Scientists have recreated primitive Earth conditions in the lab to uncover how life’s molecular precursors may have formed.
The experiment mimics hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean, believed to have existed some 4 billion years ago.
It reveals…
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Underwater Vents May Have Sparked Life’s First Building Blocks
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Two spacecraft will pass right through comet 3I/ATLAS’ tail
All sorts of crazy things have been suggested regarding 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object that we’ve discovered. Some are simply conspiracy theories about it being an alien spacecraft, while others have been well-thought out…
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A Last Chance To See Them For 1,150 Years
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The two green comets continue to shine brightly in twilight each evening for lucky skywatchers with binoculars in the Northern Hemisphere. For observers on Friday, Oct. 24, the bright Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) continues to travel westward…
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‘Superager’ Brains Defy Cognitive Decline. We Finally Know Their Secret. : ScienceAlert
Superagers retain sharp minds into their 80s and beyond, defying the idea that cognitive decline is inevitable as we age. A 25-year study of these enviable few now reveals some of what’s special about their underlying neurology.
“It’s really…
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Astronomers Just Found Something That Weighs a Million Suns—and Is Completely Invisible
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Gravitational lensing is one of the few methods scientists have to search for elusive dark matter,…
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1,400-year-old hieroglyphs reveal name of powerful Maya queen
By deciphering hieroglyphic inscriptions on centuries-old rocks, researchers have identified the name of a previously unknown Maya queen. Known as Ix Ch’ak Ch’een, she ruled Cobá, or the “city of choppy water,” in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula in…
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS blasts a jet towards the sun in new telescope image
An interstellar comet is dramatically jetting off ice and dust into space, a new image shows.
The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is sending out a jet of material towards the sun as our nearest star warms up some of its surface. The composite image shows…
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3I/ATLAS: 3I/ATLAS: Harvard professor reveals new details – here are the comet’s features
A mysterious interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS is drawing global attention after new findings revealed signs of a man-made metal composition. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says data from the Keck II telescope in Hawaii suggest the comet may…Continue Reading
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Ask Ethan: Why couldn’t the Universe have expanded forever?
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Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing
There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian remains in their feces. What we didn’t know was how exactly they hunt birds,…
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