For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described Ammonite, a potential dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Yesterday, astronomers announced…
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This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy’s center: ‘No one had any idea this cloud existed’
Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of gas and dust stretching out for a staggering 200 light-years and lurking in a poorly explored region of the Milky Way.
The structure, named the Midpoint cloud, is an example of a Giant Molecular Cloud…
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NASA hacked hardware of camera orbiting Jupiter • The Register
NASA has revealed that one of the cameras on the Juno craft it sent to Jupiter malfunctioned, and that it fixed it with some very, very, remote hardware hacking.
As explained in a Monday post, NASA designed the visible light JunoCam to survive…
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These 15 States May See Aurora Borealis Tuesday
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Several states in the northern U.S. may have an opportunity to view the northern lights Tuesday night as geomagnetic storm conditions could pull the phenomenon farther south, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Scientists Discover Remarkable 18-Million-Year-Old Secrets Preserved in Fossil Teeth
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Harvard University and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute have uncovered ancient proteins hidden in fossilized teeth, offering a deeper glimpse into the lives and evolutionary history of…
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Obituary for Robert Bruce McClure
Robert Bruce McClure, known as Bruce to friends and family, but Bapa to his grandchildren, left a remarkable legacy when he passed away on June 22, 2025, at his New Carlisle, Indiana home. Bruce was born on September 27, 1956, in Morning…
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It’s larger than a king-sized bed and its deadly venomous spine killed Steve Irwin – and is often found buried in the sand
Stingrays are easily identified by their flat, disc-shaped bodies and long tail with venomous spine that keeps them safe from predators says Melissa Hobson.
They became infamous in 2006 when TV presenter Steve Irwin died from a stingray barb to…
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Quantum internet technology takes on Einstein and space-time
For more than a century, physicists have relied on two separate rulebooks to describe nature. Quantum mechanics excels at explaining atoms, photons, and every jiggle inside laboratories. Einstein’s general relativity, meanwhile, accounts for…
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A step toward solving central mystery of life on Earth — Harvard Gazette
It is the ultimate mystery of biology: How did life begin?
A team of Harvard scientists has brought us closer to an answer by creating artificial cell-like chemical systems that simulate metabolism, reproduction, and evolution — the…
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‘Air space concerns’ causes last-minute scrub of NASA’s TRACERS mission – Spaceflight Now
NASA’s two TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) are encapsulated along with five other satellites ahead of launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: NASA Update July…
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