Science

• A bug commonly sold at pet stores is helping scientists with a vexing task - NPR

  A bug commonly sold at pet stores is helping scientists with a vexing task  NPR

• Found: a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere — could it host life? - Nature

  1. Found: a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere — could it host life?  Nature
  2. Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet  The New York Times
  3. First atmosphere found around Earth-like planet LHS 1140b  BBC
  4. Earth-like exoplanet found to have an atmosphere  The Guardian
  5. First atmosphere detected on a habitable-zone rocky world  Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

• Giant pit discovered by hiker on Google Maps confirmed to be 390 million-year-old meteor impact crater - Live Science

  1. Giant pit discovered by hiker on Google Maps confirmed to be 390 million-year-old meteor impact crater  Live Science
  2. More than one way to make an impact  The Planetary Society
  3. Camper Accidentally Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater on Google Maps  PetaPixel
  4. Canadian man noticed a strange hole on Google Maps while planning a camping trip, and it turned out to be a 390-million-year-old meteor crater  The Times of India
  5. He saw a pit on Google Maps. It turned out to be a 390-million-year-old meteor crater  CBC

• Here’s when to watch summer meteor showers - Deseret News

  1. Here’s when to watch summer meteor showers  Deseret News
  2. The Perseid meteor shower is here! How to see the best shooting stars this summer  Space
  3. Perseid meteor shower begins Friday: Best times, places to watch in SoCal  KTLA
  4. Meteor shower famous for fireballs dazzles SC sky  Post and Courier
  5. Biggest meteor shower of the year is here. How long Perseid will last  The Asheville Citizen Times

• New Jersey home meteorite fragments contain 'extraterrestrial' amino acids - 6abc Philadelphia

  1. New Jersey home meteorite fragments contain 'extraterrestrial' amino acids  6abc Philadelphia
  2. Meteorite that crashed into New Jersey home contains "alien world chemistry," scientists say  CBS News
  3. A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contained ‘alien world chemistry,’ a new study says  Inquirer.com
  4. Meteorite that landed in New Jersey contains otherworldly chemistry, researchers say  KCCI
  5. Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins  Space

• Keep an eye to the sky for this rare planetary pairing that will be visible to the naked eye - FOX Weather

  1. Keep an eye to the sky for this rare planetary pairing that will be visible to the naked eye  FOX Weather
  2. The Sky This Week from July 17 to 24: Lunar time travel  Astronomy Magazine
  3. Don’t Miss Tonight’s Classic Summer Sight — Venus And A Crescent Moon  Forbes
  4. Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight  The Guardian
  5. Crescent Moon and Venus in Conjunction  The Gorham Times

• Near-Earth asteroid turns out to be something unusual, NASA finds - KTLA

  Near-Earth asteroid turns out to be something unusual, NASA finds  KTLASee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

• Mary-Dell Chilton Dies at 87; Helped Create First Genetically Modified Plant - The New York Times

  Mary-Dell Chilton Dies at 87; Helped Create First Genetically Modified Plant  The New York Times

• Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever - WIRED

  1. Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever  WIRED
  2. Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space  Nature
  3. A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy  The New York Times
  4. A sugar key to the origins of life has been discovered in interstellar space  CNN
  5. Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins  Space

• US Approves Gigantic Satellite Mirror That Will Illuminate the Earth at Night - PetaPixel

  1. US Approves Gigantic Satellite Mirror That Will Illuminate the Earth at Night  PetaPixel
  2. Opinion | Goodbye Darkness, My Old Friend  WSJ
  3. F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry  The New York Times
  4. Observers Beware: Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirrors Approved for Launch  Sky & Telescope
  5. Southern California company wants to bring daylight to dark parts of Earth  KTLA

• CRISPR gets a power boost from AI-designed ‘molecular scissors’ - Nature

  1. CRISPR gets a power boost from AI-designed ‘molecular scissors’  Nature
  2. Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna enters AI protein design arena  Fierce Biotech
  3. AI‑designed gene‑editing enzymes expand the CRISPR toolbox  Phys.org
  4. AI-Designed Synthetic CRISPR-Like Nucleases Show Activity in Cells  Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
  5. A Synthetic Nuclease Boosts CRISPR Editing Efficiency  the-scientist.com

