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JWST peers through a cosmic lens in ‘deepest gaze’ to date photo of the day for May 27, 2025
A massive galaxy cluster, Abell S1063, forms a gravitation lens, revealing the warped light from more distant galaxies dating back to the early universe in this James Webb Space Telescope image. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, H. Atek, M…. -
Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago
NEW YORK — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone.
The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in excavations dating back over a century in the Bay of Biscay…
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“Very odd” sea monster discovered is unlike any previously known
About 85 million years ago, when dinosaurs still walked the Earth, the ocean that covered parts of what is now Vancouver Island was home to many types of long-necked marine reptiles called elasmosaurs – a family of marine reptiles that fell…
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Fancy Crab Becomes The First Known Animal To Wear “Nature’s Headlamps” On Its Face
In the mangroves of Singapore lives a very fancy crab. The face-banded crab, Parasesarma eumolpe, is a lot to take in with colors galore, but now scientists have made an incredible discovery about how some of this coloration helps them to…
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How Likely Are Habitable Exo-Moons?
Of the roughly 6,000 exoplanets we’ve discovered, a significant number are in the apparent habitable zones of their stars. Most are giant planets; either gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, or ice giants like Uranus and Neptune. Could…
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NASA Tracks Five Asteroids Racing Toward Earth This Week—One Is Bigger Than a Football Field
NASA’s Asteroid Watch Dashboard has issued a new list of five asteroids on approach, with close passes to Earth expected between May 27 and May 28, 2025. These near-Earth objects (NEOs) vary in size from a small bus to a large building, with…
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Was Grass Around During The “Age Of The Dinosaurs?”
Grass is a relatively new addition to planet Earth. For most of the “Age of the Dinosaurs”, sprawling green pastures simply didn’t exist. The likes of Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, and their other dinosaur buddies from the Triassic and Jurassic…
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Los Angeles Shaken at Night — And the Culprit Came From Space
A late-night sonic boom jolted residents across Los Angeles on Saturday, as a SpaceX Dragon capsule made its return to Earth. Around 10:45 p.m., startled Angelenos reported a loud explosion-like sound followed by noticeable rattling, prompting…
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Vandenberg Next Mission: SpaceX Rocket Launch on Tuesday | Local News
What: Falcon 9 rocket
When: 9:57 a.m. Tuesday, with other options until 1:14 p.m., according to SpaceX. If needed, the team has backup opportunities starting at 9:14 a.m. Wednesday.
Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on South…
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Falcon 9 sonic booms can feel more like seismic waves
Could the similarities confuse California residents who might mistake a sonic boom for an earthquake? Perhaps, at least until residents learn otherwise. “Since we’re often setting up in people’s backyard, they text us the…
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