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> ISS Astronaut Captures Photo of Rare Lightning Sprite Shooting Upward

https://petapixel.com/2025/07/07/iss-astronaut-captures-photo-of-rare-lightning-sprite-shooting-upward/

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> 200 million year-old flying reptile species found

The jawbone of the ancient reptile was unearthed in Arizona back in 2011, but modern scanning techniques have now revealed details showing that it belongs to a species new to science.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2zzn53pqo

> NASA discovers 'super Earth' planet emitting mysterious signal

'NASA has discovered a mysterious 'super-Earth' planet that appears to flash a repeated signal from 154 light-years away. The planet, named TOI-1846 b, is almost twice the size of Earth and four times as massive''

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14905083/NASA-discovers-super-Earth-planet-emitting-mysterious-signal.html

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> Largest piece of Martian rock on Earth goes up for auction

Sotheby's in New York is auctioning an "incredibly rare" 55-pound Martian rock, named NWA 16788, with an estimated sale price of over US$1.6 million (£1.2 million).

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/martian-rock-auction-sothebys-b2788611.html

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> Ocean circulation going South?

The climate change situation in the Southern Oceans (those seas surrounding Antarctica and connected by the massive Antarctic Circumpolar current) have been anomalous for many years, decades even. While even the earliest climate projections from the 1980s suggested that the climate change signal around Antarctica would be muted (especially compared to the Arctic), they did not predict that it would actually cool – which it actually has (at least until around 2015/2016). Similarly, the increase in sea ice extent (again to around 2015) was not expected.

https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2025/07/ocean-circulation-going-south/

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> Scientists reveal exactly what a neanderthal human hybrid would look like

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14896817/neanderthal-human-hybrid-look-like.html

> A Half-Ton Metal Ring Crashed From the Sky in Kenya, and the Country’s Space Agency Revealed What Many Feared

https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/08/a-half-ton-metal-ring-crashed-from-the-sky-in-kenya-and-the-countrys-space-agency-revealed-what-many-feared/

> It Shouldn’t Exist: Astronomers Discover a Planet Orbiting the “Wrong Way”

https://scitechdaily.com/it-shouldnt-exist-astronomers-discover-a-planet-orbiting-the-wrong-way/

> 'I died for seven minutes in hospital - here's exactly what I saw on the other side'

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/i-died-seven-minutes-hospital-35633734

> Room-Temperature Quantum Breakthrough Stuns Physicists

https://scitechdaily.com/room-temperature-quantum-breakthrough-stuns-physicists/

> NASA to reveal new Perseverance Mars rover discovery on Sept. 10

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/nasa-to-reveal-new-perseverance-mars-rover-discovery-tomorrow-how-to-watch-live

> The race back to the moon

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/the-race-back-to-the-moon-what-if-china-lands-its-astronauts-first

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> Scientists reconstruct the face of a hunter-gatherer who lived 10,500 years ago

https://www.earth.com/news/science-revives-the-face-of-a-hunter-gatherer-mosanne-from-10500-years-ago/

> Inexpensive New Liquid Battery Could Replace $10,000 Lithium Systems

Engineers have created a new water-based battery designed to make rooftop solar storage in Australian homes safer, more affordable, and more efficient.

This next-generation “flow battery” paves the way for compact, high-performance energy systems suitable for households and is projected to cost far less than today’s lithium-ion setups, which are priced around $10,000.

Although flow batteries have existed for decades, they have mostly been limited to large-scale energy storage because of their bulk and relatively slow charging times.

Wanqiao Liang, the study’s lead author and a PhD candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, explained that the team’s redesigned membrane solves this speed limitation, making the technology practical for homes and positioning it as a strong contender in the renewable energy market.

https://scitechdaily.com/inexpensive-new-liquid-battery-could-replace-10000-lithium-systems/

> Plasma propulsion system could help remove space debris without contact

His approach, successfully demonstrated in laboratory experiments and published on August 20, 2025, in Scientific Reports, builds on the idea of slowing space debris down until it falls out of orbit and burns up upon re-entry to Earth's atmosphere. Previous research has suggested this concept, but it has yet to be effectively employed in practice.

The idea is that a removal satellite, deployed for the express purpose of removing space debris, could use a propulsion engine to spew plasma toward a piece of space junk. The force of the plasma would slow the junk, decelerating it enough to drop out of orbit—a process that takes about 100 days. The issue is that the force of the plasma emitted from the removal satellite has a harsh kickback, moving the satellite away from the target and lessening the deceleration effect.

