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Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought, new study finds

Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought, new study finds

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A large impact crater in Arizona. | Credit: NASA Earth Observatory via Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, …

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Can a volcano be stopped before it erupts? A new study found out

Can a volcano be stopped before it erupts? A new study found out

The ground around Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano has lurched up and down for centuries, but in the early 1980s it shot upward more than 6 feet with no warning, forcing ships to abandon Pozzuoli’s harbor and 40,000 residents to leave their homes. A new study pins the blame on rising water pressure rather than molten rock, pointing to a fix …

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Northern lights may be visible in these 18 states tonight Aug. 7-8

Northern lights may be visible in these 18 states tonight Aug. 7-8

Heads up aurora chasers! The northern lights could illuminate skies overnight on Aug. 7-8 as an incoming coronal mass ejection (CME) may spark geomagnetic storm conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Though only a glancing blow is predicted from the CME, any impact could disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, which in turn can trigger geomagnetic storms and …

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US finds missing particle that makes quantum computing fully possible

US finds missing particle that makes quantum computing fully possible

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) in the US turned to an often overlooked particle for storing and processing quantum information to overcome the fragility of quantum computers and make them more universal in the near future. Positioning one such particle in a quantum computer can help overcome errors in quantum computing, a university press release said.  The …

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Meteor lights up West Virginia night sky photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

Meteor lights up West Virginia night sky photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

On the evening of Aug. 3, 2025, NASA photographer Bill Ingalls captured a fleeting ‘shooting star’ over the night skies in West Virginia during two different meteor showers. As these events continue to rain meteors across the sky, stargazers plan to see these events in areas with little light pollution. What is it? Meteor showers occur when Earth, on its …

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Microglia regulate GABAergic neurogenesis in prenatal human brain through IGF1

Microglia regulate GABAergic neurogenesis in prenatal human brain through IGF1

Human tissue samples De-identified human specimens were collected from the Autopsy Service in the Department of Pathology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) (Supplementary Table 2) with previous patient consent in strict observance of the legal and institutional ethical regulations. Autopsy consents and all protocols for human prenatal brain tissue procurement were approved by the Human Gamete, Embryo and …

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