Earth-Like Planets Discovered in Universe
Both planets orbit red dwarf stars in their habitable zones, where liquid water could exist. Two newly discovered exoplanets, GJ 3378b and GJ 251 c, have … Read more
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S301: Milky Way’s Fastest Star Orbits Black Hole at 25,000 km/s
Astronomers have identified S301, the fastest known star in the Milky Way, orbiting Sagittarius A* at 25,000 km/s (15,500 miles/s) and completing an 8.7-year elliptical loop … Read more
China Leads in Robot Production, But Who’s Buying Them
China’s humanoid robot sector has become a global powerhouse, with 90% of all units sold globally in 2025 originating from the country. This dominance is driven … Read more
NASA Fails to Save Swift Observatory After $30 Million Rescue Mission
NASA announced the failure of its mission to save the 22-year-old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a space telescope vital for studying gamma-ray bursts. The mission, costing … Read more
NANOGrav Detects Ultra-Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Cosmic Chorus
Astronomers detected an ultra-low-frequency gravitational wave background via 15 years of pulsar observations, revealing a cosmic chorus twice as loud as expected. Pulsar Timers Detect a … Read more
Ancient Gravitational Waves May Explain Dark Matter Formation
Theoretical calculations published in Physical Review Letters suggest that ancient stochastic gravitational waves from the early universe could have partially converted into early fermions, offering a … Read more
NASA Releases Photos of SpaceX Falcon 9 Moon Crash Crater
NASA has published the first images of a lunar crater formed when the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket launched by SpaceX slammed into the … Read more
NASA Abandons Swift Telescope Rescue After Private Spacecraft Fails
NASA has called off its $30 million rescue mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the private Katalyst Space Technologies spacecraft suffered disabling control … Read more
MIT Scientists Turn Bacteria Into Living Transistors for Biological Circuits
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have engineered living bacteria to function as molecular transistors, printing structured biological circuits onto agar growth plates. Published in … Read more
Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale: Massive Deals on Tech and Gift Cards
Best Buy launched its massive 60th Anniversary Sale, rolling out thousands of price cuts across Apple devices, Hisense TVs, Windows laptops, and gaming tech to rival … Read more
Google Rolls Out Blue Gradient Ring to Indicate Paid Subscriptions
Google is rolling out a distinctive blue gradient ring across first-party Android apps and the web to indicate paid subscriber status, replacing the classic four-color avatar … Read more
Harvard Researchers Keep Human Brain Organoids Alive for Over Five Years
Harvard neuroscientists have sustained human brain organoids in culture for more than five years—three times the previous longevity record—proving that these peppercorn-sized tissue models faithfully mirror … Read more