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Powerful Landsat 9 satellite beams home 1st photos of Earth 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 16 1377
James F. Pankow was born in 1951 when atmospheric global CO2 levels were ∼312 ppm. 312 ppm! 5 NNadir Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1607
Willman-Bell is dead. Long live Willman-Bell ! 1 eppur_se_muova Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 1455
"It may be the first star system of its kind ever found." 8 tblue37 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 21 1737
Baby octopuses grow hundreds of temporary organs, then lose them without a trace 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Nov 2021 6 1249
Why Scientists Are Stress Testing Tardigrades WIRED 7 Uncle Joe Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1040
Solar storm brings the Northern Lights to the northern US 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 8 1168
China's fresh moon rocks are younger than the Apollo samples and no one knows why 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1026
NASA to deflect asteroid in test of 'planetary defense' 3 Jim__ Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1103
Chinas kinder, gentler killer satellite 3 LunaSea Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 921
Ceres at opposition in November (earthsky.org) 0 eppur_se_muova Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 819
Comet Leonard still might become 2021's brightest (earthsky.org) 0 eppur_se_muova Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 968
What if the universe had no beginning? [View all] 89 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Nov 2021 77 20807
'Balding' black holes prove Einstein right again on general relativity 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 935
Your pupils can count ... sort of 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 956
Endangered birds experience 'virgin birth,' a first for the species (NatGeo) 8 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Nov 2021 7 1063
Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again, and scientists don't know why 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 8 1208
The Chernobyl Forest Fires and Levels of Radioactive Elements Spread Through Europe by the Smoke. 1 NNadir Oct 2021 Nov 2021 3 1533
Doctors tend to identify a childbirth complication, immediately following 2 janterry Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1298
The Sun Blasted Out a Huge Flare and CME; We Could See Auroras on Halloween 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1065
Arizona Nuclear Plant to Produce Hydrogen to Power Dangerous Natural Gas Plants. 5 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1428
Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called 'the Camel' has astronomers puzzled 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1005
Resolving the "muddle in the middle": The case for Homo bodoensis, a new species name 1 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1065
What the giant James Webb telescope will see that Hubble can't 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1073
A Mother of Crystallography, Helen Megaw (1907-2002). 1 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1168
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 jfz9580m Oct 2021 Oct 2021 17 2089
SpaceX needs to tame toilet trouble before weekend launch 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1009
Power of Storms Observed in the Solar System 0 Swede Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 865
Water Discovered In Space! Planet Explorers BBC Earth 0 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 809
The Mystery Behind a Nearby Alien Beacon Is Solved 3 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1064

Science Continued...

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Three-Star System has a Secret That Might Violate Physics 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1202
Signs of first planet found outside our galaxy 3 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 10 1000
Back to Earth 3 LunaSea Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 869
NEA Scout, NASA's solar sail mission, readies for launch on Artemis 1 (earthsky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 847
Where Did Earth's Water Come From? 1 catbyte Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1253
MPs say UK research frozen because of Brexit delay (BBC) 1 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 825
Bible story of Sodom revisited. Was it a meteor strike? (earthsky.org) {old news, but interesting} 4 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 15 1924
Where are the water worlds? New tool to find out (earthsky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 744
Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil Record Is Mostly Males 3 janterry Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1056
Criminal Injustice: Assessing mass incarceration's effects on families 1 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 799
Airborne Microplastic Concentrations in Five Megacities of Northern and Southeast China 1 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1116
Earth may be trapped inside a giant magnetic tunnel 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1281
Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, Novel Zintl Antimonides, Thermoelectrics, Nuclear Fuel and Fukushima. 0 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1144
Thousands of tiny 'ice needles' may explain mysterious stone patterns on Earth ... and Mars 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 12 1073
Weird stellar remnant may be from one of the first stars in the universe 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1049
Patagonian fossils show Jurassic dinosaur had the herd mentality 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 787
The Evolution of Turtles 2 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1140
6 of The Weirdest Places on Earth - SciShow 4 BootinUp Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1454
Asteroid 2021 SG came from the sun's direction {so we didn't see it coming!} (earthsky.org) 2 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 10 1025
Experiments reveal the formation of new states of matter 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 751
Virtual reality universe unveiled (earthsky.org) 0 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 818
Orionid meteor shower: All you need to know (earthsky.org) 0 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 870
Stuff: Sankey diagrams of Material Flows for Polyurethane in the United States. 0 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 860
How Ancient Whales May Have Changed the Deep Ocean 0 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1046
Goodbye, Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago 25 AZProgressive Oct 2021 Oct 2021 54 3212
Remains of Nazi V2, the first supersonic rocket, unearthed in South East England 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1261
I Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs 4 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 22 1452
Sex of the fetus influences the mother's response to Covid-19 infection 12 janterry Oct 2021 Oct 2021 42 2121
Jupiter Whacked Again? Japanese Astronomers Record Possible Impact (Sky&Telescope) 1 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1139
Giant space bubble reveals reverse shockwaves from a catastrophic star explosion 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 811

Science Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Mystery solved! Bizarre Hubble double galaxy caused by 'ripple' in space 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 870
Astronomers May Have Just Found Evidence of The Very First Stars in Our Universe 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 845
Busted! Astronomers Confirm The Large Magellanic Cloud Totally Ate Another Galaxy 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 14 981
The first major city in the United States passes a dark-sky ordinance (DailyKos) 4 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 30 1700
NASA to Provide TV Coverage of Russian Station Cargo Ship Activities 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 701
Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 751
Stunning Visuals Show Solar Storm Auroras Taking Over The Night Sky 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 749
Ceres at opposition, coming up November 27 (earthsky.org) 0 eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 659
Water vapor detected on Jupiter's ocean moon Europa 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 920
When the Synapsids Struck Back 3 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1238
Did the Earth tip on its side 84 million years ago? 2 Jim__ Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1371
Ancient dog-size sea scorpion unearthed in China 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1269
Astronomers spot dark matter creating eerie clones of a distant galaxy 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 917
Palette of Our Palates: A Brief History of Food Coloring and Its Regulation 3 BootinUp Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 983
Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1892
Nebra Sky Disc: British Museum to display world's 'oldest map of stars' 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 859
An open letter to the German Public written by climate activists pleads with them to not be stupid. 2 NNadir Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1072
Seismic 'Telescope' Reveals a Titanic, Tree-Like Plume Feeding Earth's Volcanoes 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 18 1223
Vast lava rivers from La Palma volcano eruption show no signs of stopping in new satellite photos 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 944
A Spacecraft Could use Gravity to Prevent a Dangerous Asteroid Impact 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 741
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