Rogue planets may have more in common with stars like our sun than astronomers realized. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. About 620 light-years from Earth, a gigantic rogue proto-planet is currently devouring 6.6 billion tons of dustContinue Reading
The final LTV design may—or may not—look like the current batch of terrestrial candidates. Credit: Felix and Paul Studios Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. With about two-and-a-half years to go until a planned crewed-mission to the moon, NASA is still decidingContinue Reading
Researchers have found the first genetic marker for HCM in a dog. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. “Man’s best friend” is proving to be helpful for studying a deadly heart mutation. A team at North Carolina State UniversityContinue Reading
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credit: NASA / Zia Rahman Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Asteroids may be wondrous windows into the history of the cosmos, but the unfortunateContinue Reading
Linalool is often found in perfumes and cleaning products. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Corn really likes its space–so much so that it has a unique way of letting its fellow crops know if the field is gettingContinue Reading
Researchers found nine superbug variants present in many of the 44 flights they analyzed. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Airplane bathrooms aren’t exactly the most pleasant, comfortable, or even hygienic experiences. But their sheer number of daily occupantsContinue Reading
Researchers excavated the cave site in 2021 and 2022. Credit: Trond Klungseth Lødøen Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. On Norway’s frosty northern coast, a cave sat virtually unknown to humans for over 75,000 years. This remote area of the European ArcticContinue Reading
Betelgeuse’s companion star is 1.5 times larger than the sun. Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA Image Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Humans have gazed up at Betelgeuse for thousands of years.Continue Reading
Experts confirmed 34 examples of orcas voluntarily approaching humans and offering them food over the last 20 years. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Orcas (Orcinus orca) don’t appear to be big fans of yachts, but some of themContinue Reading
The paint relies on passive cooling through water evaporation. Credit: Deposit Photos / Kevin Brine Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Buildings coated in a cement-based paint that “sweats” could help keep communities cool during the hottest days of the year. TheContinue Reading
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