‘The greatest cosmic movie ever made’: Historic telescope kicks off an unprecedented survey
The Vera Rubin Observatory has begun an 10-year survey to create a new inventory of our solar system and the…
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admin Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a…
NASA makes moves to dodge costly delays on its path to build a $30 billion moon base
Conceptualized just a few months ago, NASA’s moon base plans are rolling out in earnest as the space agency maps…
Fossil kept in drawer for decades turns out to be first ever Antarctica dinosaur bone
A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur…
This ‘living fossil’ is threatened with extinction by demand for its fins. A scientist is turning fishers into its guardians
The fins of the guitarfish are sold for hundreds of dollars in Asian markets to make soup, a trade pushing…
The full strawberry moon will rise in the night sky this week
The first full moon of the summer will appear on June 29. Sky-gazers will see the Strawberry Moon shine in…
Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago,…
Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI
A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually unrolled…
Astronomers trace a ghostly cosmic particle to distant ‘Shadow Blaster’ galaxy
Scientists still don’t know where ghostly particles called neutrinos originate. A distant galaxy could be a potential source.
Archaeologists unearth second Alamo cannonball in rare discovery
Archaeologists discovered an iron cannonball near the Alamo Church in San Antonio that may have played a role in the…