When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts
as with creating images.

— Niels Bohr

Astronomy

Spain offers 400 million euros to revive Thirty Meter Telescope as Trump suggests cancelling project

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 4:00pm
The Spanish government may have a way to save the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Categories: Astronomy

Why Trump's order targeting 'woke' AI may be impossible to follow

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 4:00pm
President Trump signed an executive order requiring companies with US government contracts to make their AI models "free from ideological bias". That could get messy for Big Tech
Categories: Astronomy

Why Trump's order targeting 'woke' AI may be impossible to follow

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 4:00pm
President Trump signed an executive order requiring companies with US government contracts to make their AI models "free from ideological bias". That could get messy for Big Tech
Categories: Astronomy

Wild new 'Skyfall' Mars mission would drop 6 scout helicopters onto the Red Planet from the air (video)

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 3:55pm
"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct."
Categories: Astronomy

Hulk Hogan’s Biggest Impact May Have Been in Digital Privacy

Scientific American.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 3:45pm

Hulk Hogan, a larger-than-life wrestler known for his showmanship, succumbed to cardiac arrest after a career marked by digital hoaxes and a landmark battle against online exploitation

Categories: Astronomy

Record marine heatwaves may signal a permanent shift in the oceans

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 3:00pm
Fierce marine heatwaves were recorded globally in 2023 and 2024, and some researchers now believe they mark the start of a fundamental change with devastating consequences for life on Earth
Categories: Astronomy

Record marine heatwaves may signal a permanent shift in the oceans

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 3:00pm
Fierce marine heatwaves were recorded globally in 2023 and 2024, and some researchers now believe they mark the start of a fundamental change with devastating consequences for life on Earth
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists just made the 1st antimatter 'qubit.' Here's why it could be a big deal

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 3:00pm
Scientists made an antimatter qubit made from an antiproton that is in a state of quantum superposition. This breakthrough will allow the strength of the particle's magnetic moment to be measured with unprecedented precision.
Categories: Astronomy

Satellite data reveals 2023 was record-breaking for marine heatwaves — are we at a 'climate tipping point?'

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 2:30pm
The impacts ripple into human systems — reducing fishery yields, straining aquaculture and affecting industries that rely on stable ocean conditions.
Categories: Astronomy

‘Arsenic Life’ Microbe Study Retracted after 15 Years of Controversy

Scientific American.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 2:00pm

A controversial arsenic microbe study unveiled 15 years ago has been retracted. The study’s authors are crying foul

Categories: Astronomy

'The ocean is no longer too big to watch': How AI and satellite data are helping rid Earth's seas of illegal fishing

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 2:00pm
Protected regions of the ocean are doing their job and keeping illegal fishing at bay, according to new research combining satellite imagery with artificial intelligence.
Categories: Astronomy

These gorgeous new images of the cosmos from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope took our breath away (video)

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 1:30pm
NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stars and galaxies in unprecedented detail.
Categories: Astronomy

No, the whole world won't go dark on Aug. 2 — but a once-in-a-century eclipse is coming

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 1:14pm
A viral claim says the world will go dark on Aug. 2. It won't — but a record-breaking solar eclipse is coming in 2027.
Categories: Astronomy

This 'super-Earth' exoplanet 35 light-years away might have what it takes to support life

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 1:00pm
A super-Earth exoplanet has been detected within the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf star, where liquid water might exist on its surface under the right atmospheric conditions.
Categories: Astronomy

First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral

NASA Image of the Day - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 12:07pm
The Bumper V-2 launches from Cape Canaveral in this July 24, 1950, photo.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Why a tech start-up wants to pump your faeces deep underground

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 12:00pm
Start-up Vaulted Deep, which just signed a deal with Microsoft, says storing human waste deep underground can keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and pollutants like forever chemicals out of surface ecosystems
Categories: Astronomy

Why a tech start-up wants to pump your faeces deep underground

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 12:00pm
Start-up Vaulted Deep, which just signed a deal with Microsoft, says storing human waste deep underground can keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and pollutants like forever chemicals out of surface ecosystems
Categories: Astronomy

Thousands of seadragons are dying in Australia's toxic algal bloom

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 11:00am
An algal bloom in South Australia has caused mass deaths of many species since March - now researchers warn that leafy and weedy seadragons could be facing the threat of extinction
Categories: Astronomy

Thousands of seadragons are dying in Australia's toxic algal bloom

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 11:00am
An algal bloom in South Australia has caused mass deaths of many species since March - now researchers warn that leafy and weedy seadragons could be facing the threat of extinction
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers calculate that the universe will die in 33 billion years — much sooner than we thought

Space.com - Thu, 07/24/2025 - 11:00am
The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.
Categories: Astronomy