Sky smiled back! In the early hours of Friday, April 25, skywatchers around the globe witnessed a rare celestial event — a “smiley face” in the sky, thanks to a phenomenon known as a “triple conjunction”.
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Hawaii’s ‘bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey
OAHU — In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the “bone…
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‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets. Astronomers are using powerful space…
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Why are meteor showers so unpredictable? The sun may be to blame
Our sun is wobbling, and this has a huge impact upon the regularity of many of Earth’s meteor showers, according to new research that discovers why streams of comet dust bob and weave in and out of Earth’s orbit.
Stargazers are familiar with half…
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Teens Invent Packaging to Replace Plastic, to Pitch to Amazon, FedEx
Three teenage boys in New York City have invented a clever packaging material that they hope will replace toxic plastics and make plastic-free shipping a reality.
Zhi Han (Anthony) Yao, Flint Mueller, and James Clare…
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Same process that is raising sea levels now sank them in the past
Earth’s oceans are not just rising and changing in modern times. Scientists say there was a phase when they went the other way, sinking by an amount that might raise a few eyebrows.
Another era saw sea levels plunge by roughly 85 feet to 105…
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A Glimpse Of The Sun Rising Behind The World’s Largest Telescope
In a breathtaking new photograph shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the sun rises behind the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), still under construction in the Chilean Atacama Desert.
The photo, taken by photographer Eduardo…
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18,000-Year-Old Icebergs Carved Deep Grooves in the North Sea
Scientists have recently uncovered evidence of massive ancient icebergs that once drifted across the North Sea around 18,000 years ago, leaving behind distinctive grooves on the seabed. These icebergs, which were the size of mid-sized cities,…
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SpaceX’s Brand New Raptor Rocket Engine Potentially Spotted During Transport In Texas!
A potentially brand new SpaceX Raptor engine, which could be used on future rockets, has been spotted in McGregor, Texas, by local media. SpaceX SpaceX’s Raptor engines power the Starship rocket, which is the firm’s…
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Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil – Reuters
- Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil Reuters
- ‘Extraordinary’ fossil reveals the oldest ant species known to science CNN
- ‘Hell ant’ that impaled prey discovered in 113-million-year-old fossil The Washington…
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