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“Silly sprinklers” help scientists finally solve Feynman’s famous sprinkler mystery
Researchers have solved Feynman’s decades-old sprinkler mystery using colorful lawn sprinklers, finding that water momentum drives rotation in both forward and reverse modes.
Terraforming Mars may be more realistic than scientists once thought
Scientists now view terraforming Mars as legitimate research worthy of study, with recent technological advances in launch costs, synthetic biology, and climate modeling making the concept more feasible than previously believed.
NASA’s James Webb catches a supermassive black hole feeding
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured detailed images showing how gas flows from a galaxy’s outer regions into a supermassive black hole, revealing a previously unseen feeding mechanism.
Earth’s biggest volcanic event transformed an entire oceanic plate
Scientists discovered that a massive ancient volcanic event beneath the Ontong Java Plateau not only built underwater terrain but fundamentally altered the oceanic plate’s structure and chemical composition.
The mysterious hum heard around the world may finally have an explanation
Researchers investigating a mysterious humming sound reported globally for decades suggest it may stem from low-frequency tinnitus rather than external sources for most people experiencing it.
A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life
A Sydney PhD student created cosmic dust in a laboratory bottle by simulating stellar conditions, revealing chemical pathways for life’s building blocks before Earth formed.
Greetings from Jerusalem, whose holy sites host some of the oldest colonies of nesting swifts
Common swifts have nested in Jerusalem’s holy sites for thousands of years, adapting to coexist with humans. The ancient birds now face threats from modern construction and regional conflict.
Butterfly city blooms in shadow of Hull’s office blocks
A wildlife initiative in Hull city centre has created a “mini meadow” where ten butterfly species have been spotted breeding among grass and wildflowers on Land Registry property near a shopping centre.
Scientists identify the rare meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
Researchers identified a rare CO chondrite meteorite as the object that struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing widespread extinction and reshaping understanding of how the impact unfolded.
The fish will die regardless: With some Western reservoirs set to run dry, officials lift fishing limits
Fish all you want — they’re doomed either way. That’s the bleak message wildlife officials have given at a handful of reservoirs across Colorado and Oregon.Both states face stark drought forecasts, with some reservoirs expected to run dry by summer’s end. Given that...
Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A schematic of the ASKAP J1745-5051 showing the compact white dwarf at the heart of a nest of magnetic-field lines, and a stream of matter flowing onto it from its...
China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: CCTVA partially reusable Chinese rocket just made a surprise debut.China launched its Long March 12B vehicle for the first time ever on Monday (June 1),...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to return to flight before year ends, CEO says
By Joey RouletteJune 2 (Reuters) - Blue Origin will return its New Glenn rocket to flight before the year ends, CEO Dave Limp said late on Monday, days after one of the rockets exploded, damaging the company's launch pad and tightening a U.S. launch bottleneck for...
Student-powered ‘moon’ rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A team navigates an obstacle course on an Earth-bound rover as part of NASA's 2026 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. | Credit: USSRC/Megan HolbrookHundreds of...
Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: CIRA/NOAA/R. Schott/American Meteor SocietyA sonic boom heard throughout the northeastern United States last week was caused by a meteor, NASA confirmed after...
Unlocking ‘the true space age’: Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Impulse Space's Mira spacecraft took this selfie during one of its trips to orbit. | Credit: Impulse Space Impulse Space just got a lot more money to help finance...
Ancient coin, mysterious markings found under Notre Dame cathedral
Inside Notre Dame Cathedral's recovery from its 2019 fire to Saturday's reopening 03:54Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles.Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the...
Astronomers discover exoplanets with magnetic fields
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Based on the behavior of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to date that planets beyond our solar system possess magnetic fields, like Earth and five other planets...
Only on AP: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a ‘dig of the century’ unearths 1,700 years of history
PARIS (AP) — Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles.Four meters (13 feet) beneath them, a team of archaeologists is digging the other way — straight down and back in time, to Roman Paris 2,000 years...
Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England
When the double boom rang out in New England over the weekend, shaking homes and sending pets fleeing, questions started flooding social media.“Did anyone else hear that boom?”“Anyone feel that?”NASA let people know over the weekend that the cause of the commotion was...
Hurricane season begins, with the first below-average forecast in a decade
Hurricane season in the Atlantic kicked off Monday, and, for the first time in more than a decade, forecasters expect it to be relatively slow.The below-average forecast is driven by the expectation that a strong El Niño pattern will develop, which is associated with...
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