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Scientists find Earth's inner core's rotation may slow and change direction by 2040

Researchers suggest that changes in inner core's rotation may impact its magnetic field.

 An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy

NASA's Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other galaxies.

By REUTERS
18/02/2025

‘Consider again that dot’: How NASA's Voyager and Carl Sagan showed us Earth like never before

On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.

Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on mars

The clouds, composed of carbon dioxide ice crystals, glow in shades of red, green, and pearlescent hues in the martian twilight.

Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not

The new theory was devised by a team of two geobiologists and two astronomers.

By REUTERS
14/02/2025

'We cannot ignore this rock': ESA raises doubles estimated risk of impact of asteroid 2024 YR4

The asteroid has been given a rating of 3 out of 10, indicating a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers."

Underwater Mediterranean Sea telescope records most energetic neutrino ever observed

The KM3NeT telescope comprises two detectors, ARCA and ORCA, utilizing seawater to capture Cherenkov light—a bluish glow produced when neutrinos interact with water molecules.

How China's new planetary defense team plans to tackle cosmic threats

Weeks after the asteroid's discovery, China’s defense agency announced three key vacancies in its planetary defense initiative.

How dust movement is helping us understand magnetic fields and planet formation

Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent study revealed.

By BEN EDIDIN
09/02/2025

The Bullseye Galaxy: Yale astronomers spot giant galaxy featuring nine concentric rings

The galaxy, officially named LEDA 1313424, lies approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

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