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Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky 3 Judi Lynn Oct 6 Oct 6 19 791
Watch auroras from yesterday's X9.0 magnitude flare here 1 Warpy Oct 4 Oct 4 5 656
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 usonian Oct 4 Oct 4 0 104
Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line 0 usonian Oct 4 Oct 4 5 431
Tiny brain, big deal: fruit fly diagram could transform neuroscience 2 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2 Oct 2 13 482
Scientists Have Slowed Light Down To An Embarrassing 38 Miles Per Hour 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 17 885
Moth species found in Wales travelled 4,500 miles from South American jungle 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 6 487
Nearby River is Pushing Up Peak of Mount Everest, Study Suggests 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 6 381
Pluto's Moon Charon Just Got More Fascinating After JWST Finds Carbon Dioxide 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 13 411
Annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a glorious 'ring of fire' today. Here's what you need to know. 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 3 401
A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2 Oct 2 5 326
NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 1 Oct 1 2 338
NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts 0 Jim__ Oct 1 Oct 1 7 612
A Himalayan river may be making Everest taller 0 Eugene Oct 1 Oct 1 20 782
How ignored warnings at Boar's Head plant led to a deadly listeria outbreak 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 30 Sep 30 11 911
European twin satellite mission bids to create total solar eclipse on demand 2 WestMichRad Sep 29 Sep 29 4 347
Bismuth is so strongly repelled from magnets, it levitates. How? 4 Judi Lynn Sep 25 Sep 29 16 870
Ditch Bottled Water Now: Hidden Health Risks and Environmental Damage Uncovered 20 erronis Sep 28 Sep 29 20 1137
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Direct Air Capture of CO2. 5 NNadir Sep 28 Sep 29 6 520
Astronomers spot a possible 'future Earth' -- 8 billion years into its future 3 Bayard Sep 27 Sep 27 5 508
The Most Detailed Infrared Map Of Our Galaxy Has Been Released, Featuring Over 1.5 Billion Objects 2 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 36 1320
Energy-Stealing Zel'dovich Effect Confirmed Using Electromagnetic Fields 50 Years After Being Proposed 1 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 4 414
'That's weird': James Webb Space Telescope spies a strange galaxy outshining its stars 0 Judi Lynn Sep 27 Sep 27 11 633
This Tiny Frog Is Fierce 0 Judi Lynn Sep 26 Sep 26 7 449
Drone footage provides new insight into gray whales' acrobatic feeding behavior 0 Judi Lynn Sep 26 Sep 26 5 17407
Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds? 4 Jim__ Sep 25 Sep 26 4 388
Archaeologists use AI to discover 303 unknown geolyphs near Nazca Lines 0 cbabe Sep 26 Sep 26 4 354
Laser Induced Fluorescent Tools in the Production of Californium-252 at Oak Ridge 0 NNadir Sep 25 Sep 25 3 394
Woolly rhino found preserved in Russian permafrost after 32,000 years 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 25 Sep 25 11 460
Octopuses work together with fish to hunt - and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex 11 BootinUp Sep 24 Sep 25 15 611

Science Continued...

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NASA's Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission 4 BootinUp Sep 25 Sep 25 12 410
Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hints 0 Judi Lynn Sep 25 Sep 25 4 381
Researchers determine female gibbons dance for attention 3 erronis Sep 24 Sep 24 7 421
Lost Biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judean Desert 3 Judi Lynn Sep 24 Sep 24 16 658
Advanced civilizations will overheat their planets within 1,000 years, researchers suggest 3 Jim__ Sep 23 Sep 23 8 530
Hydrogen Water: Extra Healthy or a Hoax?--A Systematic Review at NIH.gov 5 Caribbeans Sep 22 Sep 23 4 664
James Webb Telescope Just Detected SUDDEN 250% Increase In Betelgeuse's Brightness! 13 Sancho Sep 23 Sep 23 25 2382
Finally, A Flying Car(t) The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere 3 usonian Sep 22 Sep 22 8 19158
An Esoteric Technical Diagram of How Humanity Might Be Saved from Itself. 0 NNadir Sep 22 Sep 22 4 763
Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins 0 muriel_volestrangler Sep 20 Sep 20 16 611
Cosmology is at a tipping point - we may be on the verge of discovering new physics 3 Judi Lynn Sep 19 Sep 19 4 618
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests 4 Bayard Sep 18 Sep 19 12 457
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope? 0 Judi Lynn Sep 19 Sep 19 4 411
2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind 0 Judi Lynn Sep 19 Sep 19 2 264
Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 18 Sep 18 4 301
Ultra-processed foods are 'pushing aside' all other food groups to dominate global diets 6 erronis Sep 18 Sep 18 9 630
Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out. 7 Zorro Sep 17 Sep 18 7 571
Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange 'Text Messages' Using RNA 0 erronis Sep 16 Sep 16 8 523
Breakthrough 'edge state' in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources 3 Judi Lynn Sep 16 Sep 16 12 682
Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record 6 Judi Lynn Sep 15 Sep 16 71 2827
Scientists Discover Greener and More Efficient Method To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel 5 Judi Lynn Sep 14 Sep 15 8 608
Earth's supervolcanoes are waking up. Here's what that means for the planet 1 Judi Lynn Sep 15 Sep 15 20 807
What Are The Sinister "Fingers Of Death" Beneath Antarctic Ice? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 15 Sep 15 31 1022
Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid 2024 JV33 resembles a 'peanut', rotates once every 7 hours; NASA shares video 0 Judi Lynn Sep 15 Sep 15 11 16526
Explainer ExplainerSpace 'Puffy head bird leg syndrome': What space travel does to the body 1 Judi Lynn Sep 15 Sep 15 4 403
NASA images: How stars and galaxies look in reality Top 5 images as seen through the Hubble telescope 5 Judi Lynn Sep 14 Sep 15 16 16578
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months 6 usonian Sep 14 Sep 14 45 1653
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints -- but we won't know for 3 more years. 3 Cattledog Sep 14 Sep 14 6 557
Mystery in Space: Chinese Astronomers Discover Black Hole That's Breaking the Rules 1 Judi Lynn Sep 14 Sep 14 8 474
Don't Miss September's Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Sep 14 Sep 14 8 383

Science Continued...

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The Wolves of Yellowstone 15 erronis Sep 14 Sep 14 68 2084
Unlocking the Invisible: An Introduction to Scintillators, Semiconductors, and Gamma Spectroscopy 0 NNadir Sep 13 Sep 13 2 404
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 0 cbabe Sep 13 Sep 13 14 657
Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge 2 WestMichRad Sep 13 Sep 13 9 508
Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend 1 Judi Lynn Sep 13 Sep 13 5 381
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035 6 Judi Lynn Sep 13 Sep 13 2 399
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 2 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 23 991
Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how. 2 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 16 598
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 4 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 8 395
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 7 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 13 791
Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 29 1061
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn Sep 11 Sep 12 5 550
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn Sep 11 Sep 12 12 544
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Sep 12 Sep 12 6 371
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah Sep 11 Sep 11 1 350
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 10 Sep 10 5 384
Remote surgery performed on a pig 9,000 km away using a game controller 5 Diamond_Dog Sep 9 Sep 10 0 411
Northern Lights: Get Ready For Action As 'Equinox Aurora Season' Is Triggered 1 Judi Lynn Sep 10 Sep 10 6 397
Ask an Astrophysicist (NASA) 1 usonian Sep 10 Sep 10 6 376
Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate? 10 Ptah Sep 9 Sep 9 5 616
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