We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

— Oscar Wilde

Astronomy

Dome-headed dinosaur from Mongolia is the oldest ever found

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00pm
A fossil from about 108 million years ago reveals an early member of the pachycephalosaurs, a group of dinosaurs with bizarre protrusions on their skulls that may have been used in combat
Categories: Astronomy

Stretching the skin could enable vaccines to be given without a needle

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00pm
Using a suction device to stretch the skin seems to increase its permeability and stimulate immune cells, which could allow vaccines to be administered topically
Categories: Astronomy

Stretching the skin could enable vaccines to be given without a needle

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00pm
Using a suction device to stretch the skin seems to increase its permeability and stimulate immune cells, which could allow vaccines to be administered topically
Categories: Astronomy

Space Station Science

NASA Image of the Day - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 11:36am
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glovebox on Aug. 28, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Oldest Known Pachycephalosaur Fossil Discovered in Mongolia

Scientific American.com - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 11:25am

A newly discovered dinosaur species has been identified from a fossil unearthed in Mongolia that represents the most complete pachycephalosaur specimen yet found

Categories: Astronomy

XRISM uncovers a mystery in the cosmic winds of change

ESO Top News - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 11:00am

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) has revealed an unexpected difference between the powerful winds launching from a disc around a neutron star and those from material circling supermassive black holes. The surprisingly dense wind blowing from the stellar system challenges our understanding of how such winds form and drive change in their surroundings.

Categories: Astronomy

Global suicide rates fell 30 per cent since 1990 – but not in the US

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 9:00am
While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000
Categories: Astronomy

Global suicide rates fell 30 per cent since 1990 – but not in the US

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 9:00am
While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000
Categories: Astronomy

Asteroid exploded 'similar to a bomb' over France in a rare event

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 6:00am
An asteroid called 2023 CX1 underwent a single explosion, hinting that it had an unusual structure that might be more damaging on the ground
Categories: Astronomy

Asteroid exploded 'similar to a bomb' over France in a rare event

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 6:00am
An asteroid called 2023 CX1 underwent a single explosion, hinting that it had an unusual structure that might be more damaging on the ground
Categories: Astronomy

New Research Shows Gut Cells Communicate Directly with the Brain

Scientific American.com - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 6:00am

Scientists are uncovering how your gut might be shaping your thoughts, feelings and cravings.

Categories: Astronomy

Climate Change Fuels Record Summer Heat, Killing Thousands

Scientific American.com - Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:00am

Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record

Categories: Astronomy

Ancient Floods and Rolling Rocks Boosts the Hunt for Life on Mars

Universe Today - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 6:02pm

David Bowie once sung ‘Is there life on Mars?’ and along with being a question in a hit song, its also a question that has driven decades of missions to the red planet. From early orbital surveys to rovers hunting for evidence that life once existed beyond Earth the search has become more and more sophisticated. Europe's upcoming Mars rover mission is one such mission and it has received an unexpected boost in its search for signs of ancient life, as two new studies reveal that natural Martian processes could deliver rich organic materials directly to the rover, eliminating the need for long distance travel to find the building blocks of life.

Categories: Astronomy

A Spacecraft Could Explore 3I/ATLAS to Learn More About "Cosmic Noon"

Universe Today - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 6:02pm

An examination of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows that it is likely to be a remnant of the Galaxy's “Cosmic Noon” period, ca. 9 to 13 billion years ago. An examination of the object by an active mission could provide clues about stellar and planetary formation, and maybe the emergence of life, during this early period of galactic history.

Categories: Astronomy

LIGO Has Become a Black Hole Discovery Factory

Universe Today - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 6:02pm

Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine lexigault60428 Fri, 09/12/2025 - 10:00 Ten Years Later, LIGO is a Black-Hole Hunting Machine https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ten-years-later-ligo-is-a-black-hole-hunting-machine

Categories: Astronomy

Scientists Predict 90% Chance We'll See a Black Hole Explode Within a Decade

Universe Today - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 6:02pm

Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have calculated a more than 90% probability that we'll observe an exploding black hole within the next ten years. An event like this in our own celestial backyard may well be quite the spectacle but would revolutionise our understanding of physics and reveal the fundamental building blocks of everything in existence. Bold claims but a real possibility.

Categories: Astronomy

What are the Most Important Constants of Nature?

Universe Today - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 6:02pm

Of course physicists debate about which of the constants are the important ones, because physicists debate EVERYTHING.

Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 4:00pm

It is one of the largest nebulas on the sky -- why isn't it better known?


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

30,000-year-old toolkit shows what ancient hunter carried in a pouch

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 2:01pm
A set of 29 stone tools, including blades and points for hunting, butchering and cutting wood, were found neatly arranged as if carried in a leather pouch that decayed
Categories: Astronomy