NASA satellites spot brand-new island in Alaska formed by melting glacier (photos)
Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska’s Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape.
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1 week to go until the moon takes a ‘bite’ out of the sun during partial solar eclipse on Sept. 21
The moon will roll across the face of the sun on Sept. 21 for lucky viewers in the southern hemisphere.
Watch SpaceX launch Northrop Grumman’s biggest-ever cargo spacecraft on its 1st mission to the ISS today
SpaceX will launch Northrop Grumman’s new “Cygnus XL” cargo ship on its debut mission to the International Space Station this evening (Sept. 14), and you can watch the action live.
Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in a museum archive
Archeologists studying ancient civilizations in northern Iraq during the 1930s also befriended the nearby Yazidi community, documenting their daily lives in photographs that were rediscovered after the Islamic State militant group devastated the tiny religious minority.
LIGO Legacy: 10 incredible gravitational wave breakthroughs to celebrate observatory’s landmark 2015 find
The first-ever detection of gravitational waves was made 10 years ago today (Sept. 14). In celebration, Space.com takes you through the most significant gravitational wave discoveries to date.
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope just found strange red dots that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, powered by ravenous black holes at their…
Sleepless nights may raise dementia risk by 40%, Mayo Clinic reveals
Chronic insomnia may do more than leave you groggy, it could speed up brain aging. A large Mayo Clinic study found that people with long-term sleep troubles were 40% more likely to develop dementia or cognitive impairment, with brain scans…
AI can now predict who will go blind, years before doctors can
Researchers trained AI on tens of thousands of eye scans, enabling doctors to predict which keratoconus patients need early treatment and which can be safely monitored, cutting down on unnecessary procedures while preventing vision loss.
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SpaceX launches two dozen Starlink broadband satellites from California
SpaceX launched 24 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 13), on the company’s 115th Falcon 9 mission of the year.