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Earth may have spent roughly a billion years with days stuck near 19 hours long, and scientists think an extraordinary tug-of-war involving the Moon and the atmosphere temporarily stopped the planet’s rotation from slowing normally
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (444+ words) Earth's rotation may have stagnated for a billion years during the Proterozoic era. By Kevin Montien · Editorial process Two studies that were published in 2023 argued that our planet went through a massive stagnation during the Proterozoic, when Earth’s rotation got…...
Astronomers finally found the edge of the largest known galaxy after removing the glare from more than 250 foreground stars, revealing a 1.7-million-light-year giant containing roughly 3.4 trillion Suns worth of stars
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (603+ words) How can you measure something when its outer light blends into the light of an entire cluster? Researchers found the physical boundary. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process How can you measure something when its outer light blends into the light…...
A 661-pound wall of 1,482 magnets can deflect solar protons without power or cooling, offering a surprisingly simple solution for protecting astronauts in deep space
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (643+ words) A wall of 1,482 neodymium magnets could shield astronauts from solar radiation during space travel without electricity or cooling. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process Engineers are exploring a fairly simple solution that uses a compact panel of about 1,500 neodymium magnets that…...
Saturn’s moon Titan has clouds, rain, rivers, lakes and seas that look strangely familiar from space, but at temperatures near -297°F the liquid flowing across this frozen world is methane instead of water
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (932+ words) Titan's rivers and lakes hold liquid methane at -290F, not water, while a hidden ocean may sit 35 to 50 miles beneath its icy crust. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process Evidence that water exists on Saturn’s Titan moon is strong, but not in…...
In 1968, two Soviet steppe tortoises flew around the Moon and returned alive to Earth before Apollo 8 carried humans there
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (1017+ words) Two Soviet tortoises orbited the Moon in 1968 and returned alive, but they were the first vertebrates there, not the first animals. By ECONEWS · Editorial process So were they tortoises really the first animals to travel around the Moon? The popular…...
NASA contracted SpaceX for $843 million to develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will guide the 945,000-pound Space Station into a remote ocean corridor after the last crew returns, controlling the debris footprint
1+ week, 1+ day ago (874+ words) NASA is paying SpaceX hundreds of millions to build the spacecraft that guides the retiring Space Station into a remote ocean. By Kevin Montien · Editorial process For over 25 years, the International Space Station has served as a laboratory, workplace, and…...
A carbonaceous asteroid 10-15 kilometers wide struck Mexico’s Yucatán 66 million years ago at 64,000 km/h, and isotope analysis now pinpoints its origin beyond Jupiter as a rare CO-type meteorite
1+ week, 2+ day ago (722+ words) Scientists find the cosmic return address of the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs Sixty-six million years ago, a ] slammed into what By Kevin Montien · Editorial process Sixty-six million years ago, a 6- to 9-mile asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico’s…...
Electra plans a $850 million aircraft factory in Springfield, Ohio, to build nine-passenger electric planes, but whether the climate case holds depends on what trips actually get replaced
1+ week, 3+ day ago (818+ words) Electra invests $850M in Ohio for electric aircraft. Climate impact depends on fuel savings and what car trips it replaces. By Sonia Ramírez · Editorial process Manufacturer Electra plans to invest $850 million in a 96-acre aircraft plant in Springfield, Ohio, where it…...
NASA ruled out the asteroid that once had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and the reason those odds moved so sharply is not what it seems
1+ week, 4+ day ago (685+ words) Asteroid 2024 YR4 once had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. NASA now says it will miss both Earth and the Moon. By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process For the first time in history, a space rock crossing a critical impact threshold triggered…...
Honeycomb stone covers a Martian valley, with polygons no bigger than a fingernail, yet vast enough to puzzle geologists
2+ week, 3+ day ago (721+ words) Curiosity found polygonal fractures in Gale Crater just 1.5 to 3 inches across, a pattern pointing to ancient wet and dry cycles. By Kevin Montien · Editorial process NASA detailed the discovery on July 29, 2026, but the main conclusion remains open. Curiosity had encountered…...