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The Sun Survived a Close Call With 2 Massive Stars 4.4 Million Years Ago, Data Shows - Gizmodo
The encounter left behind a trace in the clouds of gas and dust surrounding our solar system.
How to watch one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids - KSL.com
It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December.
Sonic boom advisory issued ahead of Falcon 9 rocket launch Tuesday from Florida - yahoo.com
People in Central Florida could hear a distant boom Tuesday afternoon.
In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars - Ars Technica
“Everyone is inspired by this because it’s becoming real.”…
NASA’s Webb Identifies Earliest Supernova to Date, Shows Host Galaxy - NASA Science (.gov)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed a supernova that exploded when the universe was only 730 million years old — the earliest detection of its kind
Scientists discover a huge new dinosaur species that once roamed the US - Earth.com
A new dome-headed dinosaur speices found in Montana, Brontotholus harmoni, reveals unexpected clues about their evolution.
People Are Just Now Realizing That The Earth Has A Tail, Stretching At Least 2 Million Kilometers - IFLScience
According to some estimates, our tail stretches up to 1000 times the Earth’s radius.
This supermassive black hole flung out matter at 134 million mph: 'On a scale almost too big to imagine' - Space
In other words, the matter traveled at 20% the speed of light.
15-Year-Old Earns PhD in Quantum Physics, Now Plans to Build AI-Enhanced 'Super-Humans' - The Daily Galaxy
A 15-year-old has just earned a PhD in quantum physics—and that’s only the beginning. Now pursuing advanced research in AI and human enhancement.
Frozen Creature Comes Back to Life After 46,000 Years… and Picked up Right Where It Left Off - The Daily Galaxy
A tiny creature buried deep in Siberian ice for over 46,000 years has just been brought back to life—and it's rewriting what science thought was possible.
First X-Ray Detection of 3I/ATLAS - Avi Loeb – Medium
The first X-ray detection of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was just reported from the soft X-ray imaging telescope Xtend onboard the…
Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Revealed to Be Worth Over $1 Million - ScienceAlert
They say one person's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by almost anyone's standards.
The surprising culprit limiting the abundance of Earth's largest land animals - Phys.org
Humans live in a world abundant in salt, but this everyday seasoning is a luxury for wild herbivores, and it's far from clear how these animals get enough.
Rare 'sunglint' transforms Alabama River into a giant 'golden dragon' — Earth from space - Live Science
A 2023 astronaut photo shows the moment the Alabama River briefly morphed into an undulating golden serpent, similar in shape to a Chinese dragon. This temporary transformation was the result of a rare mirror-like phenomenon known as a "sunglint."
How Two Russian Scientists Revolutionized the Way We Understand Aging and Cancer - SciTechDaily
A new article reflects on how two generations of scientists reshaped thinking on aging, linking hormonal regulation in the brain to molecular growth pathways. Mikhail Blagosklonny spent his career arguing that aging is not slow decay, but biology stuck in “ov…
Satellite Constellations May Ruin Up To 96% Of Astronomy Pictures Even From Telescopes In Space - Jalopnik
NASA's report, published in Nature, predicts that around 40% of all Hubble images will have at least one satellite streak in them.
NASA astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts return to Earth from space station - CBS News
Russian Soyuz crews are now spending eight months aboard the space station instead of six to stretch supplies and lower costs.
New images show an interstellar comet that will soon make its closest approach to Earth - CNN
New images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and a Jupiter-bound mission showcase interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ahead of its close pass by Earth.
Man shares dire warning from hospital bed after mistakenly overdosing on creatine - LADbible
Chris Hogan landed himself in hospital after mistakenly quadrupling the amount of creatine he should've been taking
Mummified heart of Louis XIV reveals cause of death centuries later - The Times
Scientists studying a fragment of the Sun King’s heart conclude that the diagnosis at the time of gangrene was wrong