A new, bright green comet, officially designated Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN), has been discovered by an amateur astronomer. It was spotted by Michael Mattiazo using imagery from SWAN, an instrument on the European Space Agency’s SOHO spacecraft, in…
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Scientists found something very strange at the core of our galaxy
In one of the most extreme regions of the Milky Way, just 200 light-years from our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, a dense cloud of gas and dust has birthed thousands of stars.
Known as Sagittarius C, this turbulent environment at…
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Exercise Depletes Brain Myelin, But It Recovers Fully
Summary: New research shows that running a marathon can cause a temporary reduction in brain myelin, the fatty substance that insulates neurons and supports efficient communication. This decrease, observed in regions related to motor coordination…
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Nominations Hearing for Jared Isaacman to be Administrator of the National Aeron…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for Jared Isaacman, nominee to be Administrator of the National…
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These glowing seas have baffled sailors for centuries. Science may finally have answers.
“Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the secrets of this ghostly phenomenon.
Satellite imagery of visible light for a nighttime scene near Java, Indonesia collected by…
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Physicists put Schrödinger’s cat in a microwave — and the quantum experiment actually worked
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Physicists have created a Schrödinger’s cat state at unusually hot temperatures, and it…
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Curious Grad Student Accidentally Discovers Shape-Changing Liquid That Bends the Laws of Thermodynamics
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have discovered a surprising “shape-changing” liquid that seems to bend the laws of thermodynamics.
The strange compound—made of oil, water, and magnetic nickel…
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Hubble finds that Uranus is full of surprises after 20-year study
Astronomers have been watching Uranus for decades and, until recently, it seemed like a fairly calm, blue-green planet. But new findings, based on two decades of observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, paint a different picture….
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Curiosity rover rolls past ‘Devil’s Gate’ on Mars: Space picture of the day
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity arrived at “Devil’s Gate,” a small ridgeline on its way up the Red Planet’s Mount Sharp, on April 3, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) On its 4,500th sol (or Martian day), NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity continued…
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