This Blasted Star Is Getting the Hell Out of the Milky Way0
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- August 9, 2021
An ancient explosion sent a white dwarf star speeding through the galaxy.

An ancient explosion sent a white dwarf star speeding through the galaxy.

A new graphene amplifying device unleashes energy hidden in low wavelengths, and will revolutionize medical technology.

On June 25 of this year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a brief report entitled “Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.”

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured stunning new aerial views of its landing site Jezero Crater during its most complex flight yet.

Mars is calling! NASA is seeking applicants for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world, set to begin in Fall 2022.

UFO hunters have been watching the skies in growing numbers since the Roswell incident in 1947, when rumors spread that a crash site in New Mexico — reported to be that of a U.S. Army air balloon — was, in fact, that of an extraterrestrial aircraft (via History).

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A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say

The search for life beyond Earth has long inspired all and some — and eyerolls in others. But in recent years, new reporting has made it clear that there really have been hard-to-explain encounters between humans and something that may be operating technology that seems straight out of science fiction. One scientist who’s taking the search seriously is Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who joined GBH’s All Things Considered Friday. He’s the leader of the new Galileo Project, which will be looking into space for possible evidence of extraterrestrial civilization. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.

Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras