New exoplanet found orbiting twin suns(space.com)

129 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 80 comments

First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star(bbc.com)

506 points by neversaydie 3 months ago | 292 comments

BBC News article by Pallab Ghosh reporting the first detection of an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of a distant star.

Laniakea Supercluster(en.wikipedia.org)

100 points by corentin88 3 years ago | 84 comments

The disappearance of Gaia, ESA spacecraft will be turned off on 27 March 2025(cosmos.esa.int)

116 points by croes 1 year ago | 43 comments

SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'(space.com)

159 points by gostsamo 3 years ago | 73 comments

The moon is slowly shrinking – and it's triggering powerful moonquakes(zmescience.com)

12 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 5 comments

First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star(bbc.com)

506 points by neversaydie 3 months ago | 292 comments

BBC News article by Pallab Ghosh reporting the first detection of an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of a distant star.

A New Experiment Meta-Strategy(chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

26 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 1 comments

A Substack post by an amateur physicist describing a new strategy for doing home experiments after reorganizing a messy lab to fit limited free evenings.

A new PNG spec(programmax.net)

610 points by bluedel 1 year ago | 553 comments

A blog post announcing the release of a new PNG specification after two decades of stalled progress and explaining why it matters.

Sci-Hub founder receives EFF award for providing access to scientific knowledge(torrentfreak.com)

357 points by gslin 3 years ago | 42 comments

TorrentFreak article reporting that the EFF will give Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan an award for providing access to scientific knowledge.

Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable(404media.co)

6 points by saikatsg 22 days ago | 1 comments

A 404 Media article on a study finding the solar system is dynamically unstable over long timescales and will eventually be destroyed.

I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea(notnottalmud.substack.com)

1004 points by networked 1 month ago | 415 comments

A Substack essay on the not not Talmud blog explaining why the author is fascinated by Papua New Guinea and what they think everyone should know about it.