Milky Way map reveals 1.5 billion cosmic jewels
Over a span of more than 13 years and accumulating over 500 terabytes of data, the most detailed infrared map of our galaxy has now been completed. This project, the largest ever undertaken…
Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Mars wasn’t always the cold desert we see today. There’s increasing evidence that water once flowed on the Red Planet’s surface, billions of years ago. And if there was water,…
The discovery of the world’s oldest cheese
Discovery of world’s oldest cheese reveals complex evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes. In the late 1970s, a team of archaeologists became preoccupied with a set of mummies that were so distinctive that…
Striped rock found on Mars
The detection by the Perseverance rover of a previously unseen black and white striped rock on Mars came as a surprise to NASA scientists. It raises the question of whether this could be…
New ‘ghost shark’ discovered in New Zealand waters
A new species of “ghost shark,” a rare type of fish that is difficult to observe due to its preference for habitats at great depths in the Pacific Ocean, has been identified by…
Metal oxide printing technique for transparent electronics
Researchers have developed a method for printing thin metal oxide films at room temperature. This approach has been successfully employed to produce transparent and flexible circuits that are both robust and capable of…
The largest jade dragon of the Hongshan culture is found
Three jade dragons of varying colors and sizes, estimated to be approximately 5,000 years old, were among the over 100 jade relics of the Hongshan Culture recently unearthed in the Inner Mongolia autonomous…
Study suggests black holes may be frozen stars
A recently published study posits that the black holes postulated by Einstein’s general theory of relativity may not be as featureless and structureless as previously thought. Alternatively, these cosmic entities may be constituted…
Microsoft’s AI will be powered by nuclear energy.
Constellation Energy, the current owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, has announced plans to restart one of the site’s reactors following an agreement with Microsoft to supply power to…
Woman survives python attack in Thailand
In a shocking incident, a 64-year-old woman was found alive after enduring a terrifying hours-long suffocation attack by a 4-meter-long python. Arrom Arunroj was washing dishes in her outdoor kitchen in Samut Prakan,…