Interstellar comet discovery marks potential oldest object in solar system, while Kennedy Space Center infrastructure concerns emerge ahead of super heavy rocket era
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An interstellar comet that passed the sun last year may be nearly three times older than previously documented objects in our solar system, having spent billions of years on vast trajectories through the galaxy before entering our cosmic neighborhood.
François Englert, the Belgian physicist who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for predicting the Higgs boson, has died at 93; his theoretical work was fundamental to explaining how particles acquire mass and remains central to modern physics.
SpaceX is developing Starfall, a new orbital cargo delivery system aimed at gaining a competitive edge in the emerging space-based logistics market, representing the next frontier in commercial space operations.
Kennedy Space Center is reportedly not adequately prepared for the incoming era of super heavy-lift rockets, raising infrastructure concerns as SpaceX and other companies plan increasingly powerful launch vehicles.
A new neuroscience study reveals that bilingual speakers operate with a single 'grammatical engine' in the brain that powers multiple languages simultaneously, challenging previous assumptions about language processing.
Scientists investigating El Niño patterns are vigorously debating whether climate change is supercharging the phenomenon's intensity, with potentially record-breaking conditions developing.
British archaeologists have discovered ancient pits near Stonehenge that may contain evidence of solstice rituals practiced thousands of years ago, potentially revealing prehistoric ceremonial practices.
Researchers have created a digital 3D reconstruction of the vaquita, the world's rarest marine mammal with barely double-digit numbers remaining in the wild, to support conservation and research efforts.
The Trump administration is facing criticism from health experts for overriding CDC quarantine guidelines regarding a hantavirus case, with experts calling the approach 'authoritarian' and scientifically unsound.