Nothing is the bridge between the future and the further future. Nothing is certainty. Nothing is any definition of anything.

— Peter Hammill

Astronomy

Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 2:00pm
Constant loss of smell, facial pain and a blocked nose are a reality for the 10 per cent of people living with chronic rhinosinusitis, a disease long-neglected by research. Targeting the nasal microbiome, though, is offering hope
Categories: Astronomy

Resistance training may strengthen your gut microbiome

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 2:00pm
People who made the greatest gains in muscle power over eight weeks of resistance training also improved the balance of bacteria in their gut
Categories: Astronomy

Resistance training may strengthen your gut microbiome

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 2:00pm
People who made the greatest gains in muscle power over eight weeks of resistance training also improved the balance of bacteria in their gut
Categories: Astronomy

No, AI isn’t going to kill us all, despite what this new book says

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 1:09pm
The arguments made by AI safety researchers Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares in If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies are superficially appealing but fatally flawed, says Jacob Aron
Categories: Astronomy

No, AI isn’t going to kill us all, despite what this new book says

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 1:09pm
The arguments made by AI safety researchers Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares in If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies are superficially appealing but fatally flawed, says Jacob Aron
Categories: Astronomy

Florida's anti-vaccine push leads dangerous shift for US public health

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:57pm
Florida may soon become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including those for schoolchildren, setting the stage for deadly infections to make a comeback
Categories: Astronomy

Florida's anti-vaccine push leads dangerous shift for US public health

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:57pm
Florida may soon become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including those for schoolchildren, setting the stage for deadly infections to make a comeback
Categories: Astronomy

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio in Space Station Cupola

NASA Image of the Day - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:30pm
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," as the orbiting lab flew 263 miles above southeastern England on Oct. 1, 2022.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:00pm
The planet TRAPPIST-1e lies in its star’s Goldilocks zone, where water remains liquid – and an analysis suggests it might have a nitrogen-rich atmosphere like Earth’s
Categories: Astronomy

Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:00pm
The planet TRAPPIST-1e lies in its star’s Goldilocks zone, where water remains liquid – and an analysis suggests it might have a nitrogen-rich atmosphere like Earth’s
Categories: Astronomy

US Congress is holding a UFO hearing today about 'restoring public trust.' Here's how to watch live

Space.com - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:00pm
"The American people deserve maximum transparency from the federal government on sightings, acquisitions and examinations of UAPs and whether they pose a potential threat to Americans' safety."
Categories: Astronomy

Does this sculpted head show an ancient hunter-gatherer's hairstyle?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 11:33am
A carved figure found in northern France, dated to 27,000 years ago, may reflect how hair was styled in a culture that disappeared during the last glacial maximum
Categories: Astronomy

Does this sculpted head show an ancient hunter-gatherer's hairstyle?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 11:33am
A carved figure found in northern France, dated to 27,000 years ago, may reflect how hair was styled in a culture that disappeared during the last glacial maximum
Categories: Astronomy

Sculpted head hints at hair fashion for ancient hunter-gatherers

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 11:33am
A carved figure found in northern France, dated to 27,000 years ago, may reflect how hair was styled in a culture that disappeared during the last glacial maximum
Categories: Astronomy

Sculpted head hints at hair fashion for ancient hunter-gatherers

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 11:33am
A carved figure found in northern France, dated to 27,000 years ago, may reflect how hair was styled in a culture that disappeared during the last glacial maximum
Categories: Astronomy

We’ve glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 10:00am
A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its full shape – and it could transform how we design materials
Categories: Astronomy

We’ve glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 10:00am
A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its full shape – and it could transform how we design materials
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists Release the Latest Gravitational-wave Detections

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 8:00am

The number of gravitational-wave signals has just doubled with the release of the newest catalog of events.

The post Scientists Release the Latest Gravitational-wave Detections appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

From the Sun to the Stars, Astronomy in Photos

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 8:00am

New observations reveal turbulent flows in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A and in the solar corona.

The post From the Sun to the Stars, Astronomy in Photos appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy