Strange new creature with 24 eyes discovered in Hong Kong pond

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Researchers have discovered a new species of tripedaria jellyfish in a shrimp pond in Hong Kong’s Mai Po Nature Reserve. This animal is only about half an inch long, making it difficult to spot in murky pond water. This discovery added the fourth member described to the family Tripedidaea small group of closely related box … Read more

Scientists believe they’ve discovered a way to travel at the speed of light, but there’s one detail that dampens their excitement. That means humans will have to wait 1,000 years to test it.

Concept illustration of a warp drive spacecraft bending space-time for faster-than-light travel

A new scientific paper is adding new fuel to one of space science’s most stubborn fantasies: a “warp drive” that could make distant stars feel like forever away. The research proposes a new way to create so-called warp bubbles, distorted regions of space-time that carry spacecraft, without the ships themselves breaking the cosmic speed limits. … Read more

Astronomers expected there to be hundreds of planets with two suns, but only 14 were discovered, and Einstein’s theory may explain why.

A schema showing how the orbits of planets change under Einstein's gravity in a two-star system.

Planets orbiting two stars were expected to be everywhere. Instead, astronomers have discovered only a few, according to a new study. Einstein’s general theory of relativity We may be quietly wiping out many of them. For years, this gap has puzzled scientists. The numbers simply didn’t add up, as binary stars are common in galaxies … Read more

Professor says he has discovered life on Mars in rover photos, researchers say there is a simpler explanation

A close-up of Martian terrain with markings indicating insect-like features.

The claims made by NASA photos insect-like creatures on Mars is making ripples and raising eyebrows. While the images may seem convincing at first glance, most scientists say they’re looking at something much more ordinary. The story began William LomoserAn image taken by a professor emeritus at Ohio University was shared. NASA rover. He claimed … Read more

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered 11,000 new asteroids, and we’re just getting started.

A rendering of the interior of the solar system showing the asteroids discovered by Rubin in bright turquoise. Known asteroids are dark blue. Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NSF NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/R/NASA/Goddard/ESA/Gaia/DPAC

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory was built with an ambitious purpose in mind. As part of the 10-year Space-Time Heritage Study (LSST), Rubin Observatory will collect approximately 30 petabytes of data. This includes cataloging the solar system, ephemeral objects (such as supernovae and variable stars), and mapping the Milky Way galaxy. Using preliminary data collected … Read more

Early galaxies were surrounded by giant clouds of hydrogen, and astronomers have discovered massive clouds of hydrogen.

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is located outside of Austin, Texas. Credit: HETDEX/UT Austin

Based on the Big Bang cosmology and the LCDM model, the most widely accepted models for the beginning of the universe, scientists theorize that a huge cloud of neutral hydrogen permeated the universe. From this material, the first stars and galaxies rapidly formed over the next several hundred eons, an event that astronomers and cosmologists … Read more