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Mysterious bright blue cosmic blasts triggered by black holes shredding stars, scientists say. 'It's definitely not just an exploding star.' - Space
"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar explosion — or any other type of normal stellar explosion."
NASA Administrator Town Hall Information (Update) - NASA Watch
Keith’s note: The above email was sent out to NASA employees at 8:33 am ET today. If you click on https://townhall.nasa.gov/vpncheck/ It checks you out and sends you to a VPN firewall and then a NASA Access Launchpad security thing. If you click on https://na…
Rocket Report: Russia pledges quick fix for Soyuz launch pad; Ariane 6 aims high - Ars Technica
South Korean rocket startup Innospace is poised to debut a new nano-launcher.
Two space startups prove you don’t need to break the bank to rendezvous in space - Ars Technica
“We had to push the envelope a little bit here.”…
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover could break the record for miles driven on another planet - Space
"There is a lot to keep us busy."
AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians? - Live Science
AI is making gains in solving pure math problems. Can it crack the hardest problems in mathematics?
China Satellite Obliterates Starlink Using a Dim 2-Watt Laser Fired from 36,000 KM in Space - Indian Defence Review
A Chinese satellite just outperformed Starlink—using a laser no stronger than a nightlight. Fired from 36,000 km above Earth, this silent tech breakthrough is shaking up the future of space internet, military comms, and deep space links. The method? Unexpecte…
Story of ‘first Black Briton’ rewritten by advances in ancient DNA technology - CNN
An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new DNA sequencing have found.
Latest Comet 3I/ATLAS news: Comet close approach today - Space
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025: Your daily feed for the holiday flyby of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by Earth.
Time Moves Faster on Mars, And Scientists Finally Know by How Much - ScienceAlert
Research conducted by two physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US reveals that clocks on Mars tick 477-millionths of a second (or 477 microseconds) faster per day, on average, compared to Earth clocks.
Black fungus living at Chernobyl evolved to 'eat' radiation, proving helpful for space travel - Earth.com
A fungus that evolved at Chernobyl and is now grown on the ISS, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, slightly reduced radiation levels.
Physicists Propose First-Ever Experiment To Manipulate Gravitational Waves - SciTechDaily
A new concept for energy transfer between gravitational waves and light. When massive cosmic objects such as black holes merge or neutron stars crash into one another, they can produce gravitational waves. These ripples move through the universe at the speed …
A 400-million-year-old fossil is revealing how plants grew into giants - Phys.org
The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few centimeters high.
Medieval volcanic eruptions may have sparked the deadliest plague in human history, killing tens of millions of people - Earth.com
Climate shocks from volcanic eruptions may have played a key role in triggering the Black Death plague by disrupting harvests.
Something Just Crashed Into The Moon – And Astronomers Captured The Whole Event - IFLScience
Could 3200 Phaethon be responsible?
Oldest known evidence of father-daughter incest found in 3,700-year-old bones in Italy - Live Science
Archaeologists have found the earliest DNA evidence to date of a father-daughter pairing.
Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas - KSL.com
The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to other meteor showers, it's more subdued.
Decade-long mystery of the Beachy Head Woman resolved by DNA study - Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new DNA study reveals the Beachy Head Woman was a local resident of Roman Britain, overturning long-standing theories of distant origins.
Latest Comet 3I/ATLAS news: One day until the comet is closest to Earth! - Space
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025: Your daily feed for the holiday flyby of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by Earth.
People who have never been anyone’s “favorite person” tend to develop these 8 quiet traits - Silicon Canals
While others effortlessly become the person everyone texts first and saves seats for, those who've lived on the periphery of social circles quietly develop a different kind of magnetism—one built on solitude, observation, and an authenticity that only emerges…