The new kilonova has astronomers rethinking what we know about gamma ray bursts

Zoom in / Artist’s impression of GRB 211211A. Kilonova explosion and gamma ray on the right.…

Watch Mars get eclipsed by the moon tonight on the free webcast

Update for December 7th: It will begin the first of many webcasts of Mars at Opposition…

Grandma’s family digs up Grandma after 10 years, shocked by her appearance

She was still dead gorgeous. A family in the Dominican Republic exhumed their grandmother nearly a…

Crabs aren’t the only things evolution keeps making. An expert explains. : ScienceAlert

Charles Darwin believed that evolution createdThe most beautiful forms are endlessIt’s a nice feeling, but it…

Detecting dark matter using quantum computers

In a new breakthrough, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab have found a way…

‘Dynamic levitation’ trick can accelerate spacecraft through interstellar space: ScienceAlert

Sailing to the stars on a human scale can be a matter of choosing the right…

The massive mantle plume is pushing up the surface of Mars

Artist’s impression of an active mantle plume – a large mass of warm, buoyant rock –…

The fearsome Spinosaurus wasn’t a prehistoric marine scourge after all

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Hackaday links: Dec 4, 2022

Well, this is embarrassing! Imagine sending a multi-billion dollar rover to the bottom of an ancient…

Where did Earth’s oxygen come from? A new study hints at an unexpected source

amount of oxygen Earth’s atmosphere makes it a habitable planet. Twenty-one percent of the atmosphere consists…