A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought to have descended from a single lineage, is now believed to be the product of an ancient genetic fusion between two…
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NASA Prepares a Lunar Spindle to Assert Its Dominance
A new era in space exploration is taking shape as NASA, under direct instruction from the White House, prepares to establish the first official time zone for the Moon. Known as Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC), this initiative aims to synchronize…
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Physicists Have Succeeded in Transforming Lead Into Gold… in a Fraction of a Second
In an extraordinary experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), physicists have turned lead into gold — but only for a brief moment. This feat, a modern-day form of alchemy, occurred when high-energy lead ions collided, resulting in…
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Harvard experts claim that Earth-like planets are more common in other galaxies.
Recent research from Harvard’s prestigious astronomical department has revealed groundbreaking findings about super-Earths—rocky planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune—existing in greater numbers and at greater distances…
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Starts With A Bang podcast #117 – Gravitational waves and the Universe
Starts With A Bang podcast #117 – Gravitational waves and the Universe – Big Think
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CERN Creates Gold from Lead and There’s No Magic, Just Physics
Artistic depiction of two atoms colliding. AI-generated image. For centuries, alchemists have dreamed of turning lead into gold. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), they’ve finally managed to do it. There were no spells and no…
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The Most Active Volcano In the Pacific Northwest Is Probably About To Blow, Maybe
There’s a huge volcano in northwest US territory, and all signs say it’s about to blow. The result is set to be a massive eruption, with lava reaching up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) in any direction, huge and deafening implosions, and massive…
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New evidence for earlier life on Earth
Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago and has undergone many transformations before becoming the planet we know today. It took hundreds of millions of years for the oceans to form, with the first continents emerging even later. Until recently,…
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Yes, astronomers have captured real photos of alien worlds in deep space. Here are some of the best
The field of exoplanet study is one of the most rapidly advancing fields in astronomy, going from first confirmed discovery to the first direct images of exoplanets within less than 10 years.
Exoplanets – meaning ‘extrasolar planets’ – are…
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Spacetime is not a substance
What is real in our fundamental physical theories? University of Pittsburgh historian and philosopher of science, John D. Norton, argues answers lie in Einstein’s “hole argument.” Upon realizing his own argument’s error, Einstein…
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