Category: 7. Science
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Lightning on Mars? Electric sparks in dust devils confirmed
These are dust devils on Mars, spotted by the Perseverance rover on September 6, 2025. Audio recordings from this rover have provided the 1st direct evidence that dust devils and dust storms produce lightning on Mars. Video via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/… -
This supermassive black hole flung out matter at 134 million mph: ‘On a scale almost too big to imagine’
Supermassive black holes are notoriously messy eaters, but the behemoth at the heart of spiral galaxy NGC 3783 really takes the cake — and then flings it out into space at a fifth the speed of light.
Astronomers recently spotted a gale of hot,…
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The Long and the Weak of It—The Ediacaran Magnetic Field – eos.org
- The Long and the Weak of It—The Ediacaran Magnetic Field eos.org
- Earth’s magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can move, and the magnetic poles can even flip Yahoo
- A Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Growing, but…
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World’s largest dinosaur footprint site found in Bolivian highlands
Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from supernaturally strong monsters – capable of sinking their claws even into solid stone.
Then scientists…
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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.
A woman discovered the 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone in a stream bed in southeast…
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Astronomers Discover One of the Largest Rotating Structures Ever Seen in the Universe – SciTechDaily
- Astronomers Discover One of the Largest Rotating Structures Ever Seen in the Universe SciTechDaily
- Astronomers spot one of the largest spinning structures ever found in the Universe EurekAlert!
- This Might Be the Biggest Thing in the Universe That…
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Meows encode less individual information than purrs and show greater variability in domestic than in wild cats
Lombrey, A. & Fröhlich, M. Individual variation in animal communication: from species averages to unique voices. Biol. Rev. 100, 2625–2640. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70061 (2025).
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Crystal structure prediction method successfully models axitinib polymorphs and salt formation
‘Crystal structure prediction is, after years of hard work by many, many groups, finally reaching the point where it’s going to have large impacts in organic materials.’ So says Gregory Beran, at the University of California Riverside in…
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NASA Researchers Test Mars Tech In Deserts Throughtout the Country
Engineers can be split into two camps – those who just release whatever they’re building and try to fix whatever might be wrong with it as they get feedback on it, and those who test their product in every possible way before releasing…
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Three International Space Station Crew Return To Earth
Three International Space Station Crew Return To Earth | Aviation Week Network