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A privately built spacecraft on the moon has sent back new photos from the lunar surface. The images captured the spacecraft’s much-lauded descent and the moment…
Artist’s impression of WD 0816-310. Astronomers have discovered scars imprinted on the surface left when a star swallows a planet. ESO/L. Calzada Astronomers have discovered a…
Atmosphere: An envelope of gas surrounding the Earth, another planet, or the Moon.Average: Term (in science) for arithmetic mean. The sum of a number group divided…
we heard it all. Men's brains are larger and have better spatial awareness. Women's brains are adapted for multitasking and emotional intelligence. Stereotypes about how sex…
Japan’s space agency revealed on Monday that the lunar lander Slim has unexpectedly made it through a freezing lunar night and has successfully re-established communication with…
A total solar eclipse is set to pass over North America in April, offering millions of skywatchers the rare chance to witness the afternoon sky briefly…
Some bees resort to questionable tactics to obtain pollen. They may steal valuable food from other bees. This kind of pollen theft has been witnessed before…
Wojciech Kozielczyk/Getty Images If you’re a regular reader, you know my strange fascination with traditional gardening practices that persist for decades despite being thoroughly debunked by…
Is there a possibility that your loved one will be reincarnated as an AI?Yuichiro Chino/Moment RF/Getty Images Using artificial intelligence to bring deceased loved ones back…
Artist’s impression of a quasar used by astronomers to search for early galaxies ESO/M.Kornmesser One of the largest quasars in the early Universe has helped reveal…
The water cycle, which is the continuous circulation of Earth’s most vital resource, supporting life in an unending loop, is facing challenges. The delicate balance of…
Currently, there is a high level of excitement in the quest for extraterrestrial life. This field, known as astrobiology, combines biology, chemistry, planetary science, and astronomy…
The unique blue-purple sphere in the image above is not the Eye of Sauron, but a neutron star of incredible density surrounded by debris from a…
The upcoming full moon in February 2024, known as the snow moon, will be the second one of the year. Despite being a micromoon this month,…
Recent news about King Charles’ prostate issues and subsequent cancer diagnosis has raised awareness of such health issues nationwide. Although the king is not diagnosed with…
Astronaut Joe (Noomi Rapace) and daughter Alice (Davina Coleman) Apple TV+ signMichelle McLaren, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Joseph CedarApple TV+ What kind of life do you want to…
The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every month, we Give a keyboard to a physicist or mathematician and let them talk…
Sora introduces a groundbreaking artificial intelligence software that empowers users to produce remarkably lifelike videos based on simple verbal instructions. OpenAI, the mastermind behind Dall-E and…
Curious about what goes on inside a black hole? Wondering about the origins of the Big Bang and how the forces of the universe came together?…
Some of the gas erupts from the supermassive black hole located at the center of galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 (abbreviated SDSS J1531) until it reaches a…
SN 1987A is the only supernova visible to the naked eye in the past 400 years and the most studied supernova in history. This event was…
The lunar lander, known as Odysseus, is in good condition but resting on its side a day after making history as the first civilian spacecraft to…
Detailed explanations are provided by paleontologists from Germany, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dinocephalosaurus orientalis a remarkable marine reptile from the Middle Triassic…
Recent rains have accelerated land movement in the landslide-prone coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles County, altering previously uncharted landslide areas, as stated…
Astronomers have made an intriguing discovery, finding three new moons in our solar system. Of the three, two are circling Neptune while the remaining one is…
Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) have several more moons NASA, ESA, Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Andrew I. Hsu, Michael H. Wong (University of…
All objects, no matter how small, exert gravity. Karl Drenck/BeholdingEye/Getty Images A device that can measure the force of gravity on particles lighter than a single…
2023 was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. This included oceans around the world, where records fell like dominoes. Last week, about 5,000 scientists gathered…
Changing wastewater discharged into the ocean could help store carbonStock Photo-Graph / Alamy Reducing the acidity of the vast amounts of wastewater discharged into the ocean…
This frigid landscape in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, is a sight to behold, but it may not stay like this for long, so…
“I was faced with an overflowing immensity.” An underwater river. alamy stock photo From the age of 10, I was allowed to swim alone in the…
Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto Damian Ravaso/Alamy Bitcoin’s mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early concerns about the cryptocurrency’s potential to consume large amounts of electricity…
Kashmir Funk in the Laboratory, 1954Associated Press/Alamy Casimir Funk, the Polish biochemist who coined the term “vitamin” to describe a group of important molecules that help…
“Humanity exists on a scale intermediate between elementary particles and the observable universe.” Milky Way Galaxy.Shutterstock/Nednapa When measured by orders of magnitude, it is sometimes argued…
Learning how to live in the desert… Timothée Chalamet as Paul AtreidesProvided by Warner Bros. Movies Dune: Part 2 Films directed by Denis Villeneuve Released in…
A machine learning model figured out how to keep the robot stable on three legs while opening a door with one leg. Philip Arm, Mayank Mittal,…
Gene-edited pigs are protected from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndromesGenus PIC The pigs, which are immune to a disease estimated to cost farmers $2.7 billion a…
Note: A phenomenon in which mental resources are concentrated on a specific object or event.action: the way something, often a person or other living thing, acts…
genus mouse pseudosyndrome It is one of the few terrestrial placental mammals to have established itself in Australia without human intervention. The delicate rat of the…
trophy hunting Matt Hansen Photography/Getty Images The following is an excerpt from the nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it free in your…
