Sketch of a local region , faintly shaded in gray, endowed with a local Rindler horizon, consisting of the null hypersurfaces and intersecting at the horizon cross section . Within , is affinely para… [+8280 chars]

Recent research shows that gravity and quantum information are deeply connected and that the shape of spacetime can be traced back to the way information is stored in quantum fields.

Phys.Org

Gravity and quantum information linked through a derivation of Einstein's equations - Phys.org

A microscopic organism from a freshwater pond is playing by a different set of genetic rules. The newly identified protist, Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344, which scientists stumbled across while testin… [+7251 chars]

A microscopic organism from a freshwater pond is playing by a different set of genetic rules. The newly identified protist, Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344, whi...

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Scientists discover genetic code that breaks rules of life - Yahoo

A rare assemblage of micro- and macro-fossils found in a roadside outcrop in South China, featuring thin ribbons, branching shapes and a tiny balloon on a stalk, offers a glimpse of marine life after… [+5389 chars]

A rare assemblage of micro- and macro-fossils found in a roadside outcrop in South China, featuring thin ribbons, branching shapes and a tiny balloon on a stalk, offers a glimpse of marine life after one of Earth's most extreme ice ages.

Tiny fossils reveal a missing chapter of ocean life after Snowball Earth - Phys.org

In 2009, a large, lone elephant called Alexander died beside a road in South Africas Kruger National Park. Over the next few months, researcher Dave Thompson watched what happened to the carcass and … [+2771 chars]

Elephants continue to influence the savannah long after they die, new study finds.

Discoverwildlife.com

“That's just insane.” Elephant dies in South Africa – and scientists are stunned at what happens next - BBC Wildlife Magazine

For many years, the simplest view of dark energy has been that it remains unchanged. Throughout cosmic history, the mysterious ingredient believed to drive the universe's accelerated expansion is tho… [+9177 chars]

For many years, the simplest view of dark energy has been that it remains unchanged. Throughout cosmic history, the mysterious ingredient believed to drive the universe's accelerated expansion is thought to have behaved in the same way at every epoch. However…

Alternative gravity theory offers possible explanation for dark energy changing over time - Phys.org

The fate of our solar system is written in the starswell, one star to be precise: the sun. Estimates of what the end will look like once the sun sheds much of its mass and ultimately dies vary widely… [+3553 chars]

The fate of our solar system is written in the stars—well, one star to be precise: the sun. Estimates of what the end will look like once the sun sheds much of its mass and ultimately dies vary widely. New research published in The Astrophysical Journal Lette…

The dying sun could tear the solar system apart sooner than thought - Phys.org

Astronomers are fascinated by new images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope that appear to show a smiley face in our vast universe.
NASA officials used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a… [+1197 chars]

Astronomers are fascinated by new images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope that appear to show a smiley face in our vast universe.

Foxweather.com

A giant smiley face in space? Hubble captures remarkable galaxy cluster - FOX Weather

Forbes

Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible From These 10 States Monday - Forbes

A geologist found an undiscovered meteorite crater in Western Australia on Google Earth in 2007. Later drilling confirmed its iron meteorite origin.In July 2007, geologist Arthur Hickman was scanning… [+5456 chars]

A geologist found an undiscovered meteorite crater in Western Australia on Google Earth in 2007. Later drilling confirmed its iron meteorite origin.

Earth.com

Looking for iron ore on Google Earth, a man found an impact crater that had never been mapped by science - Earth.com

Voyager 1 was launched to study Jupiter and Saturn (Credit: NASA.gov/ Public Domain)
Launched in 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 was expected to last just five years. Yet the spacecraft is still functioning.… [+1572 chars]

NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Approaches Deep Space Milestone has 7 comments.

DOGOnews

NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Approaches Deep Space Milestone - DOGO News

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Beneath its pock-marked, craggy exterior, the Moon is thought to harbor a network of caves and tunnels from its volcanic past. Now, … [+2622 chars]

Scientists are investigating a hole in the surface of the Moon that may lead into a huge cave formed in its volcanic past.

Futurism

NASA Investigating Large Hole on Moon That May Open Into Enormous Cave - Futurism

Have you ever seen a black hole? The truth is likely to be 'yes' and 'no'.
That's because we can never truly 'see' a black hole, but instead can observe the effects of the mind-bending physics going… [+8263 chars]

Real images showing the locations of black holes, as seen by how they glow in wavelengths of light and fire jets out into space.

Skyatnightmagazine.com

Yes, scientists have captured real images showing black holes and their ferocious power. Here are some of the most spectacular - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Sometimes we receive strange, ghostly radio signals from outer space, which astronomers have yet to conclusively explain. 
Partially because they disappear almost as soon as they arrive. 
The ephem… [+6376 chars]

Sometimes we receive strange, ghostly radio signals from outer space, which astronomers have yet to conclusively explain.  Partially because they disappear almost as soon as they arrive.  The ephemera known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the Universe's…

ScienceAlert

A Mysterious Signal Reached Us From When The Universe Was Just 3 Billion Years Old. Its Home Galaxy Surprised Astronomers. - ScienceAlert

The blast produced enough energy to flatten a significant stretch of the Siberian wilderness, marking an event that still serves as a cautionary tale.

Space.com

What caused a mysterious atmospheric explosion in Siberia in 1908? - Space

A leopard-spotted rock that could prove whether life ever existed beyond Earth is sitting in a tube on Mars.
NASAs Perseverance rover grabbed up the sample, called Sapphire Canyon, from rocky outcro… [+15206 chars]

US officials canceled NASA’s ambitious Mars Sample Return program, leaving potential evidence of ancient life sitting on Mars. Could China beat them to it?

An abandoned rock sample could prove life once existed on Mars. But will it ever reach Earth? - CNN

Many of nature's most important processes depend on how particles of matter interact with light and other force-carrying particles. So far, however, it has proven difficult for conventional computers… [+4431 chars]

Many of nature's most important processes depend on how particles of matter interact with light and other force-carrying particles. So far, however, it has proven difficult for conventional computers to determine how individual particles behave in these inter…

Hybrid quantum computers could finally get to grips with light and matter - Phys.org

Sound can be a tricksy beast to try to harness.
It fills the world around us, bursting from its multitudinous sources, bouncing off surfaces as echoes a property that makes sound both incredibly use… [+8193 chars]

Sound can be a tricksy beast to try to harness.

Physicists Built a Black Hole in a Lab. Then It Swallowed Sound. - ScienceAlert

To quote an astrophysicist’s answer to a young student’s question, a wormhole is “like a tunnel between two distant points in our universe that cuts the travel time from one point to the other.” If w… [+8833 chars]

Wormholes have long been a staple of popular culture and science, but excitement over these theoretical "time machines" seems to have simmered recently.

Gizmodo.com

Are Wormholes a Scientific Dead End? - Gizmodo

Scientists discovered first-of-its-kind evidence of a possible second-generation planet around a white dwarf star some 270 light years away from Earth.
Astronomers found chemical signatures that ind… [+2562 chars]

Scientists discovered first-of-its-kind evidence of a possible second-generation planet around a white dwarf star some 270 light years away from Earth.

New York Post

Astronomers discover possible second-generation planet formed from dying star junk - New York Post

"We don't know what we're going to find — that's exploration."