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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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The threat of light pollution puts the world’s darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk
THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile (AP) — It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy stretches across the sky, visible to the...
Russia launches 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Roscosmos/NASARussia launched its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25).A Soyuz rocket topped with the robotic...
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means
In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German Jews, finding many “matches.” These...
From Apollo to alien worlds: 4 ‘firsts’ you can spot in the night sky tonight
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Here's how to find four incredible firsts after sunset. | Credit: Left: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of...
Why do some starburst galaxies mysteriously shut down? New study provides clues
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The starburst galaxy NGC 4536, seen here in a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope, has bright blue clusters of baby stars and pink clumps of ionized hydrogen gas...
Watch Russia launch 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/Roscosmos[embedded content]Russia will launch its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch...
A bright star will disappear for up to an hour tonight — here’s what’s happening
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Regulus, in the constellation Leo. | Credit: Franco Tognarini via Getty ImagesIf you live in the middle Atlantic or southeast part of the United States, you'll have...
This X-ray image shows our solar system ‘breathing’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Illustration of the separation of the SWCX foreground emission from the cosmic X-ray sky, for the Western Galactic hemisphere. The stripe patterns visible in the SWCX...
How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon in Apple TV’s new ‘Star City’?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Apple TV[embedded content]The world just witnessed Artemis 2's inspiring loop around the moon and back and we’re all still enraptured by NASA’s triumphant...
Mysterious golden orb discovered on the ocean floor near Alaska is identified over 2 years later
Huzzah! The mystery of an unidentified golden object that had been discovered on the ocean floor off Alaska’s Pacific Coast in 2023 has been solved.While scientists often encounter unfamiliar organisms in the deep sea, those mysteries are usually resolved quickly as...
Curiosity rover detects building blocks of life in first-ever experiment on Mars
The Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse array of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven that had never been detected before on the red planet.These carbon-containing compounds are the same building blocks that enabled life to emerge on...
Hot, dry and hurricane-scarred: How climate change fueled wildfires in Georgia and Florida
Wildfires raging this week in southern Georgia and northern Florida were fueled by a combination of hot and windy conditions, severe drought and dried-out vegetation from past hurricanes all feeding the blazes.It’s a combination climate scientists have been warning...