Four crew members of NASAs SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST Friday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a science expedition aboard the In… [+3550 chars]

Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST Friday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in

NASA

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station - NASA (.gov)

You absolutely have to have a plan to compete with SpaceX on price."

Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings - Ars Technica

Last year, physicists created a time crystalatomic arrangements repeating motion patternsvisible to the naked eye. But the latest research on this quantum eccentricity might represent more than a few… [+3727 chars]

The time crystal "beads," held midair by sound waves, bring the enigmatic quantum system into renewed practical relevance.

Gizmodo.com

Scientists Discover Time Crystals You Can Hold—and They Levitate - Gizmodo

A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity to its toughest test yet.

Live Science

Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again - Live Science

Iconic transition species between dinosaurs and birds may have had weird 'teeth' on roof of its mouth and a highly mobile tongue, study reveals

Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals - Live Science

When it comes to sex Antichinus males have an extraordinary approach to reproduction.
Antichinus are small marsupials - about 12cm to 31cm nose to tail - with soft fur, large eyes and a pointed snou… [+810 chars]

Small, cute, and surprisingly single-minded about mating

Discoverwildlife.com

This animal’s sex session lasts longer than a working day - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen bef… [+2924 chars]

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations – and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen before.

ScienceAlert

Discovery of an 'Inside Out' Solar System Puzzles Astronomers - ScienceAlert

Of the solar systems planets, Saturn piques the human imagination with its signature rings and impressive moon count of 274. But compelling new research reignites theories of an ancient collision sha… [+3812 chars]

The collision could also be responsible for Saturn’s iconic rings, researchers say.

Saturn’s Rings Came From a Two-Moon Collision About 100 Million Years Ago, Study Says - Gizmodo

SANDY I have wondered at photos from the Hubble Space Telescope throughout my life. To learn from the following video that similar photos and discoveries can now be taken in a local backyard for peop… [+1427 chars]

A deep space photographer spent months photographing the Crab Nebula and found his composite image, when compared with the 1999 image from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the supernova's expansion.

KSL.com

Have You Seen This? Sandy astrophotographer captures the expansion of a supernova - KSL.com

(Image credit: American Psychological Association)
A few days ago, I co-authored a new paper with my brilliant postdoc, Richard Cloete, which reported here (and to a broader audience here) the stati… [+7960 chars]

A few days ago, I co-authored a new paper with my brilliant postdoc, Richard Cloete, which reported here (and to a broader audience here)…

Medium

Academic Harassment - Avi Loeb – Medium

NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. To do that, the space agency has recently limited the mission’s operations in orbit to keep it from moving ar… [+2548 chars]

A rescue mission could reach the gamma-ray observatory this summer.

NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth - Gizmodo

Vulcan's Blue Origin-made BE-4 engines appear to have saved the rocket from failure.

ULA’s Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit - Ars Technica

NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida.
This private astronaut mis… [+3186 chars]

NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027

NASA Selects Vast for Sixth Private Mission to Space Station - NASA (.gov)

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few of these systems that are widely separated. Black hole binaries that clos… [+4984 chars]

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few of these systems that are widely separated. Black hole binaries that closely orbit each other have not yet been measured. In a paper …

Phys.Org

Gravitational lensing technique unveils supermassive black hole pairs - Phys.org

FOX, Alaska Research biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered 26 new microbes species that could aid in developing new technologies that help the U.S. military survive and thrive i… [+3405 chars]

Research biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered 26 new microbes species that could aid in developing new technologies that help the U.S....

Foxweather.com

Discovery in ancient Alaskan 40,000-year-old permafrost could help US military survive in extreme cold - Yahoo

We are 10 years past Al Gores, "Point of no return". So, are you saying that you think that there is no longer any action we can take that would avoid a complete disaster?
Every kilogram of CO2 make… [+3171 chars]

The world is closer than thought to a "point of no return" after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. From a report: Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points, leading to a cascade of further tipping points…

Slashdot.org

A Hellish 'Hothouse Earth' Getting Closer, Scientists Say - Slashdot

"This is essentially as close as we can get to seeing the death of a massive star."

Space.com

Astronomers witness vanishing star collapse into a black hole in Andromeda galaxy - Space

The object that caused the fireball may have been a small shard of a larger asteroid.

Watch a bright fireball blaze a 48-mile path over the Midwest US (video) - Space

Mars has long captivated scientists with its mysterious volcanic landscape, but new revelations are changing the way we understand the planets fiery history. For years, experts believed that Martian … [+3739 chars]

Mars' volcanoes have always intrigued scientists, but new research is flipping everything we thought we knew about them.

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

Scientists Just Made a Stunning New Discovery About Mars’ Volcanoes - The Daily Galaxy

A new peer reviewed study is challenging one of the most widely shared claims about Yellowstone's wolves.In a formal comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, scientists from Utah State U… [+3164 chars]

A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone’s returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% surge in willow growth was based on circular calculations a…