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Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature

The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal far more information about the stars’ histories and inner workings than scientists thought.

The Conversation

Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it

"All together, we have a better sense of what this building-sized asteroid is like."

Space

Is Musk's Political Career Descending To Earth?

Elon Musk's rise as President Donald Trump's all-powerful wingman was as rapid and unstoppable as one of his SpaceX rockets.

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SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see 'pure white' Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above.

Space

ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem

The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

Space

'A notch above a gimmick': Experts question scientific merit of billionaire's Fram2 'space adventure' around Earth's poles

The recently launched Fram2 mission, which is funded and led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will attempt to grow mushrooms, test out hormone diapers and X-ray civilian astronauts. However, experts say that these novel experiments are unlikely to yield meaningful results.

LiveScience

North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.

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Space miso is nuttier than Earth miso — but it's still miso

Scientists have successfully fermented miso aboard the International Space Station, marking the first deliberate food fermentation in space that may open up new culinary possibilities for astronauts on long-term missions.

Space

“There Is No True ‘Bottom’ Of Things”: 57 Weird And Scary Yet Fascinating Science Facts

No matter how much you learn about the universe, there is still plenty left to uncover, and that includes all sorts of scary and weird science facts, like the ones on this list. The post “There Is No True ‘Bottom’ Of Things”: 57 Weird And Scary Yet Fascinating Science Facts…

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More than beautiful: the beloved monarch butterfly is one of the world’s great migrators

The hardy travellers can fly for 3,000 miles from the north-east US and Canada to roost in their millions in Mexico

The Guardian - UK

Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite

Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose

The Guardian - UK

20 Years Later, One Crucial Sci-Fi Episode Is Darker Than You Remember

Let's talk about "The End of the World." Here's how this 'Doctor Who' episode changed everything.

Inverse

Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

Space

Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms

Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades. Here's why scientists say this is something to track.

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International Business Times

Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Results: Susan Crawford Defeats Elon Musk-Backed Brad Schimel

Democrats are over the moon after Susan Crawford crushed the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defeating Brad Schimel who had the support of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.

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21 Quirkiest Rules On The Books & Your Mission Is To Guess At Least 18/21

Humans are creative creatures, and this trivia will reveal a new side of our potential: the ability to create (really) strange laws. We’ve put together a collection of quirky laws that you won’t believe were passed… Here you’ll find rules that will have you scratching your head, and some that…

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From white gold to the new oil – why Greenland’s mineral wealth is in the spotlight

Greenland has become the unwitting focus of world attention as president Donald trump seeks to grab control of the huge Arctic territory. Euronews takes a look at the country’s potentially huge deposits of lithium, rare earth metals and other valuable mineral resources.

Space

'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.

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The Conversation

Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next government’s to-do list

Australia is a place of great natural beauty, home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. But it’s also particularly vulnerable to introduced animals, diseases and weeds. Habitat destruction, pollution and climate change make matters worse. To conserve what’s special, we need far greater care.

Space

Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.

Space

DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere

Researchers with the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth's atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance.

LiveScience

The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence

The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it's biggest rival a huge leg up?

Space

Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)

Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.

Space

Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)

The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.

LiveScience

Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — Earth from space

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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