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17 July 2025Why rivers split: A century-old mystery has finally been solved - Earth.com
Why do some rivers split? UCSB scientists found the answer—and it could change how we restore and manage waterways.
17 July 2025New images reveal stunning views from mission to ‘touch’ the sun - CNN
NASA released the closest-ever images of the sun’s atmosphere. CNN’s Jackie Wattles explains what scientists could learn from them.
17 July 2025Geologists found 'gigantic fortresses' beneath the Earth's crust in the mantle - Earth.com
Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.
17 July 2025Dinosaur fossil found underneath a Denver museum’s parking lot - CNN
Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a 67 million-year-old dinosaur fossil hidden under their noses — in the museum’s parking lot.
17 July 2025NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reportedly Holding "Going Out of Business Sale" for Satellites - Futurism
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a "going out of business sale" for its satellites, NASA Watch reports.
17 July 2025Astronomers detect most massive black hole collision to date - CNN
Using ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein, a team of researchers has detected a cosmic merger of unprecedented proportions.
17 July 2025Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming through our solar system (photos) - Space
The comet is only the third interstellar object ever detected from a solar system outside our own.
17 July 2025New Dinosaur Found in China: Pulaosaurus Qinglong Changes Jurassic History! - Indian Defence Review
A newly discovered dinosaur species, Pulaosaurus Qinglong, found in China, offers groundbreaking insights into Jurassic evolution and prehistoric ecosystems.
17 July 2025Very rare and predatory marine reptile identified as a completely new species - Earth.com
A new marine reptile from the Cretaceous period, Traskasaura sandrae, had an unprecedented vertical hunting style.
17 July 2025New bionic knee connects directly with muscles and bone to feel more like the user's body - Live Science
A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like a part of the body, a new study finds.
17 July 2025Perseid meteor shower 2025: Here’s everything you need to know - New York Post
Find the dark and hoard your wishes, my babies — the annual Perseid meteor shower is upon us.
17 July 2025“I Was Stunned Into Silence”: 183-Million-Year-Old Fossil Contains First-Ever Giant Ichthyosaur Soft Tissues - IFLScience
“It contains features that have not been observed in any living or extinct animal,” said Dr Dean Lomax to IFLScience.
17 July 2025Scientists report an unexpected accumulation of radioactive material in the Pacific Ocean - Earth.com
Scientists discover a radioactive spike of beryllium-10 (10Be) in Pacific Ocean sediments, revealing ancient climatic and cosmic events.
17 July 2025Scientists Capture Incredible First Glimpse Of Planets Being Born Around A Baby Star - HuffPost
The unprecedented snapshot of "time zero" provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.
17 July 2025'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard - Space
As NASA continues work to find a fix for the thruster issues that have afflicted Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi, chances are high that the spacecraft's next mission will be uncrewed.
17 July 2025A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M. - The Washington Post
A massive Mars meteorite sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the highest selling meteorite ever.
16 July 2025Scientists find a surprising case of 'reverse evolution' in wild tomatoes - Earth.com
Wild tomatoes from the Galápagos Islands are reversing evolution and regaining an ancient chemical defense after millions of years.
16 July 2025Great White Shark Spotted Off Camden’s Curtis Island - Midcoast Villager
Passengers on the schooner Olad got an unexpected surprise Wednesday morning.
16 July 2025NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals secrets of a powerful, spinning neutron star - Space
"Transitional millisecond pulsars are cosmic laboratories that help us understand how neutron stars evolve in binary systems."
16 July 2025Colossal Eruption Carves ‘Canyon of Fire’ Onto the Sun’s Surface - Gizmodo
The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
16 July 2025'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion - Live Science
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our galaxy's black hole last erupted.
16 July 2025Jumping spider's visual trickery can fool AI - Phys.org
Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects.
16 July 2025Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds - Phys.org
Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a taste for ants and termites.
16 July 2025Surfer Leaps Into Tidal Pool And Saves 'Puppy Dog Of The Ocean' Trapped Inside - The Dodo - For Animal People
Jason Breen is no stranger to wildlife encounters. As an avid surfer and water sportsman, he’s seen lots of marine animals around his home in Sydney, Australia. In fact, a few years ago, a humpback whale rocketed out of the water right in front of his board. …
16 July 2025Robots now grow and repair themselves by consuming parts from other machines - Tech Xplore
Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots that can physically "grow," "heal," and improve themselves by …
16 July 20252014 Nobel Prize idea used to reach super-resolution imaging, turning noise into data - Phys.org
A new method turns noise into valuable data to enhance understanding of chemical reactions and material properties with unprecedented detail at the atomic level. The results of this research are now published in Nature.
16 July 2025Astronomers find giant hidden molecular cloud fueling star birth in Milky Way - Phys.org
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our Milky Way galaxy. The Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC) is about 60 parsecs—or 200 light years—long.
