Researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions have uncovered exceptionally rare traces of “proto Earth,” the ancient precursor to our planet that existed about 4.5 billion years ago. This primitive world took shape before a massive…
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4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain
“This was my dream job. What do I do next?”
—Ronald Gamble, Cosmic Origins Program Scientist
“We’re talking about NASA, maybe the greatest organization that humans have ever devised. Destroying that? Ridiculous. Just…
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What Is The Oldest Known Star In The Universe?
The Big Bang and the age of the universe have plenty of evidence behind them, from the temperature of the cosmic microwave background to the measured expansion of the universe. Through a lot of work over the last century, we now believe the…
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Watch the moment a brilliant green fireball meteor turns night to day over Tennessee (video)
A fireball meteor flared to life above the southern U.S. on Oct. 14, briefly turning night to day as it blazed through the sky before fragmenting as it neared the horizon.
The brilliant green fireball lit up the skies over several states…
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My mom tried online dating to get over my father after the divorce. In her version, she uses AI-generated pics and lies to men about her age.
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My mother and father divorced two years ago after a long marriage. She is 64, and the divorce hit…
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Ancient birch tar reveals how Europe’s first farmers chewed, cooked, and crafted 6,000 years ago – Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Ancient birch tar reveals how Europe’s first farmers chewed, cooked, and crafted 6,000 years ago Archaeology News Online Magazine
- News – Neolithic Birch Bark Tar Analyzed Archaeology Magazine
- Sticky secrets: What ancient chewing gum is telling…
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Chemical Fingerprint Found From 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Proto-Earth – Ancient Origins
- Chemical Fingerprint Found From 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Proto-Earth Ancient Origins
- Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old “proto Earth” MIT News
- Potassium-40 isotopic evidence for an extant pre-giant-impact component of…
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Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are back inside the International Space Station after conducting a spacewalk to install a semiconductor materials experiment, as well as retrieve and jettison a no-longer-needed camera from the exterior of the orbiting…
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Longest GRB ever seen may be a cosmic event new to science
Astronomers report the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, confirmed in a new paper. The signal, labeled GRB 250702B, flashed for about 7 hours after NASA’s Fermi telescope first saw it on July 2, 2025.
The team argues the engine was not a…
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Aurora, Comets And Meteors Over The U.S.
The night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as a geomagnetic storm brings vibrant pink and green colors to a majority of the northern states. (Photo by Ross Harried/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The Northern…
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