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By STACY LIBERATORE, U.S. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Scientists have warned that Earth’s rotation is set to speed up on Tuesday, resulting in one of the shortest days in recorded history.  The change, driven by the moon’s gravitational pull, will cause the planet to spin slightly faster at its poles, shaving 1.25 milliseconds off the usual 24-hour day.  While the …

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The first crew slated to fly in NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission around the Moon early next year entered their spacecraft for a multi-day training at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew donned their spacesuits July 31 and boarded Orion to train and experience some of the conditions they can expect on their mission. NASA …

Credit: Ken Zirkel,the Museum of Natural History By the time “Lucy” took her final steps across the Ethiopian landscape 3 million years ago, her kind may have been living in a social world far more combative than we once imagined. A new study reveals that males of Australopithecus afarensis — the species that includes the famous fossil — were dramatically …

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Scientists from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have discovered the most energetic cosmic explosions since the Big Bang. Extreme nuclear transients (ENTs) occur when massive stars several times larger than our Sun are torn apart by supermassive black holes. ENTs shine with intense luminosity, much brighter than supernovae, which originate from the violent death of massive stars. …

A mysterious ‘hot blob’ is moving towards New York City, leaving scientists puzzled. UK scientists have found a massive ‘blob’ of rock under the Appalachian mountains, and it is headed towards the Big Apple, a study published in the journal Geology claimed. The ‘hot blob’ heading towards NYC was originally thought to have formed 180 million years ago, when North …

Scientists were caught by surprise after discovering a massive flood of subglacial lakewater burst through Greenland’s ice sheet, spilling copious amounts of water across its surface. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, it’s the first time such a phenomenon has been observed, highlighting the fierce power being stored in meltwater lurking beneath a thick …

New long-necked marine reptile species discovered in Germany’s famous Jurassic fossil beds  Phys.org Paleontologists Unveil New Species of Plesiosaur  Sci.News Forgotten Jurassic Fossil Reveals a Long-Necked Sea Monster Hidden for Decades  SciTechDaily New ancient marine reptile species discovered in Germany’s famous Jurassic fossil beds  EurekAlert! 183-million-year-old sea monster species found hiding in German fossil bed  Interesting Engineering Source link