupiter's icy Moon is one of the most promising places to search for life in the solar system.
'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms - Live Science
Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential uses in biotechnology and medicine.
2026 Will Bring A βBlood Moon,β βRing Of Fireβ And Total Solar Eclipse - Forbes
A bevy of eclipses in 2026 will kick-start a frenzy of total and annular solar eclipses through 2028. Hereβs everything to know about this rare celestial schedule.
Wild things we learned about Earth in 2025 - CNN
With findings on Earthβs polar extremes and its innermost core, scientists shaped how we look at the planet in 2025 in surprising and fascinating ways.
Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world - Live Science
This 3,500-year-old covered wagon is the best-preserved example in the world of this ancient form of wheeled transport.
13 must-see moon events in 2026 β Eclipses, supermoons, conjunctions and more - Space
Here are the best lunar events to see in 2026, including eclipses, supermoons and conjunctions.
Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture β and dreams up an entirely new field of physics β Dec. 29, 1959 - Live Science
In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.
Alaknanda: Indian astronomers spot implausibly old spiral galaxy - The Hindu
Indian astronomers discover 'Alaknanda', an ancient spiral galaxy, using the James Webb Space Telescope, challenging current galaxy formation models.
World's Deepest Gas Hydrate Discovered Teeming With Life Off Greenland - ScienceAlert
A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the west of Greenland may be the deepest gas hydrate cold seep on record, and it happens to be teeming with animal life.
SpaceX Rocket Launch of Italian Satellite Scrubbed Again - Noozhawk
A Falcon 9 rocket launch and landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base has been delayed a second day in a row. "To allow more time to perform ground system
Top Comments: A Black Hole Ejects Matter at Highest Speed Ever Observed. - Daily Kos
Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most ...
This 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Contained a Sparkling Crystal Surprise - ScienceAlert
A grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China gave paleontologists a huge surprise.
Wobbling Jets of 3I/ATLAS Based on New Hubble Telescope Images from December 12 and 27, 2025 - Avi Loeb β Medium
New images of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, taken through 170 second exposures with the WFC3 UVIS (F350LP) camera of the Hubble Spaceβ¦
NASA Found This on Top of Marsβs Biggest Volcano - The Daily Galaxy
Its existence challenges what we know about planetary activity in the absence of tectonic plates.
Three Black Holes. One Epic Cosmic Collision Just Lit up the Sky - Indian Defence Review
Three galaxies are colliding, and all of them are hiding something powerful at their core. This isnβt just rare. Itβs unheard of.
Scientists Just Found a Well-Preserved Fossil With a Brain, and Itβs Smaller than a Fingernail - The Daily Galaxy
Older than the dinosaurs, this fossil has been hiding an extraordinary secret beneath its surface. Researchers never expected to see what they saw.
This Bizarre Parasitic 'Mushroom' Plant Quit Photosynthesis β And It's Thriving - ScienceAlert
A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery β and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.