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Science news this week: Interstellar visitors and contagious peeing

Jan. 25, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Scientists discover exoplanet with supersonic winds — the fastest in the known universe

With winds blowing at 20,500 mph, "the planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own system," scientists said.

Space

Mel Robbins says these sheets changed her life – their 'magically cooling' properties are the holy grail for hot sleepers

'I never thought a pair of sheets could save my sleep and my marriage overnight,' says the author of these ultra-soft and cooling sheets from Cozy Earth

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Chinese rocket booster falls to Earth, explodes near home (video)

China successfully launched a classified satellite on Thursday (Jan. 23), but a spent booster from the mission fell shockingly close to a family home.

Space

Watch 'planetary parade' online for free on Jan. 25

The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream telescope views of the "planetary parade" on Saturday (Jan. 25), featuring a lineup of six planets, including Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Venus.

Space

Nikki Glaser says these sheets make her 'feel really rich' – they're buttery soft and on sale for 20% off

Comedian Nikki Glaser doesn't make room for many luxuries in her life, but this bamboo sheet set is one she swears by – at this price, they're selling fast

Homes & Gardens

A private US spacecraft headed to the moon captures a glorious view of Earth

A private U.S. spacecraft has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight

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Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth as it prepares to make its way towards lunar orbit.

Space

Total lunar eclipse 2025: Everything you need to know about today's blood moon

The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 will be visible from Europe, Asia and western Australia on Sept. 7-8, 2025.

Space

Fancy a new climbing challenge? Hidden mountains, more than 100 times larger than Everest discovered under the Earth’s surface

The two ginormous structures are more than 620 miles tall, dwarfing anything above ground

Advnture

The 1st monster black hole ever imaged has messy eating habits

A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this supermassive black hole feasts upon.

Space

50 Of The Most Fascinating, Stunning And Dangerous Natural Phenomena

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to watch and admire them. The post 50 Of The Most Fascinating, Stunning And Dangerous Natural Phenomena first appeared on Bored Panda.

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3 years of James Webb Space Telescope data on alien worlds now available online

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the study of exoplanets, worlds beyond the solar system.

Space

One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his colleagues on his behalf reported that the Andromeda nebula, also called M31, was nearly a million light…

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Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking weightlessness could help researchers develop treatments

As space travel gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical.

LiveScience

'Supersonic jetstream' with winds 130 times faster than a Category 5 hurricane spotted in the Milky Way

The record-breaking winds are circling the nearby "puffy" exoplanet WASP-127b, and are traveling six times faster than the alien world spins.

LiveScience

Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advance

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system for dangerous space weather.

Salon

We need Greenland but not the Trump way

The newly inaugurated U.S. president is missing the real strategic and economic value of the island: its ice

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Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ago, scientists find.

The Guardian - UK

The challenge of recycling rare earth metals – and the scientists making it happen

Experts at Queen’s University Belfast see ‘ionic liquids’ as something of a gamechanger for the circular economy, whether used to extract scarce metals from old magnets or make hydrogen fuel cells more sustainable

Space

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 11th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 (video)

SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today in the company's 11th Falcon 9 rocket flight of 2025 (Jan. 24).

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Marvel reveals its full slate of April 2025 comics and covers featuring the X-Men the Avengers, Spider-Man, and more

Marvel's full April 2025 solicitations are here

LiveScience

Auroras predicted over US this weekend as solar storm rips toward Earth

A solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), potentially triggering colorful auroras over the northern U.S.

Space

Growing up and going out: Beyond the cradle (op-ed)

Humanity is reaching the threshold of adulthood. It is time to grow up and go out — beyond the cradle and into the cosmos.

LiveScience

Continent-size blobs in Earth's mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal

Giant blobs that lurk near Earth's core are much older than scientists thought, new seismic data reveals.

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