Jim BSpace If true, this could be one of the greatest discoveries in human history - U.S. News -haaretz.com “I don’t care what people say,” asserts Avi Loeb, chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department and author of one of the most controversial …
Jim BNews Ancient 'lost city' of the Khmer Empire uncovered in CambodiaCNN - By Jessie Yeung, CNN(CNN) — Researchers have identified the elusive ancient "lost city" of Cambodia for the first time, according to a report published Tuesday. In a project that has spanned years, an international group
Jim BBell Canada Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem to Contain References to a Massive Solar StormGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists report that they may have found the earliest written record of a solar storm in ancient Assyrian tablets. Recent analyses have found …
Jim BScience NASA Engineer Says New Thruster Could Reach 99% Speed of Lightfuturism.com - Jon Christian New Scientist is reporting that NASA engineer David Burns is making some bold claims about a conceptual new spaceship thruster he calls the “helical …
Jim BGeek Scientists Discover Hidden Information in 140-Year-Old Fundamental Physics ConceptGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Physicists have uncovered a way to access physical information that had been hidden to science for 140 years, according to a recent paper. Back in …
Jim BVoyager 2 Voyager Mission Detect Unexpected Pressure At The Edge Of The Solar SystemMashable - Afiya QureshiVoyager 1 is currently cruising about 20 billion kilometres away into the deep, interstellar space. Its partner, Voyager 2 is also tagging close and on the verge of making an exit. Although it has no way
Jim BScience What Astronomers Can Learn From Hot Jupiters, the Scorching Giant Planets of the Galaxysmithsonianmag.com - John Wenz, Knowable Magazine In 1995, after years of effort, astronomers made an announcement: They’d found the first planet circling a sun-like star outside our solar system. …
Jim BQuantum Computing Quantum computing may be closer than expected with ‘game changer’ discoveryInverse - Sarah Wells Scientists say a superconducting material that naturally exists in a quantum state could be the answer. While quantum computing has long been an …
Jim BWormholes Hidden Passage: Could We Spy a Traversable Wormhole in the Milky Way’s Heart?scientificamerican.com - Jonathan O'Callaghan Wormholes are a controversial topic in physics, to say the least. Not only is the idea of traveling through these theoretical passageways between two …
Jim BScience How Did Water Get on Earth?scientificamerican.com - Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt About 70% of the surface of our planet Earth is covered in water. We are nestled in our solar system at just the right distance from the Sun for this …
Jim BMobile Technology This quantum physics breakthrough could be the origin story for time travelTNW - Tristan GreeneAn international team of researchers recently placed an entire molecule into a state of quantum superposition. This huge breakthrough represents the largest object to ever be observed in such a state essentially
Jim BScience Here's More Evidence That Earth Got Hit by Something Huge 12,800 Years AgoGizmodo - George Dvorsky New evidence from South Africa is adding further credence to the idea that a large asteroid or comet struck Earth during the Pleistocene—an event …
Jim BEnceladus New Organic Compounds Found in Plumes From Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladussmithsonianmag.com - Jason Daley Earlier this week, NASA revealed that researchers have detected more organic compounds in the plumes of water jetting from the surface of Enceladus, …
Jim BTechnology (Africa) Did a large meteorite hit the earth 12,800 years ago? Here’s new evidencetheconversation.com - Francis Thackeray Just less than 13,000 years ago, the climate cooled for a short while in many parts of the world, especially in the northern hemisphere. We know this …
Jim BMagnetism Earth's magnetic field flips much more frequently than we thoughtNational Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasThe planet’s magnetic poles swapped places at an astounding rate about 500 million years ago, which offers clues to core formation and hints at the effects on early life. Yves Gallet balanced on a steep
Jim BScience The Biggest Quantum Breakthrough Yet—LiterallyPopular Mechanics - By Jennifer LemanFor the first time ever, physicists tested the phenomenon of quantum superposition using molecules. That's a big deal. Physicists have long struggled with a perplexing conundrum: How do we reconcile what
Jim BPompeii Inscription Reveals Final Years of Life in Pompeii Before the City Was Buried in AshLive Science - Owen Jarus In the decades before the city of Pompeii was buried in ash by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, everyday life was filled with …
Jim BAsteroids How life on Earth was boosted by an asteroid collision 446m years agoTNW - The ConversationSomething mysterious happened nearly half a billion years ago that triggered one of the most important changes in the history of life on Earth. Suddenly, there was an explosion of species, with the biodiversity
Jim BMagnetism What If Earth's Magnetic Field Disappeared?Live Science - Stephanie Pappas Extending from Earth like invisible spaghetti is the planet's magnetic field. Created by the churn of Earth's core, this field is important for …
Jim BUniverse Astronomers spotted a planet that shouldn’t existbgr.com - Mike Wehner When we imagine what other solar systems are like it’s easy to fall into a trap of assuming that our own system is a model that all others must …
Jim B Hidden World of Undersea Volcanoes and Lava Flows Discovered Off Italian CoastLive Science - Stephanie Pappas Hidden beneath the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea near southwestern Italy lies a newfound volcanic mosaic dotted with geothermal chimneys and …
Jim BGeology Mysterious Mineral from Earth's Mantle Discovered in South African DiamondLive Science - Nicoletta Lanese A single grain of rock lodged in a diamond contains a never-before-found mineral. And that newfound substance could reveal unusual chemical reactions …
Jim BScience Planet Nine: How we’ll find the Solar System's missing planetsciencefocus.com - Colin Stuart Beyond Neptune, a handful of small worlds are moving in harmony. Astronomers think they might be dancing to the tune of a third world lurking in the …
Jim BScience Even Huge Molecules Follow the Quantum World's Bizarre RulesWIRED - Condé Nast Magnify a speck of dirt a thousand times, and suddenly it no longer seems to play by the same rules. Its outline, for example, won’t look …
Jim BNews Venus was potentially habitable until a mysterious event happenedCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — Venus likely maintained stable temperatures and hosted liquid water for billions of years before an event triggered drastic changes in the planet, according to a new study. Now, Venus is a mostly
Jim BScience The Milky Way Has Giant Bubbles at Its CenterThe Atlantic - Marina KorenAstronomers have found radio-emitting structures jutting out from our galaxy’s black hole. Farhad Yusef-Zadeh was observing the center of the Milky Way galaxy in radio waves, looking for the presence faint
Jim BEarth Science Underground Continents May Be As Old As EarthLive Science - Nicoletta Lanese Underground continents deep in Earth's belly may have formed when an ancient ocean of magma solidified on the surface of the baby planet 4.5 billion …
Jim B The Universe Is Full Of Scary Things Here Are The 10 ScariestBuzzFeedWe have a lot of doomsday scenarios going around, depending on where you are in the world. Many cultures believe that the end of the world would be dramatic, which is cool by us as long as we get to see
Jim BGeek Submerged for Decades, Spanish ‘Stonehenge’ Reemerges After DroughtGizmodo - George Dvorsky Receding water levels in Spain’s Valdecañas Reservoir has exposed a stone monument dating back to between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. Unusually warm …
/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/f0/2f/f02fded1-99b0-4f86-b545-584388a20bbe/hot-jupiters-1600x600.jpg)
/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/48/1d/481d6fcd-22e8-4f4c-8b7e-bfc9e33d621b/enceladus_plumes.jpg)
