Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that comet 3I/ATLAS has been altered by billions of years of cosmic radiation.
A new study using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals that comet 3I/ATLAS is extremely irradiated by billions of years of cosmic ray bombardment. The comet absorbed so much galactic cosmic rays during its interstellar journey through the Milky Way that it developed a deep irradiated crust that no longer resembles the […]
One molecule could usher revolutionary medicines for cancer, diabetes and genetic disease — but the US is turning its back on it
On Dec. 31, 2019, the first reports emerged about a mysterious pneumonia of unknown cause circulating in China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. On March 16, the first COVID-19 vaccine entered clinical trials. And by Dec. 14, members of the American public were getting the first doses of […]
China solves ‘centuries-old problem’ with new analog chip 1,000 times faster than high-end Nvidia GPUs
Chinese scientists have developed a new chip with a twist. It is analog, meaning it performs calculations in its own physical circuitry rather than through the binary ones and zeros of a standard digital processor. Additionally, its developers say the new chip outperforms top-end graphics processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia and AMD by a factor […]
2025 Beaver Moon: Don’t miss this year’s biggest and brightest ‘supermoon’
Skywatchers will see the year’s largest and brightest full moon next week. The Beaver Moon, which will be full on Wednesday, November 5th at 8:19 a.m. ET, will be the second of three consecutive supermoons to occur in 2025. This year’s largest supermoon will be approximately 221,818 miles (356,980 kilometers) from Earth, making it the […]
‘One of the most exciting discoveries ever’: physicists detect rare ‘second generation’ black hole, proving Einstein right again
Scientists have discovered two pairs of merging black holes and believe that the larger black hole in each merger is a rare “second generation” veteran of an earlier collision. The unusual behavior of two large black holes observed through ripples in space-time called gravitational waves was described in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on October 28th. […]
2,200-year-old Celtic ‘Rainbow Cup’ found in Germany in ‘almost like new’ condition
A certified metal detectorist scanning a field near Leipzig, Germany, discovered the oldest coin ever discovered in Saxony. The 2,200-year-old gold coin known as the “Rainbow Cup” is a rare example of imported Celtic currency. “Gold coins are a tangible part of our country’s history and offer new insights into trade with the Celts,” Saxony […]
Ancient ‘frosty’ rhino in Canadian Highlands Arctic rewrites what scientists thought they knew about the North Atlantic Land Bridge
Almost 40 years ago, researchers discovered a perfectly preserved collection of fossils inside an impact crater in the Canadian High Arctic. Now, the remains have finally revealed their secret and are revealed to belong to an extinct hornless rhinoceros that lived 23 million years ago. Scientists named the animal Epiatheracerium itjilik, a species name that […]
Nanotrirannus was ‘proven beyond a reasonable doubt’ to be a new species of dinosaur, not just a teenage tyrannosaurus.
Pivotal new dinosaur research has finally settled a 40-year-old debate: Was the small tyrannosaurus Nanotyrannus a separate species or just a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex? Now, an astonishingly complete fossil reveals that Nanotyrannus was real. Many paleontologists had long believed that the key fossil was a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex that lived in western North America 67 […]
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightens behind the sun, NASA spacecraft confirms
Researcher and amateur astronomer Worahate Boonprod tracked 3I/ATLAS using GOES-19 weather satellite data. (Image credit: Image: CCOR-1/GOES-19/NOAA. Processed and annotated by Worachate Boonplod.) Observations by the spacecraft revealed that Comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly increasing in brightness as it wobbles behind the Sun. The comet is flying around the sun, obscuring it from Earth’s view, to […]
Astronomers use groundbreaking telescope upgrade to discover surprisingly lopsided disk around nearby star
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly lopsided disk surrounding the nearby mysterious star Beta Canis Majoris, thanks to a brand new ‘photonic lantern’ device that could significantly improve the observation capabilities of ground-based telescopes. Beta Canis Minor, also known as Gomeisa, is about 3.5 times the mass of the Sun and is located about 162 light-years […]