Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found the clearest sign so far that a rocky planet beyond our solar system is wrapped in an atmosphere.
Their observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth TOI-561 b indicate that this…
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Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid’s huge genome, revealing secrets of the ‘living fossil’
Cephalopod evolution has long had a missing chapter in its story: how did squid-like ancestors give rise to today’s octopuses? The answer, it turns out, was floating in the deep sea all along.
With its glowing ghostly eyes, eight arms like its…
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Mosasaur tooth fossil reveals giant sea reptiles lived in freshwater rivers
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards. They mostly roamed in the warm, shallow waters…
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Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa
Spiders from Mars? Try Europa.
A team of planetary scientists from Ireland have examined and named an intriguing feature on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon that resembles the shape of an arachnid — or perhaps an exploded…
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Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa
Spiders from Mars? Try Europa.
A team of planetary scientists from Ireland have examined and named an intriguing feature on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon that resembles the shape of an arachnid — or perhaps an exploded asterisk.
They’re…
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3I/ATLAS Still Shows an Anti-Tail, as it Gets Closer to Earth – Avi Loeb – Medium
- 3I/ATLAS Still Shows an Anti-Tail, as it Gets Closer to Earth Avi Loeb – Medium
- Q&A Before Closest Approach of 3I/ATLAS to Earth Avi Loeb – Medium
- Comet 3I/ATLAS is getting greener and brighter as it approaches Earth, new images reveal Live…
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‘Fiddler on the Moon’ documentary explores how Judaism might adapt as humanity reaches out into space
A new documentary short from directors Seth Kramer, Daniel Miller and Jeremy Newberger asks a simple question: What does Judaism look like in a society traveling into space, or living on other planets?
“Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Space”…
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China Installs Defensive Countermeasures on Space Station
About a month after a tiny piece of space debris stranded three astronauts for nine days aboard China’s Tiangong space station, the taikonauts aboard the orbital outpost have begun making some modifications.
According to state media…
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This Star Is Being Eaten Alive—and Its Explosive Death Will Be Visible in Broad Daylight
A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted from Earth during the day.
A study published this August in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society…
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How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems?
It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn’t in our solar system—it was orbiting another star. We call this an…
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