We’re starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA’s CHEOPS mission places a rocky world right where it shouldn’t be. This “inside-out system” could challenge our current understanding of planetary formation. Source:…
While March is heating up on HBO Max with several noteworthy new shows and movies, it’s also time to say goodbye to everything leaving the platform this month. Though most of the titles leaving are movies, there are some documentaries and shows in there that you’ll definitely want to see. HBO Max is clearing out…
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Why are there seven days in a week? – Henry E., age 8, Somerville, Massachusetts Waiting for the weekend can often seem unbearable, a whole six days between Saturdays. Having…
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a star located about 83 light years away. The newfound alien world is slightly larger than Earth and encircles its host in less than four days. The finding was reported in a paper published Feb. 28 on the arXiv pre-print…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. As if soaring above the brilliant blue ocean isn’t spectacular enough, the New England Aquarium’s aerial survey team recently experienced two back-two-back sightings of blue whales—a little déjà blue, per the aquarium’s clever social media post. The first sighting…
As we move further and further away from the heydays of the audio CD, things are getting a little muddled. Perhaps it wouldn’t matter so much if physical media like vinyl, CDs, and cassettes were making a niche comeback among certain groups of people. So I’ve put together some myths, both old and new, that…
A wasp has just flown into your kitchen. Do you: a) scream and run away; b) roll up a magazine and try to bash it; or c) open a window and usher it outside? Now imagine it’s a bee – do you respond in the same way? Our emotional responses towards the other animals on…
Astronomers have employed the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to investigate a peculiar pulsar wind nebula known as Vela X. Results of the new observations, published March 2 on the arXiv pre-print server, provide more hints about the properties and nature of this nebula. Source: Read Full Article
Researchers in China have made what they claim to be the first samples of pure hexagonal diamond, a theorized rare variant of superstrong diamond found in meteorites from shattered dwarf planets. Natural diamond, also called cubic diamond, has been considered the hardest natural material on Earth for so long that the Mohs hardness scale, which…
Everyone is excited about OpenClaw and how it’s possible to turn one (or more) of your Raspberry Pis into AI agents that can autonomously work even when you’re not directing them. OpenClaw is very cool, but also quite dangerous, and you don’t want to run it on a computer that has access to anything important….