• Webb telescope discovers hidden planet in famous star system - Phys.org

  1. Webb telescope discovers hidden planet in famous star system  Phys.org
  2. Faintest planet ever imaged from Earth found after more than 10 years of hide-and-seek  ESO.org
  3. Astronomers Noticed a Mysterious Spot Appearing in Telescope Images. It Turned Out to Be the Faintest Exoplanet Ever Imaged From Earth  Smithsonian Magazine
  4. Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System  Sci.News
  5. Famous System Has a Third Star: Beta Pictoris d  Sky & Telescope

• Listening to 'ringing' black holes unlocks future gravitational-wave astronomy - Phys.org

  1. Listening to 'ringing' black holes unlocks future gravitational-wave astronomy  Phys.org
  2. Super-loud gravitational waves offer a new way to study black hole event horizons  Physics World
  3. A 1971 prediction by Stephen Hawking just came true with a cosmic collision 1.3 billion light-years away: Now scientists are trying to understand how  The Times of India
  4. Strange gravitational waves may reveal dark matter near merging black holes  The Brighter Side of News
  5. Astronomers decode the ‘ringing’ of black holes  Tech Explorist

• Four first-time astronauts with only four hours of training took the first diagnostic X-rays ever captured on human beings in orbit, and radiologists on the ground judged the images clinically usable enough to catch a fracture a quarter-million miles from the neare - Space Daily

  1. Four first-time astronauts with only four hours of training took the first diagnostic X-rays ever captured on human beings in orbit, and radiologists on the ground judged the images clinically usable enough to catch a fracture a quarter-million miles from the neare  Space Daily
  2. 1st-ever X-rays in space offer hope for possible patients headed to the moon  Space
  3. In March 2025, four rookie astronauts on SpaceX's Fram2 polar mission carried a portable X-ray machine into orbit, and three of them, after just four hours of preflight training, produced the first diagnostic radiographs ever taken in space, imaging each other an  Space Daily
  4. See the first x-rays of humans taken in space  Scientific American
  5. These Look Like Ordinary X-Rays. They’re Not  Gizmodo

• Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth - Yahoo

  Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth  YahooSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

• Graphene nanoribbons survive gamma radiation, revealing potential sensors for fusion reactors - Phys.org

  1. Graphene nanoribbons survive gamma radiation, revealing potential sensors for fusion reactors  Phys.org
  2. Quantum materials discovery could advance electronics for extreme environments  The University of Arizona
  3. Quantum materials breakthrough may enable electronics in extreme environments  Bioengineer.org
  4. Graphene nanoribbons can withstand extreme environments, could be used in fusion reactors  Interesting Engineering

• A physicist explains the overlooked problem that could doom Elon Musk’s Mars colonization plans: dust - Business Insider

  A physicist explains the overlooked problem that could doom Elon Musk’s Mars colonization plans: dust  Business InsiderSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

• Astronomers have found the first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, locked with a star in a 94-year orbit — the longest-period black hole binary yet found - Space Daily

  1. Astronomers have found the first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, locked with a star in a 94-year orbit — the longest-period black hole binary yet found  Space Daily
  2. NASA’s Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. NASA space telescopes detect tiny black hole in ancient star cluster  Mashable
  4. Hubble discovers first of star cluster’s missing black holes  ESA/Hubble
  5. 10,000 black holes are missing, but we’ve finally found 1  EarthSky

• After a lifetime of waiting, I'll finally witness a total solar eclipse next month on Aug. 12 - Space

  1. After a lifetime of waiting, I'll finally witness a total solar eclipse next month on Aug. 12  Space
  2. What’s the longest total solar eclipse?  Yahoo
  3. A solar eclipse is coming to Europe this summer  The Washington Post
  4. Confused about the solar eclipse and whether you'll see it? Here's our location guide for North America and Europe  BBC Sky at Night Magazine
  5. Why the upcoming eclipse is still vital in the age of solar probes  New Scientist

• MIT Engineers Create Robot That Can Fly and Swim - newsforkids.net

  1. MIT Engineers Create Robot That Can Fly and Swim  newsforkids.net
  2. New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin  The New York Times
  3. New flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird  MIT News
  4. First bird-scale robot to swim, dive, and launch back into flight  New Atlas
  5. A new kind of robot swims the seas and soars the skies  NPR