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Seismic Activity Detected on Mars
We've been studying Mars for decades, first through telescopes from Earth and then through data sent back by a series of rovers. As our closest galactic neighbor, the red planet could hold secrets to the formation of our little blue dot. Until the InSight lander...
How Your Cad Drawings Can Be Viewed with Altium Software
Getting an idea out of mind, into the real world is the biggest challenge an engineer faces. How ideal will the situation be if one software can take all your woes concerning viewing, printing and probing your big idea? Altium software is a broad software which...
What Will It Take to Make the Shipping Industry Sustainable?
Our nation relies on freight today more than ever before. With a growing amount of materials being sourced from overseas and countless numbers of outbound shipments headed across the globe, consumers have come to depend on every one of the primary forms of...
Jack the Ripper’s Identity Believed to Be Revealed Thanks to DNA Testing
Jack the Ripper’s killing spree in the autumn of 1888 remains as one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. However, the mystery can finally be put to rest, or at least that’s the case according to a self-proclaimed “armchair detective” and molecular biologist by...
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Mysterious dark matter seen in new map of distant galaxies
A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together.The ordinary matter all around us — stars, planets and people — makes up just 5% of the universe. For decades,...
James Webb Space Telescope sees comet-seeding crystals flowing far from newborn star (photo)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The young star EC 53, part of the Serpens Nebula — a stellar nursery located about 1,300 light-years from Earth that is brimming with actively forming stars — where...
Astronomers unveil map of dark matter’s distribution in universe
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full moon, scientists have created the most detailed cosmic map to date of the mysterious substance...
Mysterious dark matter may be better understood through a new map of far-off galaxies
NEW YORK (AP) — A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together.The ordinary matter all around us — stars, planets and people — makes up just 5% of the universe. For...
Where do seashells come from?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] do seashells come from? – Ivy, age 5, Phoenix, ArizonaSeashells are so plentiful that you may sometimes take...
Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy runoff after a heavy storm. However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building in the ground.Across some of the...
Artificial metacognition: Giving an AI the ability to ‘think’ about its ‘thinking’
Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re spinning your wheels, it’s time to change your approach.This process,...
How did I get my own unique set of fingerprints?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] do we get the fingerprints we have? – Oscar V., age 8, Somerville, MassachusettsFingerprints are those little...
Amazon’s internet-beaming satellites are bright enough to disrupt astronomical research, study finds
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches 27 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit on Dec. 16, 2025. . | Credit: ULAThe satellites in Amazon's new...
How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm
A severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late January 2026 is threatening states from Texas to New England with crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow. Several governors issued states of emergency as forecasters warned of hazardous travel...
Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Could bees help us better develop interstellar communication systems? . | Credit: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0This article was originally published at The Conversation....
January’s full Wolf Moon leaps past the Eiffel Tower in stunning photo of Paris skyline
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A composite image chronicling the path of January's full moon above the Paris skyline. | Credit: Martin GIRAUD | @tinmar_g (Instagram)Photographer Martin Giraud...