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In the distant past, the Solar System was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time, many of them eventually became part of the rocky planets. What’s left of the space rocks are mostly gathered in the main asteroid belt. But some are otherwise hidden …

The NFL.com Power Rankings jinx struck again. One week after I elevated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the top spot — hesitantly, I might add — they let me down by losing at Detroit, and not in the heartbreaking, last-second kind of way. Add in some bad injury news, and I’m sinking the Bucs, cruelly and unmercifully. On the flip …

In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter embedded in a galaxy whose light took 7.3 billion years to reach us. Exactly what this blob might be is currently an open question, but it’s absolutely tiny for the distance at which it was detected – just around a million times the …

Of all the ghostly creatures lurking in our oceans, a recently spotted deep-sea cusk eel species cosplaying as a giant phantom tadpole might just be our new favorite. This bizarre creature was seen during E/V Nautilus’ latest expedition, which aims to explore the previously uncharted deep-sea areas of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. It’s not unusual for the …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have been actively hunting for a ninth planet in the solar system for almost a decade. But a new study has suggested there may be another hidden world waiting to be found. | Credit: Shutterstock Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of …

‘Planet Y’ theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than ‘Planet Nine’  Live Science Source link

In a groundbreaking discovery, a new species of mollusk, Bathylepeta wadatsumi, was uncovered deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. Situated 19,430 feet (nearly 6 kilometers) below the ocean surface near Japan, this limpet species pushes the boundaries of deep-sea biology. The full study, published in Zoosystematics and Evolution, provides further insights into the species’ anatomy, genetic makeup, and the importance of …

We could be overlooking an entire population of asteroids that pose a threat to Earth on the very simple basis that they’re extremely hard to see. In the space shared by the orbit of Venus, hundreds of undiscovered asteroids could be orbiting the Sun, hidden from our view simply because of their position. Because they’re closer to the center of …

Space can be a dangerous place, with massive rocks hurling through the solar system at fast speeds, some of which may be headed in our direction. NASA and other agencies keep a close watch on the skies, on the lookout for potentially hazardous asteroids that threaten Earth. As it turns out, however, a unique group of potentially problematic asteroids may …

It’s been a wild and crazy ride for Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) over the past few years, as the company has harnessed the raging power of AI to reach astronomical heights. Its share price has risen some 1,170% over the past three years, and Nvidia currently sits on the thrown as the world’s most valuable publicly-traded company. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: …