SpaceX launches billionaire and three others on a trip to conduct the first private spacewalk
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The IndependentNasa spacecraft receives laser signal from 290 million miles away
Breakthrough could transform our exploration of the solar system, space agency says
- Futurism
Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Acting Very Strangely, Puzzling Scientists
Great Ball of Fire Jupiter's Giant Red Spot (GRS) is large enough to swallow Earth — and as new imagery from Hubble suggests, it's a lot weirder than previously thought. Between December 2023 and March 2024, the Hubble Space Telescope took a closer look at the massive and mysterious "anticyclone" that has long fascinated astronomers […]
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British Everest explorer’s ‘remains’ found 100 years after disappearance
Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine was the youngest member of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition and was lost on the upper slopes of the mountain in June that year.
- The Independent
‘Advanced’ construction technology found at 5000-year-old Stone Age site in Denmark
Funnel Beaker Culture site may hold one of the earliest insulated cellars constructed in Europe to preserve food
- PA Media: Science
Cosmic discovery solves black hole mystery that had perplexed scientists
The new evidence helps astronomers conclusively link two mysteries where there had previously only been hints of a connection.
- Futurism
Mysterious "Fifth Force" of Physics Could Be Influencing Asteroids Near Earth
Rocky Foundations There may be a fifth fundamental force of the universe that we haven't documented yet — and, according to new research, our best bet of uncovering it may not lie in deep space, but in objects relatively close to home. As detailed in a study published in the journal Communications Physics, astronomers propose […]
- Evening Standard
British explorer Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s partial remains believed to be found on Mount Everest after 100 years
Mystery of disappearance of climber Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine appears to have been solved 100 years on
- BuzzFeed
A Scientist's Ashes Were Dropped In The Eye Of Hurricane Milton, And It's Being Called The Most Metal Thing Ever
"What a spectacular way to send off one of their own."
- Associated Press
Scientists recreate the head of this ancient 9-foot-long bug
As if the largest bug to ever live – a monster nearly 9 feet long with several dozen legs – wasn’t terrifying enough, scientists could only just imagine what the extinct beast’s head looked like. Now, scientists have produced a mug shot after studying fossils of juveniles that were complete and very well preserved, if not quite cute. The giant bug’s topper was a round bulb with two short bell-shaped antennae, two protruding eyes like a crab, and a rather small mouth adapted for grinding leaves and bark, according to new research published Wednesday in Science Advances.
- Futurism
Elon Musk Promises to Post Aliens on X the "Split Second" He Sees Evidence of Their Existence
Phone Home Elon Musk may not be the biggest believer in aliens — but if he ever sees them, he's going to post them on the site formerly known as Twitter. During a lengthy recorded discussion with disgraced ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the 53-year-old billionaire said that although he hasn't yet seen anything convincing […]
- Evening Standard
Nobel Prize 2024: Han Kang joins this week's winners
This year’s winners of the prestigious awards are being announced from October 7 to 14
- The Independent
Charted: How SpaceX broke the world record for rocket launches
BY NUMBERS: Latest Falcon 9 mission passed the previous milestone of 96 launches in a single year, while also equalling the record for the most number of launches for a single rocket, writes Anthony Cuthbertson
- The Independent
Nasa catches black hole tearing star apart, then using its energy to destroy another
Discovery solves two cosmic mysteries that have baffled astronomers for years
- The Guardian
Herd of tauros to be released into Highlands to recreate aurochs effect
Large, cattle-like tauros will shape landscape and strengthen wildlife as huge, extinct herbivore once did
- The Guardian
Strong solar flare could bring northern lights as far south as Alabama
Coronal mass ejection hits Earth and ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm could disrupt power grids and hit satellites and GPS
- Futurism
A Massive Space Junk Disaster in Orbit Is Inevitable Now, Scientists Warn
Low-Earth Warning Some of the world's leading space experts are warning that the current orbital junk crisis surrounding our planet is soon to reach a fever pitch. As Forbes reports, researchers from the orbital mapping firm LeoLabs are raising alarm bells about the dangerous ring of space crap that will inevitably create a catastrophe. Between the […]
- People
How to Watch the Rare 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Comet in October
The Oort Cloud comet — also known as the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — will be lighting up the sky starting Oct. 9
- Cover Media
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to 'Godfather of AI' Who Warned of Technology's Dangers
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence. The two scientists helped develop artificial neural networks, which are the backbone of modern AI. Their contributions have fueled the rapid growth of machine learning, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Murderous Black Hole Goes on Rampage, Leaves Path of Wrecked Stars in Its Wake
Get Wrecked New NASA data shows a supermassive black hole on a ______ killing spree, destroying one star before hunting down another. The discovery, made with the help of NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope “Imagine a diver repeatedly going into a pool and creating a splash every time she enters the water,” […]
- BBC
'Extinct' giant cattle could be introduced to Highland estate
Tauros have been bred to resemble aurochs, an ancient breed that died out 400 years ago.