October 23, 2025
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Watch These Parasitic Worms Use Static Electricity as a Tractor Beam
These Worms Use Static Electricity like a Sci-Fi Tractor Beam
Flows of tracer particles show the attractive…
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Volcano Shows Alarming Signs of Activity After 700,000 Years Since Last Eruption
A long-dormant volcano has swollen 3.5 inches in 10 months, scientists say—amid concern that it could erupt for the first time in more than 700,000 years. New research in Geophysical Research Letters, reported by the New York Post, detected a…
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When is a ‘double fireball’ not a ‘double fireball’: Wild meteor videos explained by a trick of the light
Onlookers were dazzled on the night of Oct. 16 when a bright green fireball blazed earthward in the skies over several Eastern Seaboard U.S. states, leaving a short-lived glowing trail in its wake as it streaked earthward before flaring and…
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Relativity completes Terran R thrust section, continues testing ahead of first launch
Relativity completes Terran R thrust section, continues testing ahead of first launch – NASASpaceFlight.com
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North American fires contaminate Europe
The huge fires that burn down millions of hectares of forest in North America every year have an impact on the other side of the Atlantic. Plumes of smoke and various other pollutants have been detected in the skies over France and…
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Black Blob Dangling From Fig Tree Is Actually A Wild Animal In Need
Near a walking track in Brisbane, Australia, a group of fig trees can be found sprouting from the soil, their thick, spindly roots and long branches providing shelter for plenty of wild animals who call the area home. Recently, a walker passed by…
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 11-5 mission on Oct. 22, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 22, 11:30 a.m. EDT (1533 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of…
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Astronomers discover previously unknown quasi-moon near Earth
ATLANTA — Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research.
The newly discovered celestial object, named…
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Science history: Scientists use ‘click chemistry’ to watch molecules in living organisms — Oct. 23, 2007
QUICK FACTS
Milestone: Scientists develop a chemical recipe for watching molecules in living creatures
Date: Oct. 23, 2007
Where: The University of California, Berkeley and other labs
Who: A team of scientists led by Carolyn Bertozzi
In 2007,…
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Space Is Raining Junk, and It’s Getting Worse
A huge hunk of burning metal appeared in the Australian desert this past weekend, discovered by mine workers in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. Yesterday, the Australian Space Agency confirmed that the smoking wreckage smashed…
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