singh srilom/Shutterstock Photographs have been circulating online for years that supposedly depict where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet. In the photographs, there is a clearly visible line between the two, and the water on each side of the line is a different color. This has led to online speculation that the …
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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. …
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For the first time in recorded history, researchers have identified a drastic reversal in ocean circulation within the Southern Ocean, a finding that carries profound implications for global climate patterns. This momentous study, led by the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) in the UK and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals that since 2016, the …
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In a remarkable discovery off the western coast of the Galápagos Islands, scientists have pinpointed a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field, thanks to a trail of ghostly crabs. For over 20 years, researchers had suspected the presence of this underwater feature but had struggled to identify its exact location. However, a team of researchers recently followed a series of squat …
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