The moon’s formation still remains a mystery in many ways

by quasarn01 | May 5, 2026 | Astronomy

A half century after NASA’s Apollo 17 lunar module lifted off the moon’s northeastern near side quadrant, planetary scientists still don’t completely understand when or how our moon first formed. They do agree that it involved a major impactor—an...

Small talk shapes big trends: Physics predicts how language patterns spread

by quasarn01 | May 5, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A new model to predict how language changes over time has been developed by a statistical physicist at the University of Portsmouth. The model is a step towards understanding the “statistical physics of language,” a scientific theory which borrows ideas...

Border Patrol agent dies following medical emergency during marine training

by quasarn01 | May 5, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Customs and Border Protection stated that Sean M. McDonough, 48, was participating in water training with the marine unit when he suffered a medical episode Go to Source

Planet 9 volunteers double known population of brown dwarfs

by quasarn01 | May 5, 2026 | Astronomy

A new paper from NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announces that volunteers have essentially doubled the number of known brown dwarfs, with over 3,000 new discoveries made over the past 10 years since the project began. Brown dwarfs are balls of gas the...

Close Juno flyby unlocks sharp new image of Jupiter moon Thebe

by quasarn01 | May 5, 2026 | Astronomy

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image from a distance of approximately 3,100 miles (5,000...