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-plasma-propulsion-space-debris-contact.html

> Astronomers spotlight distant planet in hunt for extraterrestrial life

https://www.ft.com/content/55227306-429c-4741-af46-698d4b900494

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> 'Leopard spots' found on rock on Mars are clearest sign life once existed on red planet, NASA says

https://news.sky.com/story/leopard-spots-found-on-rock-on-mars-are-clearest-sign-life-once-existed-on-red-planet-nasa-says-13428421

> Clearest gravitational wave detection yet confirms Hawking’s black hole theory

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02872-5

> Most Earth-Like Planet Yet May Have Been Found Just 40 Light-Years Away

Although the detection is ambiguous and needs extensive follow-up to find out what the deal is, it's the closest astronomers have come yet in their quest to find a second Earth.

https://www.sciencealert.com/most-earth-like-planet-yet-may-have-been-found-just-40-light-years-away

> Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/moon_tea/

> Scientists are baffled by a monster black hole growing at 2.4 TIMES the theoretical limit

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15121429/monster-black-hole-2-4-times-limit.html

> Winning race back to the moon very important, NASA crew says

https://news.sky.com/story/winning-race-back-to-the-moon-very-important-nasa-crew-says-13437443

> In 'Secrets of the Brain,' Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us human

https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/in-secrets-of-the-brain-jim-al-khalili-explores-600-million-years-of-brain-evolution-to-understand-what-makes-us-human

> Voyager 1 just sent a signal that could rewrite everything we know

Launched nearly half a century ago, Voyager 1 has travelled farther than any other human-made object — and it’s still sending back surprises. Now more than 15 billion miles from Earth, the spacecraft has detected something extraordinary at the edge of our solar system: a blistering region so intense that it may force scientists to rethink what they know about our cosmic boundaries.

https://www.valleyvanguardonline.com/voyager-1-just-sent-a-signal-that-could-rewrite-everything-we-know/

> Mysterious interstellar visitor spotted above Mars appears as 'massive cylindrical craft'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15166477/interstellar-visitor-Mars-cylindrical-craft-3i-atlas.html

> NASA supercomputer made prediction for when the world will end

the results from 400,000 computer simulations predict that our planet will become unlivable in the year 1,000,002,021

https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/when-earth-end-nasa-prediction-supercomputer-686370-20251019

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> Scientists discover new way to predict next Mount Etna eruption

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/scientists-discover-new-way-to-predict-next-mount-etna-eruption

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> This Tiny Dark Object Could Rewrite the Universe’s Rules

The black ring and central dot show infrared image of a distant galaxy distorted by a gravitation lens. Orange/reg shows radio waves from the same object. The inset shows a pinch caused by another, much smaller, dark gravitational lens (white blob)

https://scitechdaily.com/this-tiny-dark-object-could-rewrite-the-universes-rules/

> Dark matter may flow like cosmic superfluid

https://interestingengineering.com/space/dark-matter-behaves-like-superfluid

>  >Milky Way shows gamma ray excess due to dark matter annihilation, study suggests

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-milky-gamma-ray-excess-due.html

> AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/generative-ai-meets-the-genome/

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> 'Three norths' to leave England via Northumberland town and alignment won't return for centuries

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/three-norths-leave-england-via-33051661

> Scientists Warn Of A Rapid Collapse Scenario In Earth’s Busiest Orbital Zone

The research describes a scenario in which low earth orbit becomes vulnerable to sudden systemic failure. Using advanced numerical models, the authors explore how dense satellite populations interact with existing debris. Their simulations show that once a critical threshold is crossed, collisions are no longer isolated events. Instead, each impact increases the probability of further impacts, creating a runaway effect that accelerates dramatically

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/scientists-warn-rapid-collapse-earth-orbit/

> Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather?

https://www.quantamagazine.org/will-we-ever-be-able-to-forecast-volcanic-eruptions-like-weather-20260508/

> This is your best chance to spot the Milky Way's core in May

Each Core Season has peak windows of visibility centering around the monthly new moon. This month's new moon on May 16 will provide darker skies ideal for spotting our galaxy's glowing core.

https://www.space.com/stargazing/this-is-your-best-chance-to-spot-the-milky-ways-core-in-may

> New tectonic plate boundary could be forming in Zambia, scientists say

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tectonic-plate-boundary-zambia-scientists.html

> Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment

https://channel4news.substack.com/p/hope-for-britains-ash-trees-thanks

> Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand

The nagatitan, the largest-ever dinosaur found in South-East Asia, weighed 27 tonnes - as much as nine adult Asian elephants - and measured 27m (88ft) in length, longer than a diplodocus. Like that dinosaur, it belonged to the sauropod family of long-necked herbivores.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21pk5g20ro

> Tiny fossils found in 1.7-billion‑year‑old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tiny-fossils-billionyearold-mud-yield.html

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> Dino-killing asteroid may have fueled underground life for 8 million years

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-dino-asteroid-fueled-underground-life.html

> NASA's Roman Space Telescope is launching August 30, eight months ahead of schedule

It'll carry two scientific instruments including a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera with a field of view roughly 100 times larger than the imaging unit on Hubble. The observatory will also be able to block starlight for a better look at exoplanets and planet-forming disks, helping to settle essential questions about astronomy and our place in the universe.

https://www.techspot.com/news/112688-nasa-sets-august-30-launch-date-nancy-grace.html

> Giant Underground Detector Releases First Major Findings on Ghost Particles

https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-underground-detector-releases-first-major-findings-on-ghost-particles

> Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/11/arbuscular-mycorrhizal-fungi-plant-life-climate-global-mapping-study

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> Underwater oxygen loss threatens earth's stability, researchers warn

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-underwater-oxygen-loss-threatens-earth.html