Posted on April 11, 2025May 1, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on A star was wrongly accused of a cosmic crime: devouring its own planet

A star was wrongly accused of a cosmic crime: devouring its own planet

Here's who really dunnit. Two years ago, a star on its deathbed was charged with a heinous act — eating a planet — in a system 12,000 light-years away from Earth. But new evidence has emerged in the case that astronomers say exonerates this elderly Milky Way star of …

Posted on April 11, 2025May 1, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on At the site of the dinosaur-killing crater, scientists find a surprise

At the site of the dinosaur-killing crater, scientists find a surprise

Asteroids aren't all bad. When colossal asteroids rock Earth, it’s not all doom and gloom. The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what’s now the Yucatan Peninsula. But after analyzing deeply drilled rock core from the impact site created …

Posted on April 11, 2025May 1, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on The U.S. is building a gas station in space

The U.S. is building a gas station in space

“If you run out of fuel, you run out of life.” Some 22,500 miles above Earth, a spacecraft filled with thruster fuel will gas up two orbiting Space Force assets. The high-altitude endeavor, undertaken by the orbital servicing enterprise Astroscale U.S., is slated to occur in the summer of 2026, the company announced this week. This …

Posted on April 9, 2025May 1, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on Dire wolves have been brought back from extinction. What does this mean?

Dire wolves have been brought back from extinction. What does this mean?

Colossal Biosciences created the wolves using gene-editing technology. The sci-fi fairytale of de-extinction may become a reality. Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences announced they have revived dire wolves from extinction, unveiling three canines it has genetically engineered to resemble the long-dead species. On Tuesday, Colossal revealed that two genetically identical male “dire wolf” puppies named Romulus and Remus were born …