"Wet lava ball" exoplanet may have an atmosphere, new evidence shows - CBS News

Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.

A Giant Marine Predator Once Roamed Ancient Rivers 66 Million Years Ago - Indian Defence Review

A giant marine predator, once believed to roam only the seas, may have also inhabited ancient rivers 66 million years ago.

The Three Norths Are Moving On: A Once-In-A-Lifetime Alignment Shifts This Weekend - IFLScience

The "once-in-a-lifetime" alignment is coming to an end.

Study: Current, future megaconstellations risk space-based astronomy - Spaceflight Now

Incredible Photo Captures Rare Sprite And ELVE Lighting Up The Sky In One Frame - IFLScience

It’s not science fiction, it’s just the air being electrifyingly weird!

Geminid meteor shower is peaking this weekend. Here’s how to see it - CNN

The Geminids are peaking this weekend. Amateurs and experts regard the dazzling celestial display as one of the year’s best meteor showers.

Geminid meteor shower forecast — Will skies be clear across the US on Dec. 13–14? - Space

The Geminid meteor shower peaks Dec. 13–14, and the U.S. weather forecast will play a key role in what you'll see.

Atomic Josephson contacts: How Bose-Einstein condensates replicate Shapiro steps - Phys.org

The microscopic processes taking place in superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau have therefore implemented a quantum simulation of the Josephson effect: They separated two Bose-Einstein …

Water's enigmatic surface: X-ray snapshots reveal atoms and molecules at work - Phys.org

Water is all around us, yet its surface layer—home to chemical reactions that shape life on Earth—is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC's X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

‘Darkest fabric ever made’ is inspired by a bird of paradise - CNN

A new “ultrablack” fabric inspired by a bird’s feathers is the darkest ever created, according to its inventors.

Science Is Final: This Is the Most Efficient, Economical, and Cleanest Heating System - The Daily Galaxy

A groundbreaking study just flipped the script on home heating. After testing 13 popular systems, researchers uncovered a clear winner—and it’s not what most homes are using.

Comet Lemmon and Milky Way spotted over Hawaii photo of the day for Dec. 12, 2025 - Space

Hawaiian stargazers got a particularly special treat recently.

Gravitational Lenses Deliver a Verdict on the Hubble Tension - Universe Today

The Hubble Tension is one of the great mysteries of cosmology. Solving it might require a fundamental change in how we understand the universe - but scientists have to prove it actually exists first. A new paper from a collective of cosmologist researchers kn…

Scientists have been studying the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e. Could it harbor alien life? : Short Wave - NPR

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large object like a moon or a planet; scientists suspect you also have an atmosphere and water; plus, you should orbit your …

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought - AP News

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago. The findings published in the journal Nature predate previous evidence by about 350,000 years. The team identified heated …

The Hidden Denisovan Gene That Helped Humans Conquer the Americas - SciTechDaily

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new pathogens and may still influence our health today.