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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months 6 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 45 2048
'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 2024 Sep 2024 6 941
Mystery in Space: Chinese Astronomers Discover Black Hole That's Breaking the Rules 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 710
Don't Miss September's Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 567
The Wolves of Yellowstone 15 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 68 3199
Unlocking the Invisible: An Introduction to Scintillators, Semiconductors, and Gamma Spectroscopy 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 661
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami 0 cbabe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 915
Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge 2 WestMichRad Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 768
Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 748
China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 782
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 23 1323
Some cells can enter a 'third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.' Here's how. 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 16 829
Biden's got a plan to protect science from Trump (May, 2024) 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 714
"Truly Incredible" - Princeton Researchers Have Discovered a New Method To Reshape the Fabric of Life 7 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 1268
Frozen in Time: Scientists Discover 45-Million-Year-Old Ancient Walnuts on Remote Arctic Island 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 29 1319
Northern Lights Alert: States Where Aurora Borealis May Be Visible This Week 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 800
Tiny fish found to have sophisticated self-awareness only ever seen in some humans 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 781
Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 546
The History of the Telescope Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World Full Episode 1 PBS 0 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 511
Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 608
Remote surgery performed on a pig 9,000 km away using a game controller 5 Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 772
Northern Lights: Get Ready For Action As 'Equinox Aurora Season' Is Triggered 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 661
Ask an Astrophysicist (NASA) 1 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 597
Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate? 10 Ptah Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1137
Is Our Weather Turning Against Us? Scientists Predict Rapid Escalation of Extreme Weather 8 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 1219
NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers 'mind-blowing' yellow sulfur crystals on Mars 8 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 38 1950
Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? 10 NJCher Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1361
Discerning Melting and Volatilization Process of Fukushima's Fuel After the Tōhoku Tsunami. 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 668
The Canadian Summer Forest Fires and Toxic Particulate Pollution in NY/NJ 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 641
Some black holes have a 'heartbeat' -- and astronomers may finally know why 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 13 872

Science Continued...

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Thanks to Reddit, a New Diagnosis Is Bubbling Up Across the Nation 12 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1781
Remember the visible human science kit? 18 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 1753
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth's surface in a new animation 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 58 2293
Winner of the Ed Lyman Award in Selection Bias, "Ph.D. in Physics" says... 0 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 858
Northern Lights Alert: Solar Activity Surges To Strongest For 23 Years 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 19 1237
New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies 3 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1048
Remote isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth' 4 Wicked Blue Aug 2024 Sep 2024 11 1025
Quarter Moon and Seven Sisters: APOD Having Run of Relatable Magical Moments 1 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 764
Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope image 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 780
Sunlight as You've Not Seen It: Another Truly ☼Amazing☼ APOD 9 SorellaLaBefana Sep 2024 Sep 2024 48 2104
1 month until the annular solar eclipse 2024: Here's what you need to know 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 779
Aurora season is here: What to expect from the northern lights in 2024/25 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 508
The nature of a starfish: 'a disembodied head walking about on its lips' 2 erronis Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 790
Scientists discover way to restore water to Mars using dust 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 770
NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim 1 turbinetree Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 699
Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere 2 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 1037
Emerging PFAS Pollutants at a Lithium Battery Recycling Plant. 1 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1189
NASA is developing robots that will swim beneath Antarctic ice and measure how quickly it's melting 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 602
The coinage of a new word in climate science: "natech," as in "natech disasters." 2 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 802
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 948
Professor proposes how a black hole in orbit around a planet could be a sign of an advanced civilization 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 536
This Tiny Backyard Bug Does the Fastest Backflips on Earth 5 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1201
Boeing's uncrewed Starliner set to undock after Sept. 6, NASA says - Reuters 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 707
Oceanographers discover 2-mile-high underwater mountain, new species -- and rare "flying spaghetti monsters" 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 17 1150
When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 27 1002
Mating proximity blinds threat perception 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 846
Fuel debris removal attempt halted at Fukushima Daiichi. 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1526
Carl Sagan Christmas Lectures 3 - The History of Mars 2 BootinUp Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 788
Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts 4 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 906
Scientists discover a long-sought global electric field on Earth 3 Jim__ Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 1120

Science Continued...

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Earth's Temperature Could Increase by 25 Degrees 9 erronis Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 1738
A Snaking Scar Across Mars: The Mystery of Aganippe Fossa 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 813
Revolutionary Biodegradable Plastic Developed by Korean Researchers 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 649
SpaceX pushes launch of daring Polaris Dawn mission back to Wednesday. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading it 0 Eugene Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 635
Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean 17 erronis Aug 2024 Aug 2024 44 2877
Jelly plays Pong and gets better at with practice 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 846
'Once-in-a-lifetime' photo: Perseid meteors, northern lights and rare glowing arc shine over 11th-century castle 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 43 2634
Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 740
Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images) 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 766
Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe's origins 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 636
Scientists Reveal Hidden Waves Could Shape Earth's Mysterious Highlands 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 702
Chinese Researchers Devise New Strategy for Producing Water on the Moon 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 655
The world-saving potential of nuclear fusion just got a huge boost 4 reACTIONary Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 1128
News at a glance: Icebreaker research blues, disinformation data shutdown, and saving a rare bird 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 550
We Have "Disrupted Evolutionary Processes" - Modern Seeds Aren't Ready for Climate Change 2 erronis Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 954
Record-breaking hole drilled into the Earth's mantle is a scientific goldmine 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 32 1502
A Wild Discovery Suggests Earth Had Multiple Hidden Moons 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 790
Photos: Egypt uncovers largest ever astronomical observatory from ancient times 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 21 841
NASA Fears Another Tragedy If Astronauts Return on Starliner 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 987
'A single magma ocean' once covered the moon, data from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 643
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