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Deep Sea Volcanic Vents Could Provide Clues About Alien Life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 NASA has awarded $621,000 to University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden to investigate what life might look like on Europa, Jupiter's ice-covered moon. To pursue answers, Holden is focusing his research on Earth's deep-sea volcanic hydrothermal vents-environments that may closely resemble Europa's subsurface conditions. Europa, beneath its frozen exterior, is believed
This Trans-Neptunian Object Moves in Sync With Neptune. Was it Captured by Neptune?
Astronomers have detected a Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) that's moving in rhythm with Neptune. It's called 2020 VN40 and is the first confirmed object that orbits the Sun once for every ten Neptune orbits. It could be an example of an object caught by Neptune's gravity.
Tetris Presents Math Problems Even Computers Can’t Solve
How complex can a simple game be? Tetris pushes even supercomputers to their limits and amazes mathematicians
Why Genetically Optimizing Embryos Is Misleading, Unethical—And Not Even Possible
A genomics firm saying they can help parents with “genetic optimization” of their embryos is tone-deaf Silicon Valley marketing trampling over legitimate science. Parents should be wary
Congress’s NASA and NSF Budgets Counter Trump, Fund Science
The House and Senate bill drafts keep NASA near current funding levels, but the Trump administration is prematurely readying the agency for heavy cuts
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You Don’t Remember Being a Baby, but Your Brain Was Making Memories
Brain scans capture memory formation in babies, raising new questions about why people forget their earliest years
See Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers This Summer
Set your alarm on Wednesday to see some of the summer’s stunning meteor showers.