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Dark matter is believed to make up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, but what it actually is remains a mystery. Now, astronomers have found something that gives us a major clue. In a pair of new studies published in Nature Astronomy and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the astronomers report that they’ve found …

Behind the Collapse of an Auto-Parts Giant: $2 Billion Hole and Mysterious CEO  The Wall Street Journal Billions of Dollars ‘Vanished’: Low-Profile Bankruptcy Rings Alarms on Wall Street  The New York Times First Brands Collapse Blindsides Wall Street, Exposing Cracks in a Hot Corner of Finance  Bloomberg.com First Brands’ implosion is ripping through private credit – and lenders are scrambling to contain the …

IN A NUTSHELL 🛰️ NASA’s ISS discovers unseen atmospheric waves 55 miles above Earth during Hurricane Helene. 🌊 The mesosphere reveals a dynamic response to hurricane energy, challenging previous assumptions. 🔭 Advanced instruments like AWE and AMTM offer new insights into upper atmospheric interactions. 🛰️ Atmospheric waves impact satellite orbits, highlighting the importance of understanding space weather. In the midst …

An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively recent past. Earlier this year, a team of scientists in Germany discovered a strange spike in beryllium-10 in the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. This radioactive isotope forms when cosmic rays strike Earth’s atmosphere. From there it falls, sinks …

A new member of the solar system’s far outskirts refuses to follow the usual script. The object, 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, belongs to a tiny class called sednoid, a rare kind of trans-Neptunian object that stays far beyond Neptune. Its path does not line up with the three sednoids we already knew. That mismatch matters because it pressures ideas about …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Citizen scientists helped NASA discover a high-speed sphere escaping our galaxy. 🔭 The sphere, named CWISE J1249, travels at an astonishing 1 million miles per hour. ⚖️ CWISE J1249 is too large for a planet and too small for a star, challenging existing classifications. 🌀 Theories suggest its speed could be due to a supernova kick …

Nintendo has just revealed a fresh version of yesterday’s mysterious animated short film ‘Close to You’ that featured a toddler taking their first steps — now with a small army of Pikmin visible. To be clear, this is the same short film as yesterday, albeit a new version where its previously-invisible Pikmin creatures can now be seen and heard. It’s …

A new analysis of artwork left behind by the enigmatic inhabitants of the abandoned Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan suggests the colorful pictures and shapes may constitute a rudimentary language that ultimately evolved into the language of the Aztecs. If the team of researchers behind the discovery can successfully decipher the “lost language,” they believe it could offer clues about the identity …

Nintendo has posted a new animated short film on its Nintendo Today app and YouTube channel, so far completely devoid of context. Called Close to You, the Pixar-esque film shows a baby following its toys around the room, seemingly moved by invisible creatures, all accompanied by a playful piano soundtrack. The film has been posted purely with the name and …

Even though many years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of infection with SARS-CoV-2 are not completely understood. This is especially true for Long COVID, a chronic condition that can develop after COVID-19 that causes a variety of lasting symptoms. Among the most common and debilitating of these is cognitive impairment, often referred to as …