Astronomers caught a star system at the moment when solid grains began to form planets. This snapshot reveals how planets first start to form, just as Earth once did.
The infant star HOPS-315 sits about 1,300 light-years, roughly 7.6 quadrillion…
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An Israeli spacecraft to Europa
Less than three days before the Weizmann Institute of Science was struck by Iranian missiles, several dozen members of the Israeli space community gathered there for the first public presentation of a particularly unique and ambitious Israeli…
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Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: ‘Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song’
Astronomers have found that a weird space rock at the edge of the solar system is locked in a rhythmic dance with Neptune.
The object, designated 2020 VN40, is part of a family of distant solar system objects called trans-Neptunian objects…
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If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing’s Massively Failed Starliner Spacecraft
Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground.
As Ars Technica reports, the head of NASA’s commercial crew program, Steve Stich, revealed last week that…
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Archaeologists Uncover 140,000-Year-Old Sunken World Under the Sea, Filled With Giant Beasts and Extinct Human Species
A team of archaeologists has stumbled upon a discovery that will reshape our understanding of early human life in Southeast Asia. Deep beneath the ocean floor off the coast of Indonesia, a remarkable collection of fossils has been uncovered,…
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Rare ceratosaur fossil sells for $30.5 million
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Just 45 miles apart, Neanderthals in northern Israel butchered meat in surprisingly d
Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, two groups of Neanderthals were living in caves less than 45 miles apart in what is now northern Israel. One group called Kebara Cave home—tucked into the limestone slopes of the Carmel Ridge. The other…
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Scientists Discover a Planet That Orbits in 24 Hours and a Giant Ice World That Takes 5 Years
Astronomers have recently uncovered a remarkable planetary system around the faint orange star WASP-132, featuring two exoplanets that couldn’t be more different. One is a rocky world that completes an orbit in just over 24 hours, while the…
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Early Dinosaurs May Have Been Bigger—A Groundbreaking Study Reveals New Clues
A groundbreaking study published in Royal Society Open Science delves into a 225-million-year-old fossil discovered in Zambia, which could dramatically alter our understanding of early dinosaur evolution. The ancient leg bone, believed to belong…
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Scientists Unearth 3.25-Million-Year-Old Mole Fossil That Could Rewrite Evolution
In a groundbreaking study published in Scientific Reports, paleontologists have identified a new mole species, Vulcanoscaptor ninoti, based on an exceptionally well-preserved fossil found at the Pliocene-aged site of Camp dels Ninots in Girona,…
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