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

Space could emerge from time

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 5:00pm
An investigation of the changing behaviour of a single quantum bit through time has uncovered a tantalising similarity to the geometry of three-dimensional space
Categories: Astronomy

Space could emerge from time

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 5:00pm
An investigation of the changing behaviour of a single quantum bit through time has uncovered a tantalising similarity to the geometry of three-dimensional space
Categories: Astronomy

Could we use black holes to power future human civilizations? 'There is no limitation to extracting the enormous energy from a rotating black hole'

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 5:00pm
Black holes power some of the most energetic phenomena in the known universe, but could they ever power an advanced human civilisation?
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's in a 'weird period' right now, acting chief Janet Petro says

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 4:00pm
Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro says that these are strange times for the space agency.
Categories: Astronomy

Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network

NASA Image of the Day - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 3:36pm
This March 4, 2020, image shows Deep Space Station 43, a 70-meter-wide (230-feet-wide) radio antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia. The facility celebrated its 60th anniversary on March 19, 2025, while also breaking ground on a new radio antenna. The pair of achievements are major milestones for the network, which communicates with spacecraft all over the solar system using giant dish antennas located at three complexes around the globe.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

This baby galaxy cluster is powering extreme star formation with a hidden fuel tank

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 3:00pm
An extreme protocluster gathering of infant galaxies is hiding a vast cosmic fuel tank that is powering 400 million years of intense star formation.
Categories: Astronomy

The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 2:00pm
It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India – and it’ll be even harder to be sure we’ve got it right
Categories: Astronomy

The hunt for the birthplace of Indo-European languages

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 2:00pm
It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India – and it’ll be even harder to be sure we’ve got it right
Categories: Astronomy

US needs 'orbital interceptors' to win a war in space, Space Command chief says

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 2:00pm
Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting says the United States military needs orbital weapons in order to be successful if war ever comes to space.
Categories: Astronomy

Bangladesh becomes 54th nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords for 'peaceful exploration of deep space'

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 1:35pm
Bangladesh has added its name to the growing list of Artemis Accords signatories, continuing NASA's efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.
Categories: Astronomy

A flower's point of view of a rocket launch: Space photo of the day

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 1:03pm
Bright yellow tulips make for a striking foreground for the launch of a new crew to the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked to fall of Rome

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 1:00pm
Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded the collapse of the Roman Empire
Categories: Astronomy

Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked to fall of Rome

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 1:00pm
Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded the collapse of the Roman Empire
Categories: Astronomy

Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 1:00pm
The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.
Categories: Astronomy

An All-Sky Infrared Camera Named Dalek Continues the Search for Alien Technosignatures

Universe Today - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 12:35pm

In 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a report detailing recently-declassified information on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). Since then, the Department of Defense has released annual reports on UAP through the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Nevertheless, there is still a lack of publicly available scientific data on the subject. To address this, a new study led by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Galileo Project proposes an All-Sky Infrared Camera to search for potential indications of extraterrestrial spacecraft.

Categories: Astronomy

Want to see a lightcycle cut a cop car in half? Check out the 1st 'Tron: Ares' teaser trailer (video)

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 12:30pm
Arriving on Oct 10, 'Tron: Ares' stars Jared Leto and.... wait no come back, the trailer looks good we swear!
Categories: Astronomy

Save a massive $160 on the Ruko F11Pro 2 drone, a drone with a 6K camera and it's now one of the lowest prices we've seen

Space.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 12:26pm
The Ruko F11Pro 2 is a drone with a 6K camera and you can now save a huge $160 on it in this drone deal when you grab it from Amazon.
Categories: Astronomy

The Dire Wolf Isn’t Back—But Here’s What ‘De-Extinction’ Tech Can Actually Do

Scientific American.com - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 12:25pm

Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important conservation science is being lost in all the hype

Categories: Astronomy

How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to science

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 04/08/2025 - 12:00pm
Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use up to 10 per cent fewer beans to make a cup just as flavoursome
Categories: Astronomy