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A Few Bright Buildings Light Up the Entire Night Sky

Reported by Universe Today

A 14year study of Hong Kong's Earth Hour participation has revealed that it's not the millions of apartment windows or office buildings that steal our night sky, but rather a small handful of brightly lit skyscrapers and LED advertising boards that have an...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:47 +0000

Scientists Unlock Secrets of Matter Under Extreme Conditions

Reported by Universe Today

Scientists have recreated the universe's first moments by smashing atomic nuclei together at near-light speeds, generating temperatures 1,000 times hotter than the Sun's core and briefly forming the same "soup" of fundamental particles that existed microse...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:47 +0000

These are the Most Concerning Pieces of Space Debris

Reported by Universe Today

There are tens of thousands of pieces of space debris hurling around the Earth right now. Since it can cost tens of millions of dollars to remove just a single piece of space debris, which are the ones that we should be most concerned with? A few years ago...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:47 +0000

Magnets Could Become the Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors

Reported by Universe Today

When Einstein's predicted ripples in spacetime pass through magnetic fields, they cause the current carrying wires to dance at the gravitational wave frequency, creating potentially detectable electrical signals. Researchers have discovered that the same p...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:47 +0000

China's Mars Mission Could Answer the Ultimate Question: Are We Alone?

Reported by Universe Today

China is poised to make space exploration history again with its Tianwen-3 mission launching in 2028. With the audacious plan to drill two meters beneath Mars' radiation blasted surface it aims to collect samples that could harbor ancient microbial life,...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:47 +0000

A Solar Gravitational Lens Telescope Is The Only Feasible Way To Get High Resolution Pictures Of A Habitable Exoplanet

Reported by Universe Today

Sometimes in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources away from the one you care about. In the scientific community, one of the most devastating ways you can do that is by making the other...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:47 +0000