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After 60 Years of Trying, Geologists Finally Pried Rocks From Earth’s Upper Mantle

For 60 years, scientists have tried to get rock samples of the Earth’s mantle. But the geologic layer below the planet’s crust is incredibly difficult to reach. Scientists believe they’ve successfully exhumed a 1,000-kilometer core sample that reaches into the very edge of the mantle. Examining this rock could help scientists understand magma flows, earthquakes, and other geologic myst

Rock that crashed through New Jersey home may be 4.6 billion-year-old chunk of Halley’s Comet

Nathan Magee, chair of the College of New Jersey’s physics department, analyzes the recent meteorite that punched a hole through the roof of a Hopewell, New Jersey home on May 8th. Anthony DePrimo (The College of New Jersey) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suzy K

How to Watch the Spectacular Lyrid Meteor Shower

The Lyrid meteor shower is one of the most spectacular celestial events in the meteorological calendar. Occurring every year from mid-April, this year it will be visible with the naked eye from the night of Saturday, April 15 to the morning of Wednesday, April 26, with the peak occurring on the night of Saturday, April 22 into the early hours of Sunday 23, just after the new moon, so conditions

Astronauts that hibernate on long spaceflights is not just for sci-fi. We could test it in 10 years.

The first hibernation studies with human subjects could be feasible within a decade, a European Space Agency (ESA) researcher thinks. Such experiments would pave the way for a science-fiction-like approach to long-duration space missions that would see crew members placed into protective slumber for weeks or months on their way to distant destinations. In science-fiction movies, astronauts

BREAKING🚨: Scientists create the 5th form of matter for 6 minutes

In a ground-breaking experiment, scientists have successfully created the fifth form of matter, known as the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), for a remarkable duration of six minutes. This major accomplishment has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of quantum mechanics and open the door to new technological advancements. In this article, we will explore the sign

A Supernova Explosion Will Be Visible In The Sky In 2037

The supernova explosion will appear at least two more times in the next 20 years. Astronomers have discovered the third appearance of a gravitationally lensed supernova explosion dubbed Supernova Requiem. The images of the phenomenon appear alternately in a distant galaxy. Astronomers have predicted the next two times that the remnant will be visible in the sky. The fourt

BREAKING🚨: Something Just Crashed Into The Moon And Astronomers Captured It

Using cameras set to monitor the moon, Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum, recorded an event that occurred on February 23 at 20:14:30.8 Japan Standard Time (7:14 a.m. EST, or 1114 GMT). The event appears to be a meteorite impact, and it was located near Ideler L crater, slightly northwest of Pitiscus crater. Meteors travel on average at around 30,000 mph (48,280 kph), or 8.3

We’re About To Witness A Super-Rare Planetary Alignment In March’s Early Morning Sky

Depending on the time of year, we may view various amazing sights out in space when we gaze up into the night sky. Unfortunately, the sky has seemed relatively empty during the last month. But, as it turns out, all you have to do is know WHEN to look. The planets visible to the naked eye are now on the opposite side of the planet (the sun-facing side.) Every evening of the month, you might g

NASA has discovered an ‘ocean world’ where one year lasts just 11 days

NASA has discovered a water planet 100 million light years away from Earth that completes an orbit of its star every 11 days. A group of astronomers at the Université de Montréal came across the ocean planet through NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS, according to a study published in The Astronomical Journal. CNET reports that the planet covered by a blanket of water,

Ultra-rare ‘rainbow clouds’ light up the Arctic Circle like auroras in stunning new photos

Rare clouds that give off bright, multi-colored light like an aurora were recently spotted at multiple locations in the Arctic. But what causes them? Bright multi-colored clouds shining in the night sky above Mount Jökultindur in Iceland on Jan. 25. (Image credit: Jónína Guðrún Óskarsdóttir) (opens in new tab) The dark skies in the Arctic Circle recently shone with ether