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Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft.  The test was an important milestone for NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59, which is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without causing …

The scientific community was appalled by the news that president Donald Trump’s administration was looking to deal a devastating blow to NASA’s science budget. In its 2026 budget request, released last month, the White House announced it was looking to more cut funding for NASA’s science directorate by more than half, leading to overwhelming criticism from the scientific community, as …

This Martian Region Is Hiding Thousands of Kilometers of Ancient Rivers  SciTechDaily Mystery of Mars’ missing water could be solved by the planet’s tipsy tilt  Live Science Discovery of ancient riverbeds suggests Mars once wetter than thought  The Guardian Ancient Rivers in Noachis Terra Reveal Mars’ Long-Lived Wet Past  Universe Today A dead Mars may have been inevitable – and the Sun is to …

The warm nights surrounding July 12 present a golden opportunity to hunt for the three bright stars that form the famous “Summer Triangle” asterism in the northern hemisphere night sky. Each of the Summer Triangle’s three prominent stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — belong to a different constellation in the night sky and will be among the first twinkling …

As a crescent moon sank into the forest, I looked high above the cabin behind me to see just how dark it was getting. Staring back at me was the Beehive Cluster, a swarm of stars that’s a surefire sign of dark skies. From here, a west-facing deck deep in the woods of southern New Brunswick, Canada, there was nothing …

Astronomers who examined the sound waves from the Big Bang say that the Earth — and the entire Milky Way galaxy we call home — could be trapped in a huge void billions of light years across. Their study, which was just presented at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting in the UK, could solve one of cosmology’s greatest …

The North Sea, a region known for its rich history and vital role in energy production, holds a surprising geological anomaly. A study led by scientists from the University of Manchester has uncovered a phenomenon where the typical process of geologic layering is reversed. Known as stratigraphic inversion, this discovery challenges our fundamental understanding of how Earth’s layers are formed. …

A starlight flicker recorded by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in March 2025 hinted at something intriguing. Now the signal has been traced to TOI‑1846 b, a super‑Earth lying only 154 light-years away in the northern constellation Lyra. The planet’s discovery comes from Abderahmane Soubkiou and colleagues at the Oukaimeden Observatory in Morocco, working with observers on four continents.  …

An extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period seems to have had quite the penchant for overreaching. A new analysis of fossilized Tharsis fish reveals that the carnivorous marine animals seem to have frequently met their end with large cephalopods known as belemnites lodged quite fatally in their gullets. According to paleontologists Martin Ebert and Martina …

Researchers have developed a new laboratory model grown from stem cells that replicates the human amniotic sac in the first two to four weeks after fertilization. The structure, which the researchers say is the most advanced and mature amniotic model ever created, could offer new insight into human development and lead to cell products for medical procedures, from burn treatments …