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Mars’ Valles Marineris stretches nearly a quarter of the way around the planet’s equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) QUICK FACTS What it is: Candor Chasma, a large canyon on Mars Where it is: Valles Marineris, the biggest canyon network in the solar system When it was shared: Aug. 14, 2025 Mars has a huge network of canyons that stretches …

Rotation out of Big Tech sends S&P 500 on longest losing streak since January. How far will it run?  MarketWatch Stock Market Today: Dow Sinks As S&P 500 Extends Losing Streak; Palantir, Nvidia Make Opposite Moves (Live Coverage)  Investor’s Business Daily The S&P 500 heads for a fifth day of declines, but drug stocks are a bright spot  CNBC Stock Market Today: Walmart …

When Jaguars kicker Cam Little booted a 70-yard field goal on Saturday, it did not break the official NFL record, because preseason stats don’t count. But it did break the unofficial record for the longest field goal ever kicked in any football game at any level. Little’s 70-yard field goal was one yard longer than the NCAA record of 69 …

Researchers at IBM and Moderna have successfully used a quantum simulation algorithm to predict the complex secondary protein structure of a 60-nucleotide-long mRNA sequence, the longest ever simulated on a quantum computer. Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a molecule that carries genetic information from DNA to ribosomes. It directs protein synthesis in cells and is used to create effective vaccines …

Researchers have just identified four new species of tarantulas whose genitals are so long they had to make a new biological classification for them. Meet the Satyrex ferox, S. arabicus, S. somalicus, and S. speciosus. They hail from the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa and are so different from their closest relatives—on both the morphological and molecular level—that …

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A baby boy born last week to an Ohio couple developed from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years in what is believed to be the longest storage time before a birth. In what’s known as embryo adoption, Linda and Tim Pierce used a handful of embryos donated in 1994 in pursuit of having a child after …

A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for the world’s longest. During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked across the Great Plains of North America for 829 kilometers (515 miles) – a distance that surpassed the previous …

A lightning bolt that spanned five states in the Great Plains has set a new record for the longest lightning bolt ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization has confirmed. The “megaflash” zipped across 515 miles (829 kilometers) from eastern Texas through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in seven seconds, beating the previous record of 477 miles (768 …

Jenna Ortega arrived at the season 2 premiere of Wednesday looking nearly unrecognizable. The actress, who stars in the hit Netflix show, showed off her freshly bleached brows and super long brown hair tied into a knotted low ponytail. Her sheer embossed dress looked like a snake’s literal shedded skin. Jenna Ortega is slithering into the new season of Wednesday …