Why machine learning fails at mass spectrometry for small molecules - Nature

Machine learning approaches are increasingly being used to aid small-molecule structure elucidation from mass spectrometry data. Surprisingly, however, current models often fail to outperform even simple baseline methods. Here we examine why these approaches …

Astronomers Push Back on a Challenge to How the Universe Will End - Gizmodo

A rebuttal of a rebuttal of the mainstream view of the universe’s expansion concludes that the cosmos is still accelerating toward a Big Freeze.

NASA to Preview Katalyst Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit - NASA (.gov)

NASA will host an audio-only media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 17, to preview the Katalyst Space mission to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil

On Neptune and Uranus, the crushing pressure thousands of miles down is thought to tear methane apart and squeeze the loose carbon into showers of solid diamond, and in 2017 physicists recreated the exact reaction in a laboratory - Space Daily

Thousands of miles beneath the blue haze of Neptune, the conditions get strange enough that carbon may fall as rain in the form of diamonds, and the chemistry was confirmed not by a probe but by a plastic sheet, a laser, and a few billionths of a second…

Astronaut spots Mount Vesuvius from space station. See the photos - Yahoo

An astronaut on the International Space Station captured stunning views of the famous volcanoes Mount Vesuvius and Etna from orbit. Take a look.

Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says - Phys.org

Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. In a new working paper, Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober, a forme…

A cave in the Pyrenees at 7,330 feet above sea level contained 23 ancient fireplaces, traces of a child, and green stones that prehistoric people appear to have been climbing up there to process as copper ore for over 4,000 years - Space Daily

Getting to Cova 338 still requires a long walk. The cave sits in the Núria Valley in the Girona region of northeastern Spain, 2,235 metres above sea level, inside a natural park where motorized access is forbidden. The archaeologists who excavated it between …

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter to form 5-night planet parade. When to look up - Yahoo News UK

Mercury is due to join Venus and Jupiter in the night sky for an uncommon celestial event commonly known as a planet parade. Here's how to catch it.

In 2024, A Routine Observational Study Captured Something Nobody Had Ever Seen Before – California's Squirrels Hunting And Eating Other Mammals - IFLScience

“This was shocking. We had never seen this behavior before.”

From neon mosquitoes to winged migrations, top images captured by scientists - NPR

Five winning images from a photo contest show scientists at work and capture the wonder of research and discovery.

New imaging system sees through murky waters - MIT News

Sonar-MASt3R is a new underwater mapping technique developed at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that may allow vehicles to see through murky, low-visibility waters.

Scientists Dug Through Ancient Squirrel Poop And Found a Huge Surprise - ScienceAlert

A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel feces in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists said Tuesday.

NASA chief defends selection of all-male Artemis 3 crew - Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday - KSBY News

The latest Falcon 9 SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 24 Starlink satellites on board lifted off Thursday morning.

Schrödinger’s Cat Gets Stranger: Physicists Demonstrate Quantum States No One Has Seen Before - Sci.News

Physicists at the University of Oxford have engineered a new class of ‘cat states’ -- quantum superpositions constructed not from ordinary wave packets, but from deeply exotic, nonclassical components -- opening unexpected paths toward more resilient quantum …

'Geminid Symphony' and 'Galactic Gandalf': See the breathtaking views of our home galaxy from the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest - Live Science

Stunning views of the night sky abound in photographs worldwide submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest.