The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

Astronomy

Perseids Meteor Shower

NASA Image of the Day - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:37pm
In this 30 second exposure photograph, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

How Teen Mathematician Hannah Cairo Disproved a Major Conjecture in Harmonic Analysis

Scientific American.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:30pm

When she was just 17 years old, Hannah Cairo disproved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, breaking a four-decade-old mathematical assumption

Categories: Astronomy

You can lose twice as much weight on a minimally processed diet

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:27pm
People lost twice as much weight if they ate a diet of minimally processed food compared with ultra-processed alternatives
Categories: Astronomy

You can lose twice as much weight on a minimally processed diet

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:27pm
People lost twice as much weight if they ate a diet of minimally processed food compared with ultra-processed alternatives
Categories: Astronomy

You can lose weight on a diet of ultra-processed food

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:27pm
People lost weight if they ate an ultra-processed diet that was still based on dietary recommendations
Categories: Astronomy

You can lose weight on a diet of ultra-processed food

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:27pm
People lost weight if they ate an ultra-processed diet that was still based on dietary recommendations
Categories: Astronomy

3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video)

Space.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:07pm
Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
Categories: Astronomy

Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Differences in the skulls of carnivorous dinosaurs suggest some dinosaurs ripped flesh while others crushed bones
Categories: Astronomy

Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-crushing’ bite

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Differences in the skulls of carnivorous dinosaurs suggest some dinosaurs ripped flesh while others crushed bones
Categories: Astronomy

Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity – and may succeed

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it
Categories: Astronomy

Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity – and may succeed

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it
Categories: Astronomy

Teens Are Flocking to AI Chatbots. Is this Healthy?

Scientific American.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm

Kids crave approval from their peers. Chatbots offer an alternative to IRL relationships, but they can come at a price  

Categories: Astronomy

Best space flight simulation games, ranked

Space.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Explore the space between the stars from the safety of a virtual cockpit with the best space flight simulation games.
Categories: Astronomy

Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly

Space.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 11:00am
Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.
Categories: Astronomy

Krasheninnikov Volcano Erupts in Russia after Nearby Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake

Scientific American.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 10:20am

The Krasheninnikov volcano, located less than 150 miles away from the epicenter of Russia’s July 29 earthquake, began erupting on August 3

Categories: Astronomy

Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | Space photo of the day for August 4, 2025

Space.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 10:00am
The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought

Space.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 9:00am
Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.
Categories: Astronomy

'Universal' detector spots AI deepfake videos with record accuracy

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 8:00am
A new detection tool can accurately spot deepfake videos featuring any AI manipulation, from face swaps to completely synthetic AI-generated content
Categories: Astronomy

'Universal' detector spots AI deepfake videos with record accuracy

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 8:00am
A new detection tool can accurately spot deepfake videos featuring any AI manipulation, from face swaps to completely synthetic AI-generated content
Categories: Astronomy

What if Infinity Didn’t Exist?

Scientific American.com - Mon, 08/04/2025 - 8:00am

Can “finitism” possibly describe the real world?

Categories: Astronomy