Warm Saturn-sized exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet orbiting a distant star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4994 b, is warm and slightly smaller than Saturn. The findi.....»»
Warm Saturn-sized exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet orbiting a distant star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4994 b, is warm and slightly smaller than Saturn. The findi.....»»
Update your iPhone now to stop your iCloud data from getting stolen
A now-patched iOS vulnerability could let malicious apps silently steal your iCloud data with no alerts, and no consent.The latest security flaw in iOSThe team at Jamf Threat Labs has discovered a big security issue in Apple's Transparency, Consent,.....»»
Feast your eyes on 10 years of Hubble images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The Hubble Space Telescope has been imaging the outer planets of our solar system for a decade, learning about their strange weather conditions......»»
If you have to watch one Disney+ movie this December 2024, stream this one
Pete's Dragon will leave you with all the warm and fuzzy feelings you should expect from a great Disney movie......»»
Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here"s what scientists hope to learn about it
The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend, American Museum of Natural History officials announced Wednesday......»»
Environmental pollutant decreases by half after passing through digestive tract of marine worm in Japan, study finds
Dr. Atsuko Nishigaki and their research team from Toho University, discovered that the marine worm Marphysa sp. E, an annelid living in the tidal flat sediments of Tokyo Bay, rapidly decreased the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PA.....»»
Straining a material"s atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devices
What's the best way to precisely manipulate a material's properties to the desired state? It may be straining the material's very atoms, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. The team discovered that "spray painting" atoms of potassiu.....»»
The Motorola Razr Plus just got a striking new color
The Motorola Razr is getting a new color option: Mocha Mousse. It's a warm hue of brown that's best described as ... interesting......»»
Not too warm and not too cold—finding the Goldilocks Zone of the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest living coral reef system on Earth, about 300 times larger than the next largest reef, found off the coast of Belize. This unique UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to a wide variety of.....»»
Four new mushroom species discovered in Sweden
A researcher at Uppsala University has discovered four new mushrooms, three of which are found in Sweden—where they are already threatened with extinction. It is a case of hidden species diversity in the group of hydnoid fungi......»»
A rare Venus solar transit helps unravel exoplanet atmospheres
In the next decade, researchers will start probing the atmosphere of planets as small as Earth and Venus orbiting nearby stars. But although these two solar system planets are similar in size and bulk density—so that some call them "twins"—their.....»»
Unique microbial communities discovered beneath frozen surface of Antarctica"s Lake Enigma
An international team of polar researchers has found several types of microbiota living in the water below the frozen surface of Antarctica's Lake Enigma. In their study, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, group members vent.....»»
Deep seabed mining: Bad for biodiversity and terrible for the economy
The debate around deep seabed mining has been gaining attention as concerns mount about its potential impacts on ocean ecosystems. The ocean is host to countless species yet to be discovered, some of which could hold the key to breakthroughs in medic.....»»
New pathway found for regulating zinc in E. coli
Cornell researchers have discovered a pathway by which E. coli regulates all-important zinc levels, an insight that could advance the understanding of metal regulation in bacteria generally and lead to antibacterial applications such as in medical in.....»»
Large radio jet discovered in quasar J1601+3102
An international team of astronomers has observed an extremely radio-loud quasar known as J1601+3102. As a result, they found that the quasar hosts a large extended radio jet. The discovery is reported in a research paper published Nov. 25 on the arX.....»»
SafeLine: Open-source web application firewall (WAF)
SafeLine is an open-source and self-hosted Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects websites from cyber attacks. “SafeLine WAF was created to protect web applications for small and medium-sized enterprises from cyber threats by monitoring a.....»»
JBL’s Bar 5.0 Multibeam soundbar is a Dolby Atmos bargain this Cyber Week
With a massive 50% discount, this JBL Bar 5.0 Multibeam soundbar is perfect for small-to-medium-sized rooms......»»
Tiny dancers: Scientists synchronize bacterial motion
Researchers at TU Delft have discovered that E. coli bacteria can synchronize their movements, creating order in seemingly random biological systems. By trapping individual bacteria in micro-engineered circular cavities and coupling these cavities th.....»»
Scientists uncover new mollusk species co-habiting with an anemone in the North Atlantic abyss
A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusk, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research. The newly discovered mollusk lives in the aby.....»»
Planetary scientists confirm new main-belt comet
A mysterious object discovered in the main asteroid belt in 2021 was determined to be a main-belt comet by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Henry Hsieh, Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science and Audrey Thirouin of Lowell.....»»