Scientists stunned as cameras capture footage of 200-million-year-old creature once thought extinct: 'The whole team was euphoric' - Yahoo
A surprising discovery has left the scientific community speechless. According to Inkl, a species previously believed to be extinct has been spotted. The unique 200-million-year-old species, famousl… [+2004 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 11 : 45 AM
“NASA’s Ambitious Venture Unveiled”: A Groundbreaking $488 Million Mission With a New Telescope Set to Revolutionize Space Data - Rude Baguette
IN A NUTSHELLSPHEREx is a groundbreaking $488 million NASA mission aimed at mapping the universe in three dimensions. The telescope will scan the ent… [+5838 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 10 : 03 AM
June's Strawberry Moon treats skywatchers to a rare low-riding show (photos) - Space
June's full 'Strawberry Moon' lit up the night sky last night, treating skywatchers to a rare once-in-a-18-year display as it rode low across the southern horizon. Skywatchers were served the lowest… [+6872 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 09 : 52 AM
Artificial Intelligence Is Unlocking the Secrets of Black Holes - WIRED
There may not yet be telescopes capable of unlocking all the secrets of supermassive black holes, but AI is now on the case. Recently, an international team of astronomers successfully trained a neur… [+2422 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 09 : 30 AM
'People thought this couldn't be done': Scientists observe light of 'cosmic dawn' with a telescope on Earth for the first time ever - Live Science
For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to peer back into the cosmic dawn — an era more than 13 billion years ago when light from the first stars began reshaping our universe.… [+3731 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 06 : 01 AM
The Center of Our Universe Does Not Exist. A Physicist Explains Why. - ScienceAlert
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide b… [+6474 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 03 : 35 AM
Oldest human DNA ever found tells the story of a lost branch on the human family tree - Earth.com
About 45,000 years ago, something unusual happened in Ice Age Europe. A new wave of modern humans wandered in from the southeast and found a continent already home to a very different kind of human: … [+5415 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 02 : 08 AM
Anyone Can Now Access the Largest Space Map Ever Created. Here's How - CNET
If you've ever wanted a better look at deep space, you now have your chance. A treasure trove of data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope is now available for public consumption. Included wit… [+4112 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 01 : 26 AM
Whitesides says budget proposal shows the administration does not value NASA science - SpaceNews
WASHINGTON A leading Democratic member of the House Science Committee says the proposed steep cuts in NASAs fiscal year 2026 budget proposal show that the administration does not appreciate the value… [+7490 chars]
Updated: Wed Jun 11 2025 12 : 07 AM
Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system - CNN
An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distanc… [+7792 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 11 : 55 PM
The World's Largest Organism Is Slowly Being Eaten - ScienceAlert
In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for th… [+5457 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 10 : 31 PM
Scientists find proof that birds nested in the Arctic alongside dinosaurs - Earth.com
Springtime in the Arctic is a spectacular show of life, as millions of birds gather to nest and raise their young under the midnight sun. Remarkably, this annual ritual traces its roots back much fur… [+5896 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 09 : 38 PM
New study predicts when the universe will end, scientists claim it is sooner than expected - Earth.com
Humanity has always wondered about the fate of everything, and this applies especially to the universe. Early predictions sometimes showed a universe that would last for countless eons, and would gra… [+5281 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 08 : 49 PM
Moons of Uranus surprise scientists in Hubble study - Phys.org
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another. The research team studied the four largest moons of the ice giant Uranus, the seve… [+7608 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 08 : 42 PM
Two different time scales could increase quantum clock accuracy exponentially - Phys.org
How can the strange properties of quantum particles be exploited to perform extremely accurate measurements? This question is at the heart of the research field of quantum metrology. One example is t… [+6200 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 06 : 40 PM
Science Mission Directorate Budget Virtual Community Meeting: Thursday, 12 June - NASA Watch
NASA Science Mission Directorate NASAs Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a virtual community meeting with Associate Administrator Nicky Fox and her leadership team at 12:00 p.m. Eastern o… [+1810 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 06 : 32 PM
Scientists stunned to observe that humpback whales might be trying to talk to us - ZME Science
Example of ring blown by a whale. Image from the study.. We’ve been looking for intelligent aliens for a while now, but according to a new study, we may have intelligent life willing to communicate … [+6123 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 06 : 31 PM
Frigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA’s Webb - NASA Science (.gov)
A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webbs NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), researchers … [+6279 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 06 : 15 PM
China Set for Critical Orbital Refueling Test With 2 U.S. Satellites Watching Closely - Gizmodo
Two Chinese satellites are about to rendezvous in geostationary orbit, docking with one another for an experimental demonstration that could extend the longevity of spacecraft. Shijian-21 and Shijia… [+2474 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 05 : 50 PM
Probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon increases - theregister.com
The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon has increased, according to boffins making observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA said data from the telescope "improved our knowledg… [+1963 chars]
Updated: Tue Jun 10 2025 05 : 45 PM