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Astronomers find thick water-ice clouds on Jupiter-like exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (989+ words) Artist's impression of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, with water clouds atop its ammonia-dominated atmosphere. (CREDIT: E. C. Matthews, MPIA / T. M'ller, Hd A) A giant planet circling a nearby star has given astronomers a rare look at what a colder, more Jupiter-like world…...
New scan data of Turkish formation is reviving the Noah's Ark debate
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (965+ words) These discoveries hint that the area was once submerged, strengthening theories that the site could be linked to the biblical vessel. (CREDIT: Noahsark Scans) Four meters below the surface, researchers say they are seeing something that has changed the conversation…...
The strange connection between falling balls and quantum weirdness
17+ hour, 21+ min ago (984+ words) MIT researchers say classical least action can exactly reproduce key quantum behaviors in a new mathematical framework. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) A ball tossed into the air follows a path that classical physics can track with…...
Seeds can sense the sound of falling raindrops, MIT study finds
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1151+ words) In experiments with rice seeds submerged in water, MIT researchers found that the sound of falling droplets shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds that were not exposed to the same…...
NASA's Curiosity rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds on Mars
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1020+ words) On Oct. 25, 2020, NASA's Curiosity rover snapped a selfie after drilling into a rock called "Mary Anning." Years later, that sample has delivered the richest mix of organic molecules ever detected on Mars. (CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) A drill hole in…...
Strange Physics: Why Wi-Fi and radio waves can pass through walls but light can't
1+ day, 21+ min ago (831+ words) Why walls stop visible light but often let Wi-Fi through comes down to how electrons absorb energy. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) A closed door feels absolute. Light stays in one room, darkness settles in the next,…...
Salamander gene could hold the key to regrowing human limbs
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1321+ words) A Mexican axolotl in Wake Forest University biologist Josh Currie's regeneration lab. (CREDIT: Wake Forest University) The skin over a fresh wound might not look like much. In some animals, though, that thin covering becomes command central for rebuilding what…...
For the first time, astronomers identify the edge of the Milky Way's disc
2+ day, 21+ min ago (1167+ words) The Milky Way does not come with a clean outer line. Its disc does not stop the way a coastline does. It fades, becoming harder and harder to define as stars grow sparse and the structure stretches into the dark....
For the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty space
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (798+ words) Physicists found evidence that hidden quark pairs in the vacuum may shape how matter forms in high-energy collisions. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4. 0) The universe looks like it is mostly empty space. Remove the stars, planets, dust, and gas, and what…...
'Bathtub Ring' points to vast ancient ocean on Mars
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (884+ words) This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of sedimentary deposits in the Glenelg area of Gale Crater. Gale Crater is a paleolake located close to the putative coastal shelf....