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Astronomers Detected Three Mysterious “Glitches” in a Pulsar That Had Gone Silent for Years
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (500+ words) Astronomers monitoring an unusual young neutron star report a stellar surprise after years of apparent silence, as the space object has displayed sudden changes in its rotation, including one large event they characterize as a “glitch” that could point to…...
Scientists Discover How Extraterrestrial Life Could Thrive In the Harsh Acidic Clouds Surrounding Venus
1+ week, 5+ day ago (509+ words) A new theoretical kind of extraterrestrial life could survive the harsh acid clouds of Venus, according to MIT researchers. Based on recent evidence, it may be time to cast a wider net in the search for extraterrestrial life and look…...
NASA’s Two Most Powerful Space Telescopes Will Share the Same Region of Space. Here’s Why That's Not a Problem
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (631+ words) When NASA announced that the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will perform its science duties from a point in space known as Lagrange 2, many observers noted that the space agency’s current state-of-the-art space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope,…...
‘Little Red Dots’ Remain a Cosmic Mystery—and New Research Reveals They May Be Keeping a Very Big Secret
2+ week, 4+ day ago (486+ words) Little red dots, an astronomical mystery unveiled by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, have perplexed researchers since their discovery—and now, according to new findings, we may be closer than ever to unraveling their mystery. According to new research that…...
Scientists Have a Plan to Detect Exotic Aliens, New Gamma Wave Glasses, and an Ancient Roman 'Megastructure' Resurfaces
3+ week, 4+ day ago (396+ words) The Debrief Scientists Have a Plan to Detect Exotic Aliens, New Gamma Wave Glasses, and an Ancient Roman ‘Megastructure’ Resurfaces This week in stories we’re covering at The Debrief: Scientists have a new plan that could help them detect alien…...
3.5-Billion-Year-Old Organic Chert Reveals One of Earth's “Earliest Known Occurrences of Biologically Generated Organic Matter”
3+ week, 5+ day ago (527+ words) Indian scientists searching for clues to the oldest signs of life on Earth have discovered evidence of organic matter in a 3.5-billion-year-old sample of Paleoarchean volcanic–hydrothermal chert. If confirmed, the team said the ancient chert would represent one of…...