The elusive 'vampire squid from hell' has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking in at more than 11 billion base pairs more than twice as large as the biggest s… [+4188 chars]

The elusive 'vampire squid from hell' has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking in at more than 11 billion base pairs – more than twice as large as the biggest squid genomes.

ScienceAlert

'Vampire Squid From Hell' Reveals The Ancient Origins of Octopuses - ScienceAlert

A fossil discovery in Northumberland, UK, has stunned the scientific community, revealing a millipede species that once grew to the size of a car. The find, made along the northeastern coast, showcas… [+3578 chars]

Scientists have unveiled the fossil of a giant millipede, the size of a car, that once roamed the Earth 326 million years ago.

Indiandefencereview.com

Scientists Unearth Fossil of Car-Sized Millipede That Roamed Earth 326 Million Years Ago - Indian Defence Review

Voyager 1s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA's website, 'Mars was obscured by scattered sunlight bouncing around in the camera, Mercury was too close… [+242 chars]

Voyager 1 warmed its cameras for three hours before taking the photos. Earth’s image was recorded at 04:48 GMT on February 14, 1990, just 34 minutes before the spacecraft powered off its cameras permanently.

WION

The Pale Blue Dot: How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space - WION

This article was originally published at The Conversation.
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Whether the universe will "end" at all is … [+6539 chars]

Depending on how you look at it, the universe might not have an "end," after all.

The Conversation Africa

How will the universe end? - Space

Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing hints of long-theorized primordial black holes born during the Big Bang. The potential detection of these tiny black holes that could be the size of … [+7112 chars]

"If this turns out to be real, then it’s enormous."

Space.com

Have gravitational waves provided the first hint of primordial black holes born during the Big Bang? - Space

Image of 3I/ATLAS on November 28, 2025 from KalopaStars in Hawaii. (Image credit: Bobby Howe)
Image of 3I/ATLAS on November 29, 2025 at 21:53 UTC, taken with a 0.26-meter telescope in Rayong, Thaila… [+5671 chars]

Following its detection on July 1, 2025, the light from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS showed pulsating variability with a period of…

Medium

Are the Jets from 3I/ATLAS Pulsed Like a Heartbeat? - Avi Loeb – Medium

Consider your morning cup of coffee. Your kettles heating element or flame on a stove warms up water that you infuse with beans and pour into a mug. Maybe you get busy and the cup of joe sits there f… [+5168 chars]

Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.

Grist

Antarctica's Southern Ocean might be gearing up for a thermal 'burp' that could last a century - Live Science

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only mov… [+5542 chars]

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only moved in but survived, adapted, and appeared to thrive.

Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability - ScienceAlert

What it is: An artist’s impression of the supernova explosion SN 2024ggi
Where it is: 22 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.
When it was shared: Nov. 12, 2025
On April 10, 2024, t… [+3401 chars]

Astronomers using data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the initial "breakout" phase of a supernova is elongated, not perfectly spherical.

Live Science

Scientists mapped the shape of a supernova for the first time ever – and it's not what we expected: Space photo of the week - Live Science

Ask anyone interested in the night sky what first got them hooked, and you'll hear the same answer time and again — the sight of Saturn's rings through a telescope. It may play second fiddle, but Jup… [+3986 chars]

Here are the best telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter.

My tips on how to see Saturn and Jupiter with a telescope - Space

In a new paper in Science, researchers from the University of Chicago describe how, about 66 million years ago, the bodies of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens were transformed into re… [+7925 chars]

Scientists have reconstructed the most complete and lifelike profile of Edmontosaurus annectens thanks to an extraordinary preservation process called clay templating, in which a thin clay film captured the dinosaur’s skin, scales, spikes, and even hooves in …

Science Daily

Dinosaur mummy found with hooves and a hidden crest - ScienceDaily

Buried beneath an ancient volcanic crater on the Nevada Oregon border sits an enormous deposit of lithium rich clay. Scientists now think this quiet landscape may hold enough lithium to influence the… [+6043 chars]

A volcanic crater found on the border between Nevada and Oregon could contain up to 40 million tons of lithium.

Earth.com

World's largest lithium deposit, valued at $1.5 trillion, lies under a supervolcano in the U.S. - Earth.com

Arizona residents can look forward to one of the most striking sky events of the year. On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the Cold Moon Supermoon will rise over red rock canyons, saguaro forests, and des… [+2886 chars]

Arizona residents can see one of the most striking sky events as the state ranks No. 2 in U.S. to see December’s Cold Moon Supermoon.

AZ Big Media

Arizona ranks No. 2 in U.S. to see December’s Cold Moon Supermoon - AZ Big Media

Life in the deep ocean often sorts into hidden zones shaped by temperature, salt, and moving water. Many animals, like Botrynema jellyfish, stay within a narrow band of conditions, almost like having… [+7359 chars]

The way Botrynema jellyfish is distributed across the ocean may reveal a previously unknown biogeographic barrier in the North Atlantic.

Invisible barrier discovered in the ocean that jellyfish won’t cross - Earth.com

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture, which was snapped last month by the … [+246 chars]

Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly

Newser

Behold, the Butterfly Nebula - Newser

A groundbreaking study conducted by scientists at the University of Bristol has made a chilling prediction about Earth’s distant future. According to their research published in Nature Geoscience, al… [+3940 chars]

Scientists predict a catastrophic future for Earth where a "triple whammy" of extinction events will eventually wipe out all life.

The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

Scientists Reveal When Earth Will Stop Supporting Life—And It’s Sooner Than You Think! - The Daily Galaxy

A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system have focused exclusively on their position in t… [+7511 chars]

A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system have focused exclusively on their position in the "Goldilocks Zone" of their solar system, where their temp…

Phys.Org

Why being in the 'right place' isn't enough for life - Phys.org

AI illustration of the proposed experiment – Time-Resolved and Superradiantly Amplified Unruh Effect. Credit: Stockholm University
A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach tie… [+2816 chars]

A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers at Stockholm University and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali have identified a practical method f…

SciTechDaily

Physics’ Strangest Prediction: Researchers Propose Way to Finally “See” the Warmth of the Vacuum - SciTechDaily

(Image credit: Amazon)
The Celestron NexStar 8SE is a great choice for exploring distant solar system objects and you can currently get it for $200 off during the Black Friday sales! Check out our B… [+2697 chars]

Eros will pass within 2 degrees of the Andromeda Galaxy's core on Nov. 30.

Watch live as near-Earth asteroid Eros buzzes the Andromeda Galaxy on Nov. 30 (video) - Space

Speed matters. When an X-ray photon excites an atom or ion, making a core electron jump onto a higher energy level, a short-lived window of opportunity opens. For just a few femtoseconds, before an e… [+2994 chars]

Speed matters. When an X-ray photon excites an atom or ion, making a core electron jump onto a higher energy level, a short-lived window of opportunity opens. For just a few femtoseconds, before an electron fills the void in the lower energy level, a second p…