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Satellites detected a strange gravity signal off the coast of Africa nearly 20 years ago, suggesting something unusual had happened deep within the planet to distort its gravitational field, according to a recent study. The large gravitational anomaly lasted for about two years over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It peaked in January 2007, the same month Steve Jobs announced the …

Nintendo has released a surprise new short film called ‘Close To You‘ and it’s… not what we expected from the House of Mario. Initially shared on the Nintendo Today! app before cropping up on YouTube and socials, the short follows a baby that learns to take its first steps via the magic of a sentient dummy (or pacifier, if you’d …

We’ve obviously all well aware of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass price hike that’s rolling out in most regions right now, but certain members are potentially not being affected by it – primarily in Europe, it seems. Today, lots of people have been sharing an apparent new email from Xbox that claims the increases “will only …

Astronomers are marveling at a distant galaxy surrounded by two giant, intersecting rings of radio light in space, each about 300,000 light-years wide. The discovery, made by volunteers in the RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory citizen-science program in Mumbai, is what’s known as — and we’re not kidding — an “Odd Radio Circle.” The rings both sit within an even bigger radio …

Ghostly lights dancing in midair in swamps, forests, and even graveyards have been reported by cultures all over the world, for centuries. According to a new study, there could be a logical explanation after all: a strange form of ‘microlightning’. Often called will-o’-the-wisps, jack-o’-lanterns, or ignis fatuus, these bizarre floating flames have understandably inspired many a colorful back story. They’re …

Purple haze around Titan – A false-color image of Titan captured in 2004 by the Cassini spacecraft. The purple haze shows the dense atmosphere enveloping the moon’s golden body. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Titan’s atmosphere tilts and shifts seasonally. The discovery shapes future exploration. Researchers at the University of Bristol have uncovered unusual behavior in Titan’s atmosphere for the first …

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Hulk Hogan had four months to live, and he had had enough at the ShopRite. The grocery store in Montgomery, New York, was full of fans of the Hulkster, 200 or so. They had been waiting for a rare …

A new bat from the Western Himalayas has been described, and it carries two striking traits, a bare ring around each eye and a tail that outstretches its body. The species is called the Himalayan long tailed myotis, Myotis himalaicus. This bat did not simply appear out of thin air. Field teams first caught lookalikes years ago, then circled back …

The JWST has found “dark beads” and unexpected structures inside the atmosphere of Saturn – strange features never seen before in the Solar System. On November 24, 2024, the JWST turned to observe Saturn for 10 hours, seeing the gas giant in unprecedented detail in the near-infrared spectrum. An international team looking at the data from the telescope was particularly …

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered strange “dark beads “above a four-armed star pattern in Saturn’s atmosphere. The surprising structures are unlike anything scientists have seen before, and they’re not sure what they are. The unusual features were discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope‘s (JWST’s) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) as it peered into the gas giant’s atmosphere above …