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No SpaceX Starship launch till June? 1 RussBLib Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 890
6-Foot-High Giant Tunnels Found in South America Dug by Ancient Megafauna Giant Sloths 8 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 19 12599
New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan Book Instead of Bible 27 progressoid Apr 2023 Apr 2023 87 4398
Scientists Just Discovered a Molten Layer Below Earth's Surface 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 907
Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1744
Breakthrough discovery suggests gravity can create light 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 935
Physicists Might Finally Be Able to Find Wormholes, Thanks to Their Light-Bending Ability 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1161
New type of black hole found lurking in Earth's 'cosmic backyard' is closest ever discovered 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1311
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe -- a cosmic monster 10 million 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1741
OTD in 1981 - Space Shuttle Columbia's 1st spaceflight 0 BootinUp Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 736
Hindenburg: The New Evidence Full Documentary NOVA PBS Mar 22, 2023 (Aired May 19, 2021) 6 Goonch Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 2116
For All This Time, Protons Have Been Hiding Secret Mass. We Just Found It. 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 15 1555
Scientists Have Found the 'BOAT' Gamma Ray Burst--the Brightest of All Time 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 859
This Strange New Map Of 'Dark Matter' Proves Einstein Was Right, Say Scientists 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 2043
We Might Soon Be Able to See Missing Ripples in Spacetime 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 1335
Freezing Cold Cryovolcano Erupts From Comet 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 890
'Hubble trouble' could deepen with new measurement of the universe's expansion 0 WhiteTara Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 1538
Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Started to Glow 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 2413
Extending Equations of State to Inhomogeneous Systems. 1 NNadir Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1000
The James Webb Telescope Just Took a Truly Incredible Photo of Uranus 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 33 2794
James Webb telescope detects light from a small, Earth-like planet -- and finds it's missing its atmo 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Apr 2023 15 2719
Question for astronomy buffs. 9 grumpyduck Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1291
Somalia meteorite turns out to contain two minerals that are not found on Earth 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 20 3003
Astronomers discovered two black holes close to Earth unlike anything we've seen 4 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 1658
This message was self-deleted by its author 25 milestogo Apr 2023 Apr 2023 16 2387
Opposable Thumbs Make You Easier to Fool (Sometimes) 1 SorellaLaBefana Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1767
Python 3.14 Will be Faster than C++ (Not really) 11 BootinUp Mar 2023 Apr 2023 3 3083
The Collapse of the Wave Function and Origins of Consciousness: A Conversation with Roger Penrose 10 NNadir Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 2700
Ocean Rivers Slowing in the Great River Ocean 3 SorellaLaBefana Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1310
High school students may have just discovered an 'impossible' proof to the 2,000-year-old Pythagorea 20 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 55 4249

Science Continued...

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Ettore Majorana: The "Genius" Physicist Who Predicted Neutrons And Then Disappeared Completely 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1464
Rare blood-red arc of light shines in the Scandinavian sky. What is it? 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1631
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 526
UAE Mars orbiter creates stunning new map of the Red Planet 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 1508
Black hole jet changes direction as astronomers watch in cosmic first -- and it's aimed right at us 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 2035
Surprise! Icy 'rain' from Saturn's rings is heating the gas giant's atmosphere 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 1343
I'll bet putting this thing together this takes some skill and practice. 6 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1294
Newly discovered 'einstein' tile is a 13-sided shape that solves a decades-old math problem 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 16 2227
New drug offers "two-for-one" treatment of heart failure, sleep apnea 6 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 17 2581
Astronomers May Have Just Found the Smoking Gun Behind Mysterious Radio Signals 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 2213
Toothless Tyrannosaurs? 0 SorellaLaBefana Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 1253
Potentially Prebiotic Synthesis of Aminoacyl-RNA via a Bridging Phosphoramidate-Ester Intermediate 1 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1643
Stressed plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from more than a meter away 6 Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 2165
Brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen a 1-in-10,000-years event that's 'absolutely monstrous,' scienti 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1463
Gargantuan black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun is one of the largest ever discovered 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 15 2096
Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1806
Asteroid Didymos May Spin So Fast It Flings Rocks into Space 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1434
New additives could turn concrete into an effective carbon sink 1 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1783
Hubble telescope spies mysterious celestial object that defies classification 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 24 1251
Webb telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1344
New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US 3 sl8 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 2250
Psychedelic brew ayahuasca's profound impact revealed in brain scans 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 16 1415
Redness of Neptunian asteroids sheds light on early Solar System 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1406
The man who discovered the 'abyss of time' - BBC News 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 17 2406
Rolls-Royce go-ahead to build a nuclear reactor on Moon 4 BootinUp Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1092
The Mystery of Alleged Alien Object 'Oumuamua Has Been Solved, Scientists Say 8 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 2668
Scientists discover enzyme that can turn air into energy, unlocking potential new energy source 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 12 2107
Here's the full analysis of newly uncovered genetic data on COVID's origins - Ars Technica 1 BootinUp Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 2302
Here's What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like 12 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 28 2995
Beethoven's DNA decoded from locks of hair saved by his fans 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1623

Science Continued...

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New NASA spacesuit from Axiom Space promises better fit for Artemis III moonwalkers 2 Uncle Joe Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1772
A Growing Number of Scientists Are Convinced the Future Influences the Past 4 Javaman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1182
How The Matilda Effect Removes Women in STEM From History - Beyond the Scenes The Daily Show 0 YoshidaYui Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1759
Satellites are photobombing Hubble (earthsky.org) 4 eppur_se_muova Mar 2023 Mar 2023 14 1217
60,000-mile-tall 'plasma waterfall' snapped showering the sun with impossibly fast fire 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 40 2995
The Unpredictable Abilities Emerging From Large AI Models 0 Pluvious Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1011
A systematic "omics" (molecular biology) approach to the effects of radiation on living tissue. 5 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 24239
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Javaman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 631
How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction 2 sl8 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1346
The Little-Known Origin Story behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics 1 BootinUp Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1622
Fossil site is 'Rosetta Stone' for understanding early life 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 12 999
James Webb Space Telescope captures star going supernova in a dazzling cloud of dust 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1561
Unearthed genetic sequences from China market may point to animal origin of COVID-19 0 milestogo Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 650
The Multiverse: Our Universe Is Suspiciously Unlikely To Exist - Unless It Is One Of Many 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1654
'Extremely rare' fossilized dinosaur voice box suggests they sounded birdlike 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 993
Planets Might Protect their Water Until their Star Settles Down 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1103
Potentially Active Volcanoes Have Been Found on Venus 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 611
Scientists discover signs of 'modern' glacier on Mars that hints at buried water ice 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1276
Study: Experimental COVID shot made via egg-based technology elicits higher antibody proportion ... 4 Jim__ Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 2456
Faint gravitational waves may be from primordial fractures in space-time 2 milestogo Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1228
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