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NPR - 17 hours 7 min agoNASA's Swift observatory is set to re-enter the atmosphere on Wednesday after two decades of gathering data.
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One of NASA's premier space telescopes plunged to Earth on Wednesday, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe's biggest explosions. The US Space Force confirmed the Swift Observatory's reentry near Indonesia, reports the AP . It was not immediately known how much of the 1.5-ton spacecraft burned up in the...
Preparing the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in 2004. The 1.5-ton spacecraft is about the size of a pickup truck.
If you bump a spacecraft in orbit, it may start tumbling uncontrollably. To save a falling satellite, the rescuer must be incredibly steady and precise.
Retraction Watch - 20 hours 39 min agoA physics journal has removed a professor's name from an article at his university's request, because a coauthor works at a university in China that has been flagged for national security concerns. "The decision of the journal has been of course to consult the author," Carlo Rovelli, the editor of Foundations of Physics, a Springer … Continue reading U.S. university asks journal to remove professor's name from paper with coauthor in China...
Popular Mechanics - 21 hours 6 min agoHydrogen cyanide was crucial for early Earth chemistry. A new study says comets almost certainly didn't deliver it like we'd previously thought.
Retraction Watch - 22 hours 1 min agoSome people might happily take credit for an article in Nature they did not write. That's not the case when the credited author is a cofounder of Retraction Watch and the attribution comes in a citation to an article that doesn't exist. The reference appeared in a November 2025 paper, published in DARU Journal of … Continue reading A year later, Springer Nature journal hasn't updated article with fake reference to our cofounder...
The company's cofounder recently convinced the Trump administration to support an initiative to gather DNA samples from endangered species.
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 1 hour agoScientists chilled a single positron to its quantum ground state, chasing physics' biggest mystery.
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The famous problem asks whether a map can be filled in with only four colors such that the same color never borders itself. It has been solved with the help of computers, but some experts suggest an elusive, short answer is out there...
GeekSpin - 1 day 3 hours agoAfter spending more than two decades exploring the universe, one of NASA's space telescopes is approaching an unexpected end to its mission. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to fall back toward Earth this week after a rescue attempt failed to prevent its descent. The aging spacecraft has spent years helping scientists study powerful […] Read the original article here: NASA's 22-year-old telescope is falling to Earth this week...
CalRecycle issued its final baseline number for plastic reduction in the state. It's even lower than the lowball the industry suggested this summer: 1/3 of the state's preliminary estimate.
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 5 hours agoIn job ads for news writers, you'll often see a reference to the ideal candidate having a "fast news metabolism". It means: How much information can you cram into your eye holes and how quickly can you digest it all into a compact pellet of 400 words? (I apologise for taking the metaphor to its […] The post Science (journalism) metaphors: Chronaxie appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Nature - 1 day 15 hours agoIt might seem counterproductive to put more people in nature, but sometimes human activity nurtures biodiversity.
Nature - 1 day 15 hours agoFor decades, conservation has worried about the risks of too many people. In some places, depopulation is the real threat.
Retraction Watch - 1 day 21 hours agoBioengineered retracted 119 papers in October amid investigations into suspected paper mill activity and other integrity-related concerns at the Taylor & Francis journal. Clarivate delisted Bioengineered from its Web of Science platform in May 2025, after placing it on hold a year earlier. In July 2025, the publisher suspended new submissions to the journal, which … Continue reading Bioengineered retracts 119 more papers as investigation continues...
Archaeologists in Romania say a recently opened Roman sarcophagus appears to hold the traces of a child's short life and the care taken to honor it. Inside the 1,800-year-old stone coffin, found near the ancient city of Tomis (modern-day Constanta) on the Black Sea coast and opened Oct. 27,...
Scientists just pulled a "back from the dead" moment with a tiny, toxic primate in Indonesia. The Bangka slow loris, last noted in scientific literature in 1937 and flagged by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as possibly extinct in 2015, is very much alive, per a new study...
Australian Geographic - 2 days 10 hours agoMore frequent and severe fire events pose a dire challenge for even the most adaptable Aussie creatures. Now scientists are mapping the traits of our invertebrate species to help them survive. The post Fighting for fire’s smallest victims appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Australian Geographic - 2 days 11 hours agoNew research explains one of Australia's strangest illusions Lady Elliot Island's 'phantom' lighthouse. The post The phantom lighthouse appeared first on Australian Geographic .
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