Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

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Physicists want to drill a 5-kilometre-deep hole on the moon

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Going deep into lunar rock could give us an opportunity to see if protons can decay into something else – a finding that could help us unify conflicting physics theories
Categories: Astronomy

Physicists want to drill a 5-kilometre-deep hole on the moon

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Going deep into lunar rock could give us an opportunity to see if protons can decay into something else – a finding that could help us unify conflicting physics theories
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Taking almost a full hour to rotate rather than fractions of a second, ASKAP J1935+2148 is the slowest spinning radio-blasting neutron star ever seen.
Categories: Astronomy

Why More Space Launches Could Be a Good Thing for the Climate

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:30am

A space technology company CEO explains how growing competition in the commercial space industry may help boost climate science

Categories: Astronomy

Week in images: 03-06 June 2024

ESO Top News - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:15am

Week in images: 03-06 June 2024

Discover our week through the lens

Categories: Astronomy

How to wrap your mind around the real multiverse

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Fictional portrayals of parallel universes are fun to explore, but the scientific view of the multiverse looks very different
Categories: Astronomy

How to wrap your mind around the real multiverse

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Fictional portrayals of parallel universes are fun to explore, but the scientific view of the multiverse looks very different
Categories: Astronomy

'Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.
Categories: Astronomy

Prime Number Puzzle Has Stumped Mathematicians for More Than a Century

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am

Experts have only started to crack the tricky twin prime conjecture

Categories: Astronomy

Women Are More Likely to Get Drug-Resistant Infections

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:30am

More countries must recognize how gender affects exposure to pathogens, finds a review by the World Health Organization

Categories: Astronomy

Male lemurs grow bigger testicles when there are other males around

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
Dominant male Verreaux’s sifakas always have the largest testicles in their group to make the most sperm, and they can grow their gonads to make sure of it
Categories: Astronomy

Male lemurs grow bigger testicles when there are other males around

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
Dominant male Verreaux’s sifakas always have the largest testicles in their group to make the most sperm, and they can grow their gonads to make sure of it
Categories: Astronomy

Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself

Space.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.
Categories: Astronomy

Some People with Insomnia Think They’re Awake when They’re Asleep

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am

You say you haven’t slept all night. Brain scans say you have. New science says both inferences may be right

Categories: Astronomy

Atoms at temperatures beyond absolute zero may be a new form of matter

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 7:00am
Physicists have coaxed a cloud of atoms into having a temperature beyond absolute zero and placed them in a geometric structure that could produce an unknown form of matter
Categories: Astronomy

Atoms at temperatures beyond absolute zero may be a new form of matter

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 7:00am
Physicists have coaxed a cloud of atoms into having a temperature beyond absolute zero and placed them in a geometric structure that could produce an unknown form of matter
Categories: Astronomy

Neuralink’s First User Describes Life with Elon Musk’s Brain Chip

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 7:00am

Thirty-year-old Noland Arbaugh says the Neuralink chip has let him “reconnect with the world”

Categories: Astronomy

ILA 2024 – Day 3

ESO Top News - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 6:48am
Categories: Astronomy

How Astronomy Helped Create Your Smartphone’s Camera

Scientific American.com - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 6:45am

The next time you snap a selfie, consider thanking an astronomer for your phone’s camera

Categories: Astronomy

Would an AI judge be able to efficiently dispense justice?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 06/07/2024 - 6:00am
Judges are only human and can make mistakes, so could an artificial intelligence make better and more efficient decisions?
Categories: Astronomy