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Astronomers trace mysterious blast of X-rays to 'Die Hard' star that refuses to perish (video)

Astronomers have traced a mysterious blast of X-rays to a star that, like a cosmic action hero, just refused to die.

Space

Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows

Dam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away from the planet's rotational axis because of the massive weight of water reservoirs.

LiveScience

32 Scientists Share That “One Science Fact” They Wish The Whole World Would Know

All of these brainy and bright scientists shared their insights under the #MyOneScienceTweet hashtag, and it’s eye-opening, to say the least.

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“Grandma Is Taking Over”: 100 Wholesome Posts To Distract You From The Current Horrors Of The World

Struggling to find a glimmer of hope in a dark and dreary world? You've come to the right place.

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ISS astronaut spies sunglint from Lake Titicaca | Space photo of the day for July 9, 2025

The astronaut was able to capture the lake reflecting direct sunlight at the camera.

Space

Should the UK name heatwaves like storms? It won’t make people take them more seriously

The UK Met Office has given storms forenames for the past decade as part of an effort to raise public awareness of extreme weather before it strikes. Heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to greenhouse gas emissions, predominantly from burning fossil fuel, which are raising global temperatures by…

The Conversation

Reader’s Vote: The Cutest Wild Animal On Earth

Welcome to the wild side of cute. If you thought pets were the peak of adorable, get ready to change your mind.From African deserts to Asian mountains and Arctic snowcaps, meet nature’s top-tier charmers and vote for the wildest, cutest creature on Earth.

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The 'sound of the Big Bang' hints that Earth may sit in a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide

The "Hubble tension," one of the most frustrating and lingering problems in science, could be solved if Earth and the Milky Way sit in a low-density void.

Space

Helldivers 2 new Major Order kickstarts the effort to rebuild Super Earth's fallen Mega Cities following the Illuminate invasion, to bring the planet back to its "rightful state of glory"

Remembrance will be "the first of our fallen Mega Cities to be rebuilt"

GamesRadar

Intelligent aliens could be drawn to Earth by 'leaking' airports

Radar signals from "leaky" civilian and military aviation systems could act as a beacon to alien life, revealing intelligent life on Earth while helping us pinpoint them.

Space

I Recently Canceled My Hulu Subscription, But I'm Rethinking That Choice After Seeing First Looks For 2 Upcoming Shows

Hulu's latest sneak peek got me excited.

Cinemablend

Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the current cost while achieving key science goals.

Space

The ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely

"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus."

Space

Why is the Earth spinning faster? Is time speeding up? Australia’s experts give us their second opinion

A standard Earth day is 86,400 seconds, but over three days in July and August, scientists expect the planet’s rotation to quicken relative to the sun

The Guardian - AU

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27 Lesser-Known Facts About The World

There’s a lot of stuff going on around the globe, and here at Bored Panda we have a weird obsession for learning about insane coincidences and random events happening in this cool, cool world.

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38 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective

Welcome to the collection of random yet interesting statistical data that make us regret skipping stats class back in high school.

Space

How Trump's budget cuts could affect 2 iconic space telescopes: Hubble and James Webb

At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.

Space

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers works on experiment in microgravity | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2025

Aboard the International Space Station, Ayers pulls out physics research hardware inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox

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Scientists unearth fossils of ‘previously unknown species’ from dinosaur era

The newly-found fossils are 209 million years old and include pterosaurs, primitive frogs and lizard-like reptiles

LiveScience

Perfect trio of prehistoric atolls shine like tropical gems off Australian coast — Earth from space

This 2011 astronaut photo shows the atolls of Rowley Shoals lined up in a near-perfect line off the coast of Australia. The island trio was once part of an ancient barrier reef system that stretched over 1,200 miles.

The Mary Sue

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Short Stories Ever

It doesn't need to be Dune-long to be Dune-good.

Space

US Air Force cancels plans to build Starship landing pads on island bird sanctuary

The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using rockets to rapidly deliver cargo anywhere on Earth.

The Conversation

A top court has urged nations to clamp down on fossil fuel production. When will Australia finally start listening?

As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen tours the Pacific this week to spruik his government’s commitment to climate action, fossil fuel exporters such as Australia are under unprecedented scrutiny.

Inverse

47 Years Later, Superman's Hypno Glasses Are Canon. Again

A strange bit of 1978 'Superman' lore has been made canon again in the 2025 movie. But what do you really know about the origin of Hypno Glasses?

Latin Times

Dave Chappelle Calls DJ Khaled the 'Only Fat Palestinian on Earth' While Criticizing Musician's Silence on Gaza

The veteran comedian criticized the Palestinian-American musician for remaining "awfully quiet" as more than 57,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since October 2023.

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