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A recent study from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has unveiled an intriguing magnetic anomaly beneath Australia’s Northern Territory. The anomaly, shaped like the country itself, has raised curiosity among scientists and geologists. This discovery promises to enhance our understanding of Australia’s deep geological past and open new possibilities for resource exploration.

A monstrous sunspot region 15-Earths-wide is currently so large it can be seen without binoculars or telescopes. But you’ll still need proper eye protection. Here’s how you can spot it without putting your vision at risk. Today’s best solar eclipse viewing glasses deals Sunspots are relatively cool regions in the sun‘s atmosphere that form around

NASA The reproductive spores of a moss species were able to somehow survive the vacuum of space during a 9-month stint outside the International Space Station. In the immortal words of Jeff Goldblum, life, uh, finds a way. Physcomitrella patens is known as a hardy pioneer species of spreading moss that readily cultivates on muddy ground.

US lawmakers have asked NASA to look into storing the International Space Station (ISS) in a higher orbit at the end of its operational life, instead of sending the structure hurtling into the ocean when the time comes. The question came up during the markup of the NASA Reauthorization Act and raises an intriguing possibility.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is preparing to launch for a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. During the mission, select crew members will participate in human health studies focused on understanding how astronauts’ bodies adapt to the low-gravity environment of space, including a new study examining subtle changes in blood flow. The experiments,

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the Earth. Scientists drilled the deepest core yet and recovered serpentinized peridotite that forms when saltwater

Many tiny specks of ancient water are locked within one of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorites ever to fall to Earth, a new study finds. The surprising discovery, achieved using a new form of “neutron scanning,” reveals more clues about the Red Planet’s watery past, which may have set the stage for extraterrestrial

A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to belong to a group of comets that in some cases have briefly become outstandingly bright objects. About sixty-six comet groups have been tentatively identified, of which there are fifteen that can be regarded as well-established

A team of geologists has found for the first time evidence that two ancient, continent-sized, ultrahot structures hidden beneath the Earth have shaped the planet’s magnetic field for the past 265 million years. These two masses, known as large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), are part of the catalog of the planet’s most enormous and enigmatic objects.

A new chatbot designed by scholars can outperform PhD students and postdocs in undertaking scientific literature reviews, according to a Nature study that says the large language model (LLM) is capable of producing reliable summaries for less than a penny. Evaluating a new model designed to stop ChatGPT’s frequent “hallucinations” when it conducts literature reviews, US