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‘Found you!’ Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A series of images shows observations of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris d over more than a decade. . | Credit: ESO/B. Sutlieff, M. Bonse et al.It has taken over ten...
Faint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek.In an unusual twist, two groups working independently detected the cold gas giant a few days apart late last year...
Face-to-face with ancient Rome: Exhibition in Hungary brings forgotten faces to life
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A blacksmith, a stable boy, a soldier, a slave: The faces and stories of these and other residents of an ancient Roman city in modern Hungary have been brought to life in remarkable fidelity for a new exhibition in Budapest.The display, which...
Study shows a blood test can help identify healthy people at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease
WASHINGTON (AP) — A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer's symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported Wednesday.That information could be reassuring or terrifying, but for now it's a potential tool...
Scientists sail for Greenland to study glacier melt risk
By Susanna TwidaleHARWICH, England, July 15 (Reuters) - An international team of around 80 scientists and crew will set sail on polar research ship the RSS David Attenborough for Greenland this week to investigate whether the island's rapidly melting glaciers could...
SpaceX launches flight-proven rocket for 600th time, sending Starlink satellites to orbit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A time-lapse photo of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on July 14, 2026. It was the 600th reuse of a...
Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion peekingout from behind. The diameters of the two stars are shown to scale. | Credit: Mark...
Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from South Dakota has become the world's most expensive fossil sold at auction, after fetching a record $50,130,000 at Sotheby's in New York Tuesday.The skeleton, which is about 67 million years old, is nicknamed Gus after the late Gary...
Astronomers detect sugar in interstellar space for the first time
Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.The sweet discovery shows for the first time that compounds that are key to life can form in the vast expanse between stars...
Russian Soyuz rocket launches fresh crew to space station
Physician-astronaut Anil Menon, a former flight surgeon with NASA and then SpaceX who rejoined NASA as an astronaut along with his wife Anna, rocketed into space Tuesday with two Russian cosmonauts for an eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station.Soyuz...
Why training your sense of smell might be good for brain health
Stopping to smell the roses is good life advice. And research suggests it may have an added benefit: It could be a good way to improve your brain health.The loss of the sense of smell is often one of the first warning signs of neurodegenerative conditions such as...
A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records — and possibly disappear forever
Before he became the namesake of one of the largest predators that ever lived — or made it into the footnotes of an auction catalog — the late Gary "Gus" Licking, a cattle rancher in South Dakota, had always suspected his land was hiding something big.The Licking...
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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...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
Scientists in Sweden has made a material that challenges spider silk as the strongest bio-based material
The challenge of producing a bio-based material that can compete with the strength spider dragline silk has since long been pursued, primarily by trying to make fibers synthetically from silk. Now, by using nanocellulose, the component that makes trees and plants...