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For over two decades, scientists have puzzled over bright, glowing patches of water in the Southern Ocean visible in satellite imagery. These unusual light reflections, concentrated in remote and icy waters near Antarctica, defied explanation — until now. According to research published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, a combination of silica-rich diatoms and calcium carbonate–bearing coccolithophores are responsible for the dazzling …

In a groundbreaking study published in BioRxiv, researchers have unveiled a mysterious microbe that forces us to rethink what it means to be alive. The study, led by Ryo Harada and his colleagues, introduces Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a novel organism discovered in DNA samples taken from plankton near Japan’s coast. Unlike anything scientists have encountered before, Sukunaarchaeum offers profound insights into …

Although humanity is getting better at sending robotic probes out into the Solar System to explore the places no human can tread, we’re still very much on a learning curve. The first extraterrestrial robotic rover was launched from Earth in 1970. It’s only now, more than half a century later, that scientists have figured out why these marvels of ingenuity …

Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, hurtling through the solar system at a blistering speed. It’s only the third confirmed interstellar object to have ventured into our solar system — all over the past few years, owing to more sophisticated space-observing technology — and scientists are eager to have a closer look. Besides detailed observations …

Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut plunged back to Earth on Saturday, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, west of San Diego, to wrap up a five-month mission to space. Strapped into SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance, commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and cosmonaut Kirill Peskov gently splashed down at 11:33 …

Just as ocean waves shape our shores, ripples in space-time may have once set the Universe on an evolutionary path that led to the cosmos as we see it today. A new theory suggests gravitational waves – rather than hypothetical particles called inflatons – drove the Universe’s early expansion, and the redistribution of matter therein. “For decades, we have tried …

Researchers were shocked to discover that a weather station at the top of the Greenland ice sheet had registered temperatures approaching the melting point in mid-July, according to MKweather.com. With 8% of the world’s freshwater locked in its ice, the melting of the Greenland ice sheet would result in a cataclysmic 24 feet of sea level rise around the world, …

A hidden tectonic fault in Canada’s Yukon could be gearing up to unleash a major earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5, according to a new study. The Tintina fault, which runs from northeastern British Columbia through to central Alaska, has been quietly accumulating strain for at least 12,000 years. Previously thought to be relatively benign, new analysis suggests it’s still …

Rare Footage Shows a Fault Line Tearing Open. It’s a Game-Changer for Earthquake Science  SciTechDaily The Earth didn’t just crack, it curved. “It sent chills down my spine!”  ScienceDaily Viral Myanmar Earthquake Video Shows First Visual Evidence of Rare Seismic Phenomena  Gizmodo For the first time, the Earth splits on camera: 2.5-Metre fault slip caught in seconds  The Economic Times Source link