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In December 2019, SDSS 1335+0728 — a little-known galaxy located 300 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo — suddenly started shining brighter than ever before. To understand why, astronomers have used data from several space and ground-based observatories to track how the galaxy’s brightness has varied. They conclude that they are witnessing the...

The Chang’e-6 lander, topped with an ascent vehicle, imaged by a small rover on the lunar far side. The green square highlights the location of the NILS experiment aboard the spacecraft, the first ESA instrument on the moon, which recorded elusive negative ions on the surface for the first time. (Image credit: CNSA/CLEP) A European...

Brahman cattle. Credit: UF/IFAS Sweaty cows may not sound like the most exciting company, but in a warming world, researchers can’t get enough of them. When cattle are too hot, they tend to stop eating, said Raluca Mateescu, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) professor in the department of animal science....

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander beamed home this selfie on Feb. 16, 2024, a day after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (Image credit: Intuitive Machines via X) Human technology like cell phones and broadcast towers constantly radiate radio waves into space , and astronomers estimate this tell-tale signature of humanity has swept across...

Astronauts Wheelock and Whitson tested the agility of the spacesuits by conducting movements and tasks similar to those necessary during lunar surface exploration on Artemis missions, such as operating Starship’s elevator gate. (Image credit: SpaceX) Come 2026, NASA plans to land humans on the moon for the first time since 1972. Times have changed, as...

Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source written by researcher(s) proofread by Kevin Richard Butt, The Conversation The summit of Hallival is 723m above sea level. Credit: Kevin Richard Butt, CC BY-ND Renowned for...

A composite image of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko) On New Year’s Day in 2019, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft radioed to Earth images of the farthest object ever explored: a snowman-shaped primordial object named Arrokoth, one of many frigid residents in the Kuiper Belt that...

The alluring pit crater on Arsia Mons, imaged by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Image credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/UArizona) A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has generated excitement recently because of what it could reveal beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Here’s...

Triploid oysters—selectively bred for summer eating—suffer in high temperatures. Is their plight enough to get us to change our oyster eating habits? By Devon Fredericksen / Hakai Magazine Posted on Jun 6, 2024 8:00 AM EDT So long triploids, hello creamy oysters. DepositPhotos This article was originally featured on  Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science...

Olivine (Ol) and silicate melt (quenched as glass) were recovered from a gas-mixing furnace at 1 atm and 1400 ℃. The starting material powders were loaded in a noble capsule and heated in the furnace for 72 hours at different oxygen fugacities. Laser-ICP-MS was used to measure the trace elements in olivine and glass. Credit:...