13+ hour, 7+ min ago  (335+ words) What if one small artifact could challenge an entire theory? That's exactly what's happening as scientists revisit this enigmatic tablet with fresh data. A wooden tablet from Rapa Nui dated to the late 15th century is shaking up what researchers thought…...

12+ hour, 37+ min ago  (294+ words) The Daily Galaxy A Nearby Galaxy Revealed With Unexpected Precision The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy orbiting close to our Milky Way, has long been a target for astronomers studying galactic evolution Located roughly 200, 000 light-years away, it contains…...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago  (521+ words) Scientists revisited old telescope archives expecting minor updates. What they found instead could shift the boundaries of known space. A reanalysis of early data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) telescope has uncovered more than 11, 000 candidate exoplanets, marking the…...

14+ hour, 7+ min ago  (539+ words) A new rocket engine concept reaches a milestone that could reshape propulsion for lunar and deep-space missions. A new propulsion milestone has been reached as Astrobotic successfully tests its experimental Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine, achieving a record 300-second continuous…...

15+ hour, 7+ min ago  (250+ words) A nearby planetary system offered one of the best chances to find an Earth-moon twin, until stellar noise obscured the signal hidden in JWST data. Yet despite these gains, the data revealed no definitive evidence of a moon. The reason…...

16+ hour, 37+ min ago  (324+ words) A new galactic map reveals vast reservoirs of frozen water that may shape the birth of planets and life. "These vast frozen complexes are like "interstellar glaciers" that could deliver a massive water supply to new solar systems that will…...

17+ hour, 7+ min ago  (552+ words) A massive scar appeared across the Australian outback, visible even from satellite images. At first, no one could explain how such a mark formed in such a remote place. A huge, strange scar spotted on satellite images in Australia's Nullarbor…...

15+ hour, 37+ min ago  (461+ words) A new study reveals how asteroid orbital data could unlock a dramatically faster route to Mars, cutting mission time to just 153 days. The research examined several upcoming Mars oppositions, specifically those in 2027, 2029, and 2031, to determine when such a shortcut might…...

16+ hour, 7+ min ago  (466+ words) These microbes spent 40, 000 years trapped in ice beneath Alaska. Once thawed, their delayed reaction surprised researchers. To explore this, a team led by Tristan Caro collected permafrost samples from a tunnel in central Alaska maintained by the U. S. Army Corps of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (438+ words) A student project, almost weightless, quietly made its way to a NASA launchpad. Years later, its story still raises a simple question: how did something so small reached space? Back in 2017, an 18-year-old pulled off something unusual: he built a…...