16 July 2025Astrophotographer captures galactic fireworks near the Seahorse Nebula in eerie deep-space photo - Space
10 supernova explosions have been seen brightening the Fireworks Galaxy over the past century.
16 July 2025Behold, 'The Beast': Gigantic animal-like plasma plume 13 times wider than Earth hovers over the sun - Live Science
Astrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire over our home star.
16 July 2025JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?' - Space
"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We asked ourselves: How can we make sense of this?"
16 July 2025Astronomers Discover Rare Object in Perfect Sync with Neptune’s Orbit - The Daily Galaxy
Astronomers have uncovered a rare object, 2020 VN40, moving in perfect sync with Neptune, revealing hidden secrets about the outer solar system and its mysterious dynamics.
16 July 2025Study raises major questions about Earth's 'oldest' impact crater - Live Science
Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years.
16 July 2025Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago - Live Science
Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.
16 July 2025This 6.25 Gigabyte Photo of Pluto Took 15 Months to Send - PetaPixel
Snapped by the New Horizons spacecraft.
16 July 2025Fossil discovery casts fresh doubt on the 'burst of evolution' known as the Cambrian Explosion - Earth.com
Ancient trackways in seabed mud show animals moved purposefully 10 million years before the Cambrian Explosion.
16 July 2025New study links human ribcage shape to climate - Phys.org
Ötzi the Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his well-preserved remains, he's still helping us understand our past. A new digital reconstruction of the mummy's ribcage is providing fresh …
16 July 2025Our Milky Way galaxy may be surrounded by 100 undetected 'orphan' galaxies - Space
"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today."
16 July 2025Titanoboa: How a 45-Foot Giant Snake Ruled the Earth After the Dinosaurs, 60 Million Years Ago - The Daily Galaxy
A 45-foot snake once ruled the Earth, dwarfing today's largest serpents. Weighing 2,500 pounds and lurking in ancient tropical rainforests, this prehistoric titan was a true apex predator.
16 July 2025Distant galaxy protocluster harbors a remarkably evolved core, observations find - Phys.org
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has performed deep and high spectral resolution imaging of a distant protocluster of galaxies, designated A2744-z7p9OD. Results of the new observations, published July 8 on the …
16 July 2025There may be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center - Ars Technica
Dark matter particle and antiparticle collisions could make some stars immortal.
16 July 2025Portable Coral Spawning Laboratory Shipped to the Maldives and Grows 10,000 Young Corals in Weeks - Good News Network
A single ReefSeed unit spawned 3 million larvae during a single spawning season, which they turned into 10,000 juvenile corals.
16 July 2025Caltech Scientists Make Producing Plastics From CO2 More Efficient - Hackaday
For decades there has been this tantalizing idea being pitched of pulling CO2 out of the air and using the carbon molecules for something more useful, like making plastics. Although this is a fairl…
16 July 2025Subaru telescope discovers 'fossil' in outer solar system - Phys.org
The Subaru Telescope has made an exciting discovery: a small body beyond Pluto, with implications for the formation, evolution, and current structure of the outer solar system.
16 July 2025New study calls for rapid development of space nuclear power systems - SpaceNews
A new study recommends that the United States pursue rapid development of a space nuclear power system to keep pace with geopolitical rivals.
16 July 2025Physicists Achieve “Holy Grail” of Summing All Feynman Diagrams - SciTechDaily
A clever method from Caltech researchers now makes it possible to unravel complex electron-lattice interactions, potentially transforming how we understand and design quantum and electronic materials. Researchers at Caltech have developed a faster and more ef…
16 July 2025A Pilates instructor says you can strengthen your core and improve posture with this five-minute exercise snack - Fit&Well
This easy-at-home routine will boost your balance and stability—all you need is your bodyweight
16 July 2025NASA’s DART Mission Deflected an Asteroid – But Unleashed a Swarm of Space Boulders - SciTechDaily
Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission carried three times more momentum than the spacecraft. This discovery offers valuable new insights for improving future planetary defense …
16 July 2025Earth Could Be in a Massive Cosmic Bubble That’s Warping the Universe, Astrophysicists Reveal - SciTechDaily
A cosmic void could be distorting how we see the universe expand. Sound from the Big Bang may hold the clues. According to astronomers, Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be located within a vast, low-density region of space—essentially a cosmic void…
16 July 2025Scientists could be accidentally damaging fossils with a method we thought was safe - The Conversation
A common scanning method used to create ‘virtual copies’ of precious fossils could be erasing some of the crucial information held within.
16 July 2025A 400-Year-Old Mystery About The Sun May Finally Be Solved - ScienceAlert
Since Galileo first observed them through his telescope in the early 1600s, sunspots have fascinated scientists.
15 July 2025The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan - Space
"The existence of any vesicles on Titan would demonstrate an increase in order and complexity, which are conditions necessary for the origin of life."