NASA Parker Solar Probe Makes Closest-Ever Approach to the Sun, Becomes Fastest Object Built by Humans

NASA Parker Solar Probe Makes Closest-Ever Approach to the Sun, Becomes Fastest Object Built by Humans

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest-ever approach to the Sun on Tuesday, becoming the first man-made object to accomplish this feat. Parker should have travelled as close as 6.1 million kilometres to the Sun, gathering important data about its outer atmosphere. The…

‘Alien plant’ fossil unearthed near abandoned Utah town not related to any identified living or extinct species
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‘Alien plant’ fossil unearthed near abandoned Utah town not related to any identified living or extinct species

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month. Paleontologists found the fossilized leaves of the plant later dubbed…

Christmas Day aurora borealis could light up parts of the US
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Christmas Day aurora borealis could light up parts of the US

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The sun sends us gifts of a dazzling show of light come Christmas night. Skywatchers are anticipating a possible aurora borealis for parts of the US on Dec. 25 following a solar flare that spewed a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. The…

50,000-year-old baby mammoth discovered in ‘exceptional’ find: ‘Remarkably well preserved’
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50,000-year-old baby mammoth discovered in ‘exceptional’ find: ‘Remarkably well preserved’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines These scientists made a mammoth discovery — literally. Remains of a baby mammoth that has been almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia. The female mammoth, nicknamed “Yana” after the river basin where she…

Christmas Eve asteroid to make ‘close approach’ to Earth
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Christmas Eve asteroid to make ‘close approach’ to Earth

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Are we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed? Santa Claus isn’t the only thing making a fly-by of Earth this week. NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building will be whizzing right past us tonight. Dubbed 2024…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of ‘cosmic eye’ spiral galaxy
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of ‘cosmic eye’ spiral galaxy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines New imagery has been released from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which captured a photo of a spiral galaxy more than 76 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy known to observers as NGC 2566 is located in the constellation Puppis and features stars in the…

Scientist’s simple explanation for Loch Ness Monster mystery
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Scientist’s simple explanation for Loch Ness Monster mystery

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More like the Flock Ness Monster. A Scottish naturalist who has investigated the Loch Ness Monster mystery for a half-century believes there’s some fowl play when it comes to sightings of the perplexing plesiosaur. “Of course, there are long-necked creatures on Loch Ness…

GLP-1 discovery may offer better appetite suppression than Ozempic
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GLP-1 discovery may offer better appetite suppression than Ozempic

Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk says it has developed a compound that’s shown to be a one-two punch for appetite suppression and weight loss in mice. Ozempic promotes weight loss by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone the body naturally produces after eating, so users feel fuller for longer. This new potential therapy…

Extremely rare spade-toothed whale to be dissected in New Zealand
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Extremely rare spade-toothed whale to be dissected in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode…

Scientists discover lost ‘big head’ human species in Asia
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Scientists discover lost ‘big head’ human species in Asia

Researchers have uncovered new insights into a long-lost human species known for their particularly hefty craniums, according to a recent study. The Julurens — or “big head” people — are twisting scientists’ long-accepted understanding of human evolution. How humans came to be is largely understood to have been a linear…