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CBS News
Italian archaeologists make stunning underwater discovery
The discovery includes "thousands of marble slabs" in "hundreds of different shapes" found in a submerged ancient city.
Popular Mechanics
The Vacuum of Space Won't Last Forever. In Fact, It Ends Much Sooner Than We Thought.
New calculations reveal the potential timeline for the finale of the universe.
Space
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
NASA's Perseverance rover stumbled upon a Mars rock. It seems to suggest evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.
Live Science
Antimatter detected on International Space Station could reveal new physics
Eight years ago, the International Space Station detected weird antimatter particles that challenge our entire understanding of physics. Now, researchers have proposed that mysterious cosmic "fireballs" could help explain the detection.
Futurism
NASA Reportedly Considering Rescuing Stranded Astronauts Using SpaceX Spacecraft
Spare Seats The return date of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who traveled to the International Space Station on board Boeing's plagued Starliner spacecraft over seven weeks ago, keeps getting pushed back. Engineers have been hard at work investigating several helium leaks that officials discovered after the pair arrived at the station, affecting […]
Mashable
Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly image the exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab, a gas giant world somewhat like Jupiter.
Futurism
NASA Says Its Rover Has Discovered a "Potential Biosignature" on Mars
Mighty Likely NASA's Perseverance Rover has found a rock on Mars that scientists believe may contain signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. As the New York Times reports, NASA researchers aren't quite ready to declare that they've found definitive biosignatures — the scientific term for "signs of life" — in the piece of ancient […]
ScienceAlert
Dark Matter Solves The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Exist
We finally have the solution.
Futurism
Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now
Pinpoint Stars In 2003, when the International Space Station was a mere three years old, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit took a gorgeous picture of the Earth's atmosphere, with countless stars frozen in time in the background. But as Pettit revealed in a Reddit post earlier this week, the same photo "cannot be taken anymore" — […]
CNN
Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo
After weeks of testing, NASA and Boeing officials say they better understand the issues plaguing the Starliner spacecraft, but still aren’t ready to name a return date.
CBS News
India lost its vultures, and scientists say humans have paid the price
Scientists say a common painkiller used on cattle wiped out India's vultures, resulting in half a million human deaths in just 5 years.
The Cool Down
Scientists make discovery deep in rainforest that could save chocolate from becoming scarce: 'Might allow us to produce drought-tolerant or disease-resistant cacao trees'
"The discovery of new species, in addition to those already known, expands the genetic resources that are available to us."
Futurism
NASA Scrapping Finished $450 Million Moon Rover, Will Send Dead Weight "Simulator" to Moon in Its Place
NASA's $450 million lunar explorer, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), will not be going to the Moon. Something else will be taking its place, though — and given the costs involved, the decision is bound to raise a few eyebrows, if not serious questions about the space agency's budget situation. The rover, which […]
Orlando Sentinel
SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 again after submitting mishap report to FAA
SpaceX announced it had submitted its mishap investigation report to the Federal Aviation Administration after an issue that led to the grounding of its Falcon 9 rocket, and the FAA determined the company could resume launches. “SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able to identify the most probable cause of the mishap and associated corrective actions to ensure the ...
United Press International
Scientists discover first of its kind energy peak-- or 'jet' -- from gamma ray burst
Scientists have announced a never-before-seen energy peak that resulted from the largest gamma ray burst in history, NASA announced Thursday.
Reuters
Analysis - Taiwanese rocket startup may be early test of Japan's space hub plans
A Taiwanese startup aims to become the first foreign firm to launch a rocket from Japan by early next year, part of a plan industry advocates say will aid Tokyo's ambitions of becoming a space hub in Asia. The planned suborbital launch by TiSpace has faced regulatory hurdles and delays amid questions over whether Japan should embrace overseas business as part of its effort to double the size of its 4 trillion yen ($26 billion) space industry over the next decade. The private firm, co-founded in 2016 by current and former officials from Taiwan's space agency, has not had a successful launch.
Business Insider
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are arguing again with their rival rocket companies. It's the latest in a 20-year feud.
The two execs have sparred over their respective space ambitions — Musk runs SpaceX, while Bezos owns Blue Origin — but it hasn't stopped there.
KDVR Denver
If Yellowstone’s volcanic system erupted, how could it impact Colorado?
If you think the air quality in Denver is bad now, imagine if there were a large volcanic explosion at Yellowstone National Park.
CNN Business
Hear options NASA could consider to bring Starliner astronauts home
NASA and Boeing officials say they still aren’t ready to provide a return date for the two veteran NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. CNN space and defense correspondent Kristen Fisher reports.
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Sea urchins fed cabbage in Japan to help fight marine damage
STORY: Beneath the surface of Japan’s Sagami Bay are heaps of spiky, black sea urchins.:: Zushi, JapanResearchers say the population here is booming – and that while sea urchins naturally graze on marine plants... their excessive numbers have contributed to the desertification of the coastline.But on land, one research center is trying something different in an effort to control the population: feeding them cabbage. :: THIS EARTHWith so many sea urchins along Sagami Bay, volunteer groups have taken to collecting them and shipping them off to be used as fertilizer. Researcher Shozo Takamura at the Kanagawa Fisheries Technology Center explains the issue. :: Shozo Takamura, Researcher, Kanagawa Fisheries Technology Center"There are lots of sea urchins in the places where seagrasses have disappeared. Divers and fishermen dive down in their bathing suits to collect and get rid of them, but their numbers have barely fallen so clearly there are a huge number of them.":: Miura, JapanThe center is trying out another use for the collected urchins… and it starts with their diet. Here’s researcher Yutaka Harada.:: Yutaka Harada, Researcher, Kanagawa Fisheries Technology Center"The urchins we're raising here at the research center, which are Pacific purple sea urchins, really love vegetables like cabbage and komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach), leafy vegetables basically."The goal is to prove that by feeding the sea urchins vegetables on land, they can attract buyers. The proceeds would in turn fund further efforts to remove the sea urchins and restore the region's seagrass beds. Harada says the team has already found it possible to raise delicious sea urchins on vegetables like cabbage and are now working on commercialization. "We're now working on supporting further efforts against ocean desertification by raising sea urchins on land, making them tastier and selling them to fund our work."

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