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An Object From Another Star System Just Passed Through Ours
In 2025, astronomers detected 3I/ATLAS -- only the third object ever identified as having originated outside our solar system. Like its predecessors, 'Oumuamua in 2017 and Borisov in 2019, it was spotted moving through our solar system on a trajectory that could not...
New Fremont, California Pedestrian Accident Study
Fremont, a city known for its amusing history and beautiful vistas, has many walkable neighborhoods. Nevertheless, pedestrians in the city are still at risk of accidents, especially when crossing busy intersections, because of careless drivers. A recent study takes a...
CRISPR Gene Editing Study Demonstrates How Hox Genes Impact Appearance
Lots of scientists know of the “McGinnis experiment”, which William McGinnis undertook in 1990 to examine how high-level control genes, known as Hox genes, determine our physical characteristics. He investigated whether proteins encoded by the human or mouse Hox gene...
Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
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Artemis II mission is giving NASA clues about how to design a moon base
Less than two weeks after NASA’s Artemis II mission, the crew's observations from their lunar flyby are already providing insights into what it might take to build a base on the moon, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Thursday.In a live conversation with NBC’s...
FDA approves first gene therapy for inherited deafness, shown to restore hearing for children with rare condition
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a one-time treatment that proved to be life-changing for a small number of children in a clinical trial who were born without hearing.The condition it treats is...
Why the Southeast is burning – extreme drought is only part of the reason
Large parts of the southeastern U.S. are in the midst of an exceptional drought, and it is fueling dozens of wildfires in Florida and Georgia.One of those wildfires, in southeastern Georgia’s Brantley County, had destroyed more than 50 homes by April 23, and state...
What will happen when our sun starts dying? These ‘stellar archaeologists’ may have found a clue
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The sun seen in two different X-ray wavelengths, 17.4 and 30.4 nanometers, on 21 May 2024. | Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI TeamActing as stellar...
These ‘interstellar glaciers’ could give water to young star systems. Could they support alien life, too?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The chemical signatures of water ice (shown in bright blue) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (orange) in Cygnus X, one of the most active and turbulent regions of...
A destructive ‘jumping worm’ is invading Colorado and Western states, officials warn
A destructive "jumping worm" species is threatening gardens in Colorado and the West, state officials said Tuesday as they urged green thumbs to keep their eyes peeled for the invasive pests.There are "currently no effective eradication methods for" the "Asian jumping...
NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting its star with very different siblings. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting...
Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.This image of the Trifid Nebula was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope 29 years after the telescope first imaged the nebula in 1997. | Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI;...
Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization
MACAPA, Brazil (AP) — Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest has long brought deforestation that threatens the people who live there. The same roadwork, however, has also allowed archaeologists to get glimpses of the region’s past long before Europeans arrived to...
Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Japan's MMX sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos arrives at its Tanegashima launch site on March 31, 2026. Liftoff is expected in November or December of...
Scientists trace latest interstellar comet’s home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system, astronomers reported Thursday.Comet 3I/Atlas is only the third interstellar...
From ‘Starfield’ to Artemis: designing moonbases in games and reality
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