Researchers made a tantalizing discovery after they MacGyver-ed old data from a radar instrument on a satellite gathered 14 years ago from the Moon. When they used the mission data in a fresh new way, they found proof of a Moon cave hiding in plain sight. The cave is inside...

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Hidden Passageways Under the Moon’s Surface

An international team of astronomers employing NASA’s Webb Space Telescope captured an exoplanet 12 light years away, and in a location that may be familiar to fans of science fiction. The alien planet orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A, which is around the same age as Earth’s Sun, but is slightly cooler.

NASA's Image Of An Alien Planet 12 Light Years Away Gives Astronomers Chills

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Astronomers are intrigued by the gas giant exoplanetWASP-69b due to the unusually long trail of gas it is leaving behind, approximately seven times longer than its radius. Situated close to its star, the planet's atmosphere is stripped away by the intense radiation from the stellar wind, creating this distinctive tail. Led by researchers from UCLA, observations from the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii and high-resolution spectrograph readings confirmed the presence of this extended tail and revealed the loss of hydrogen and helium in significant amounts.

WASP-69b’s Giant Gas Tail Surprises Astronomers with Massive Atmospheric Loss

In what can only be described as a herculean accomplishment, a team of scientists has succeeded in bringing to the surface a long, 1,268-meter section of rocks from the Earth’s Mantle. This layer, hidden beneath the crust, forms the largest chunk of our planet. The insights gained from this...

Record-breaking hole drilled into the Earth’s mantle is a scientific goldmine

Is there a way to make Mars more welcoming to life as we know it? This question has been buzzing in the minds of people ever since we discovered the harsh, cold reality of the Red Planet’s surface. Researchers from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University...

Scientists draft a plan to make Mars habitable

NASA was reporting late Friday that an asteroid the size of an airplane traveling at an incomprehensible speed is headed Earth's direction, though it is unlikely to make contact, scientists said. The asteroid, named 2024 NB2, will get as close as 2,390,000 miles from Earth as it passes through the...

Asteroid headed toward Earth at remarkable speed

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NASA released stunning images to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory launch. The Chandra team shared an image of a galaxy that has never been witnessed before — it’s a spiral galaxy in the Pavo (Peacock) constellation. Chandra has collected nearly 25,000 images “over its time in space,” USA Today reported. It “observed the cosmic objects for up to thousands of hours,” and “it took the telescope 64 days of observation time and 370 observations over the course of 20 years to capture an image of the Milky Way’s center, about 26,000 light-years away from earth,” per USA Today. The images from the observatory have “helped scientists learn more about dark matter, dark energy and dark holes,” according to CBS News.

See the stunning images NASA just released of never-before-seen galaxies

The world today is more understanding – and embracing – of cannabis use than it has ever been before. Oddly enough, the green herb with its distinctive odor has quickly jumped the ranks from a controversial substance to an almost celebrated component of pop culture. However, like with...

Cannabis use directly linked to head and neck cancer

Scientists studying the zone between Earth’s atmosphere and space have spotted unusual X- and C-shaped features that could thwart signals that keep our planet running smoothly.

Scientists have spotted unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the atmosphere. They are struggling to explain them

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Astrologers who interpret planets for a living are seeing surprises in November.

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In an exciting breakthrough for astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life, a team of international scientists has announced the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet just 40 light-years away — a relatively neighbourly 378 trillion kilometres from earth. Researchers from across the world, including key...

Nearby Earth-Sized Planet Discovered in Habitable Zone

The alchemist and astronomer Tycho Brahe left an indelible mark on the Renaissance era with his work, which was well ahead of his time. The well-preserved and somewhat mystifying ruins of Uraniborg, on the now Swedish island of Ven, stand tall as a testament to his brilliant and enigmatic mind.

Search of Tycho Brahe's alchemy lab yields element that confounds scientists

Imagine a brain, the soft tissue inside your head, that is injured and can’t heal. This is the harsh reality for millions worldwide dealing with neurological disorders like trauma, stroke, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases. The inability to regenerate neurons worsens these conditions. The devastation results from the permanent loss...

Scientists find a way to regenerate old neurons

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

The James Webb Space Telescope has an eye for bling. A new image released by the European Space Agency shows the powerful telescope's latest — and decidedly glamorous — finding: a bright quasar that looks like a "bejeweled" ring. Quasars are a luminous form of active galactic nuclei...

James Webb Spots Distant Space Object With Jewel-Like Lights

As global temperatures keep rising because of human activities like burning fossil fuels and cutting down forests, Earth is getting closer to critical points that could permanently disrupt its complex systems. Our planet is in a dangerously precarious state. Pretending otherwise, or simply continuing to ignore the issue, definitely won’t...

Earth systems critical to all life are on the verge of total collapse

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Over the last 25 years, black hole physics has experienced something of a revolution.

In the last 25 years, black hole physicists have uncovered the unimaginable

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Due to warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events, the Great Barrier Reef is currently facing critical threats that endanger its remarkable ecology, biodiversity and beauty, according to a new study published in journal Nature. Study lead author Benjamin Henley is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong...

Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of extinction

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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Magnetic winds fuel the growth of black holes

In the world of astrophysics, the complex dynamics of supermassive black holes and their role in galaxy formation continue to present fascinating puzzles for scientists. A...

Magnetic winds fuel the growth of black holes

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