An interstellar meteorite that crashed into the Pacific Ocean will soon be fished out using a giant magnet, according to a report by Live Science. The space rock, named CNEOS 2014-01-08 entered the E… [+2481 chars]
Sea sponges, among the oldest creatures in existence, let out what looks like a deep sea "sneeze" to filter out waste, researchers found in a new study. Using time-lapse video, researchers captured … [+2746 chars]
Measurement with synchrotron-radiation monitors IOTA is equipped with synchrotron-radiation monitors at each main dipole. These stations, which use Blackfly-PGE-23S6M-C complementary metaloxidesemic… [+21573 chars]
A meteor shower you won’t want to miss. Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer, tells us we are currently passing through the dusty debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordp… [+542 chars]
An analysis of scholarly research papers published in the last 50 years provides new insights into trends in research productivity, highlighting an overall increase in productivity and a worldwide ge… [+3203 chars]
A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a blue whale is set to zip past Earth on Friday (Aug. 12), according to NASA (opens in new tab). The asteroid , named 2015 FF, has an estimated diam… [+3562 chars]
Within 24 hours of accessing the first stage of Australia's newest supercomputing system, researchers have processed a series of radio telescope observations, including a highly detailed image of a s… [+5168 chars]
Powerful earthquakes that shook Earth some 3.8 billion years ago split open the planet's crust and allowed chemical reactions to unfold deep within the fractured rock. These reactions, fueled by seis… [+6524 chars]
NASA has not issued a warning to male astronauts about the danger of masturbating in space. Some online have misattributed a quote from a comedian in a podcast to a guest on the show who works as a m… [+2389 chars]
A new study shows that 87 genes have been affected by deletions or short insertions during the course of the mammoth's evolution. The researchers note that their findings have implications for intern… [+3349 chars]
Panoramic view of the Serranía del Perijá in Colombia, where a vertebra was found in 1943. The vertebra has allowed for scientists to identify a new species of sauropod, the Perijasaurus lapaz. Image… [+7724 chars]
Antarcticas coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the worlds largest ice sheet over the past 25 y… [+3720 chars]
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