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Parakneria climbs Luvilombo Falls

For more than 50 years, people have been telling amazing stories about a small fish called a shellear.Parakneria thysi) climbing waterfalls. Now researchers say they have filmed the behavior for the first time. Their findings were published in Scientific Reports. Pacifique Kiwele Mutambala, a researcher at the University of Lubumbashi, and Emmanuel Vreven, ichthyologist Royal … Read more

Light can travel for billions of years but it has no time

Light can travel for billions of years but it has no time

A photon from a star billions of light-years away takes no time to reach a telescope. It’s not too little time. There is nothing. That result is not a measured or poetic way of speaking. It comes directly from the mathematics of special relativity, and it points to another strange thing about the nature of … Read more

These Beautiful Cones of Light actually represent Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

The three photos show nightscapes with strange rock formations, and each has swirling, hourglass-shaped tracks in the sky, created by long exposure photography. The pictures have a surreal, bright effect.

Elliot McGucken These photos of 70-foot-tall cones of light shining in the California desert may look pretty, but they have a surface and actually represent some interesting ideas about the evolution of space-time. Dr. Elliot McGucken is a nationally recognized photographer and Ph.D. a physicist. He likes to combine his two passions, which he believes … Read more

The ‘Mary Project’ Relationship Problem is more complicated than you think

The 'Mary Project' Relationship Problem is more complicated than you think

When Ryland Grace arrived at Tau Ceti in Ahe Mary projectalmost four years have passed for his human body and weak mind. But, due to the effects of time dilation, about 12 to 14 years have passed on Earth. And that’s just the beginning of the story. At the end of the Ahe Mary projectdecades … Read more

Astronomers Find Third Galaxy Losing Its Dark Matter, Confirming Strong Cosmic Collision Theory

Image of the NGC 1052-DF2 Ultra Diffuse Galaxy that started the chain of discoveries of galaxies lacking dark matter. Credit - NASA, ESA, and P. van Dokkum (Yale)

Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense gravitational pull, the galaxies’ rotating necks would force them to fly sideways. But now, scientists have found a series of galaxies that do not seem to have their dark matter completely. The latest in this string, known … Read more

“I Couldn’t Believe It”: Hidden Camera Captures Unexpected Return of a Decade-Classic Genre

Bear Šalčininkai district

For the first time in decades, a a brown bear gave birth to puppies in Lithuania. Wildlife cameras captured the mother and cubs in a forest in the north-west of the country, marking the first confirmed reproduction of the species on Lithuanian soil in generations. Laimonas Daukša, director of the Lithuanian Hunters and Fishermen’s Association, … Read more

With the onset of thunderstorms, the Artemis II astronauts leave Earth. Here’s what follows

The Artemis II crew — which includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — is en route to the moon. Here's what they can expect from their 10-day job.

The Artemis II crew — which includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — is en route to the moon. Here’s what they can expect from their 10-day job. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide description toggle caption Bill Ingalls/NASA For the first time in more than 50 … Read more

5 features of Maine’s new wildlife action plan

5 features of Maine's new wildlife action plan

Maine just released its first-in-a-decade plan to protect and manage the region’s fauna and flora, from tiger stone beetles to beloved giants like moose to top predators like great white sharks. “Maine’s most vulnerable wildlife is at a crossroads,” said Judy Camuso, commissioner of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, in a statement last … Read more

CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon

Timepix, Tracking Particle, Industry, Medipix

Six Timepix chips developed at CERN will measure the radiation environment in the spacecraft that will orbit the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II mission. At 00:35 CEST today, the mission of Artemis II successfully began, marking the first manned trip to the Moon since 1972. During their ten-day journey in the Orion spacecraft, the four … Read more