Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not.
Both are equally terrifying.

— Arthur C. Clarke

Astronomy

Could Dark Energy Be Evolving Over Time?

Universe Today - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:25am

A new study, based on years of precise data from telescopes such as the Dark Energy Survey in Chile, above, suggests that the mysterious force known as dark energy may be evolving over time rather than constant.

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The Galaxy's Influence on Earth can be Found in Crystals

Universe Today - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:25am

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How fast you age may be controlled by a DNA repair boss in your cells

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:00am
When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age faster
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How fast you age may be controlled by a DNA repair boss in your cells

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:00am
When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age faster
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Smallmouth Bass Evolve to Evade Electric Culling in Adirondack Lake

Scientific American.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:00am

Scientists electrically culled invasive fish in a 20-year battle—but the fish fought back with rapid evolution

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Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Solar System’s Secret History

Scientific American.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 6:45am

Many asteroids are related, but their family trees can be hard to trace

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Neuroscience and Art Collide in a Posthumous ‘Composition’ by Alvin Lucier in Revivification

Scientific American.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 6:00am

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

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ESA shares stage with international partners at IAC 2025

ESO Top News - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 5:00am

The European Space Agency (ESA) is participating in the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will open its doors on Monday 29 September and last until Friday 3 October in Sydney, Australia. Over 8000 participants from 90 countries are expected to attend the event at the International Convention Centre (ICC) under the theme “Sustainable Space: Resilient Earth”.

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Earth from Space: Northeast Greenland National Park

ESO Top News - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 4:00am
Image: Part of the icy landscape of the Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world, is pictured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.
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Japan's Akatsuki Venus Orbiter Completes its Mission

Universe Today - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 3:52pm

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted the termination procedure for the Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” (PLANET-C) starting at 9:00 AM on September 18, 2025 (JST), thereby ending the probe's operations.

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How Do You Build Something On Mars?

Universe Today - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 3:52pm

Let’s say you’ve picked the perfect spot for building a settlement on Mars. But this opens up some pretty nasty questions. Building…what? And building….with what?

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A White Dwarf Makes A Meal Of A Pluto-Like Object

Universe Today - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 3:52pm

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a white dwarf that's devouring a chunk of an icy body. It suggests that even in distant solar systems, icy bodies from the distant reaches can deliver water to planets in the inner solar system.

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Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 3:00pm
The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could completely change our understanding of humanity's evolution
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Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 3:00pm
The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could completely change our understanding of humanity's evolution
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WWI-Era Shipwrecks in Mallows Bay Form Ecological Sanctuary

Scientific American.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 3:00pm

Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels

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Taylor Swift’s Speech Pattern Changed over Time, Linguistics Study Shows

Scientific American.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 2:00pm

An analysis of Taylor Swift’s interviews suggests her speech pattern has changed over her career

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3-in-1 Launch

NASA Image of the Day - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 1:38pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the agency’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On–Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. The missions will each focus on different effects of the solar wind — the continuous stream of particles emitted by the Sun — and space weather — the changing conditions in space driven by the Sun — from their origins at the Sun to their farthest reaches billions of miles away at the edge of our solar system.
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Punch Cards, Pipeline Problems, and the Future of Women in Computing

Scientific American.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 1:00pm

Carla Brodley, founding executive director of the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University, explains how to make computer science education more accessible to everyone

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