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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS isn't an alien spacecraft, astronomers confirm. 'In the end, there were no surprises.' - Space

"We all would have been thrilled to find technosignatures coming from 3I/ATLAS, but they're just not there."

Scientists say a space explosion 13,000 years ago may have changed life on Earth - Times of India

Science News: For a long time, the end of the Ice Age felt like a slow fading rather than a sharp break. Mammoths vanished. Old ways of living disappeared. The clim.

What if Dark Energy Doesn’t Exist? New Theory Could Rewrite Cosmic Expansion - SciTechDaily

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the universe is expanding faster and faster remains one of the most intriguing open questions in modern physics. Current theories cannot fu…

Submerged sandbanks shine like underwater auroras in astronaut's view of the Bahamas — Earth from space - Live Science

A 2016 astronaut photo of the Bahamas shows a series of luminous, rippling sandbanks partly carved out by a coral reef. The image also reveals subtle differences in the ocean's surface caused by a steep, hidden ocean drop-off.

There’s A Very Bright ‘Star’ In The East At Night — Here’s What It Is - Forbes

Scientists Uncover a Hidden Switch That Controls Longevity - SciTechDaily

A tiny worm revealed how simple sensory signals can quietly switch longevity on or off.

If 3I/ATLAS is a Comet, Why Would the CIA “Neither Deny, Nor Confirm” the Existence of Records on… - Avi Loeb – Medium

So far, 3I/ATLAS displayed a number of unexplained features relative to familiar comets — as I listed here. One could have hoped that…

NASA to Cover US Spacewalks 94, 95 at International Space Station - NASA (.gov)

NASA astronauts will conduct two spacewalks Thursday, Jan. 8, and Thursday, Jan. 15, outside the International Space Station, and the agency will provide

'It would be a fundamental breakthrough': Mysterious dark matter may interact with cosmic 'ghost particles' - Space

"If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental breakthrough."

My 101-year-old grandmother always had a fulfilling social life. Her 'secrets' to making and keeping friends are simple. - Business Insider

As she got older, my 101-year-old grandma taught me her secret to building a happy life with tons of friends of all ages and a rich social calendar.

Hundreds of Earthquakes Are Rocking One of Earth’s Most Dangerous Glaciers - Gizmodo

Scientists uncover new evidence of undocumented glacial earthquakes in Antarctica.

NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object - NASA Science (.gov)

A team using Hubble uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud, a remnant of early galaxy formation.

The universe may be lopsided, new research says - Space

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about.

Popular Science Experiments In Sound During The 19th-Century - Hackaday

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain around and through the 1800s. The article…

Impossibly Hot Object Discovered 1.4 Billion Years After The Big Bang - ScienceAlert

A 'shadow' cast on the faint, leftover glow of the Big Bang has revealed a giant object in the early Universe that defies our predictions of how the Universe should evolve.

This Key Metric Is More Important Than Max Heart Rate or VO2 Max - Outside Magazine

Choosing your pace based on the physiological transition from easy to hard is more effective than calculations based on maximum heart rate, research shows.

How did life begin on Earth? New experiments support 'RNA world' hypothesis - Space

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates.

China unveils the world's most powerful hypergravity machine that generates 1,900 times Earth's gravity - TechSpot

The new system, called CHIEF1900, was built by Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Group as part of China's Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility, or CHIEF. It follows...

Our annual power ranking of US rocket companies has changes near the top and bottom - Ars Technica

There are some fresh faces entering the rankings this year.

January full moon wows skywatchers with a striking 'Wolf Supermoon' (photos) - Space

January's full moon is often known as the 'Wolf Moon'.