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When it comes to invading healthy cells, Legionella bacteria rely on blending in rather than breaking in. New research from Van Andel Institute scientists demonstrates how a protein produced by Legionella mimics the behavior of the host cell's own proteins. This mechanism allows the protein, RomA, t
Phys.org
The reality of sexual violence against older women is an issue that remains significantly underreported and misrepresented in Australia. Almost 50 sexual assaults occur every week in aged care. Sexual assault against older women is commonly perpetrated by intimate partners or someone they know.
Phys.orgAustralia
The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex optomechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Phys.org Space
Dolly Parton attended the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. Omar Vega/FilmMagic Actors James Van Der Beek, Hayden Panettiere, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, and Sam Neill died in 2026. So did country star Dolly Parton, actor Tim Curry, and painter David Hockney. Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jac
Business InsiderUnited States
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, ahead of mating to a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman’s science i
NASA Breaking News
Since we cannot look into the interiors of stars and planets, we rely on lab experiments to replicate the physical processes that occur there. Led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an international research team has produced the first experimental verification of a theoretically p
Phys.org SpaceUnited States
Archaeologists in southern Turkey discovered a unique statue of a person on the back of a leopard.
Live ScienceTurkey
Times of India
NIRSpec found a water-shaped transit signal at GJ 486 b, but two MIRI eclipses measured a nearly bare-rock dayside, making cool stellar patches the stronger explanation. The post JWST detected the signature of water while the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b crossed its star, raising hopes of a steam-rich a
Space Daily
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
NYT Science
A newly discovered water dominated exoplanet is in hot-water literally and figuratively, it orbits so close to its parent star it is headed to a fatal collision that will see it devoured.
Space.com
Capuchins hunt and eat small vertebrates more often as plant foods wane. The behavior may help us learn more about humans’ early dietary evolution.
Science News
China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, the Justice Department, and more, according to the DOJ.
WiredChina
The ESA's Sentinel satellites captured a 76 sq. km. chunk of ice breaking off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. They watched the cracks and deformations happen in real time leading up to the calving. While calving is normal, it's happening more often, and this is another clear sign that the Arctic
Universe Today
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI from the International Space Station, French astronaut Sophie Adenot hailed a "mission accomplished" after two spacewalks to replace a faulty antenna and called the operation "a miracle", given the mechanical setbacks. She also described the "blatant"
France24 WorldFrance
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Pilots from NAS
NASA Breaking NewsUnited States
Our minds are expert at manufacturing catastrophes that never arrive, yet we pay the emotional price as if they were real. The post Thought of the day from philosopher Michel de Montaigne: “There were many terrible things in my life, but most of them never happened.” appeared first on Space Daily.
Space Daily
Saturn's moon Enceladus sports a thick shell of ice surrounding a liquid water ocean. As though scraped by an enormous claw, four parallel cracks slash across its south pole. Each about 500 meters (1,600 feet) deep, 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across and 130 kilometers (81 miles) long, the fissures spe
Phys.org Space
What drove these massive deep-diving whales to nurture a disabled stranger when their own species abandoned it—and what did they gain in return? The post Off the coast of Portugal, a pod of sperm whales was seen adopting a lone bottlenose dolphin with a deformed, S-shaped spine that its own kind had
Space Daily
Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops
Scientific AmericanUnited States
I journeyed to the path of totality in Spain to watch the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with a group of passionate citizen scientists. Here's my story.
Space.comSpain
The U.S. Justice Department said it had seized domains used by two hacking platforms it alleges had been used in the campaign, which also targeted the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Global News Canada
🇫🇷 👩🚀 Sophie Adenot, the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk and the second female French astronaut to go to space, gave an exclusive interview to #FRANCE24 and #RFI from the International Space Station. In conversation with our journalists, she reflected on the feeling of leaping into
France24 World
On Wednesday, Aug. 12, Jamie Carter was on an expedition cruise ship, searching for clear skies just below Greenland's ice cap. Here's how his ninth totality unfolded.
Live Science
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Raytheon business, has unveiled its latest spacecraft subsystem, the […] The post RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new spacecraft mission enabl
SpaceNews
Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the hardest to treat and most serious forms of cancer
Scientific American
Sun-reflecting space mirrors proposed by U.S. startup Reflect Orbital will have an even more devastating effect on the night sky around the world than previously thought, a study has found.
Space.comUnited Kingdom
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced domain seizures related to state-sponsored hacking activities that have impacted NASA, the Senate, and more.
Tom's Hardware
Moderate G1 and G2 geomagnetic storms are forecast during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse, with the northern lights potentially visible across several northern U.S. states and parts of Canada alongside the reddened full moon.
Live ScienceCanada
New research shows that water becomes electrified as it slides down smooth surfaces, leading to corrosion
Scientific American
A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just six legs.
Science News
The FDA has approved a life-extending treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer — the first such therapy to attack a genetic cause of the highly lethal malignancy.
STAT News
How to see the 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse
BBC Science & Environment
To explore quantum phenomena, we must leave the familiar world and enter the abstract realm of Hilbert space. The post In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Quanta Magazine
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves. They discuss how processing power on spacecraft is adapting to the rise of megaconstellations, what benefits satellite processing power […] The post The threat environment and processing at the edge appeared first on Spac
SpaceNews
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in support of space station operations. Watch live coverage beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. The spacewalk is expecte
NASA Breaking News
The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and bein
Astronomy Magazine
ZWO has introduced the Seestar S50 Pro, the latest entry in its line of all-in-one smart telescopes. The S50 Pro opens for preorder today at an introductory price of $899, $100 off its $999 list price, with shipping set to begin Sept. 1. (Read our review of the original Seestar S50 here.) “The produ
Astronomy Magazine
Scientists found those who had used hormone replacement therapy were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia Hormone replacement therapy may reduce the risk of dementia, a study has found. Scientists tracked more than 180,000 postmenopausal women in the UK in the largest study of its kind. The
Guardian ScienceUk
Moderate calorie restriction lowered an immune protein called C3 that appears to help drive chronic inflammation as the body ages. Blocking the same protein reduced age related inflammation in mice, raising the possibility that future treatments could mimic some benefits of calorie restriction witho
Science Daily
Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in West Virginia, Katherine Goble Johnson showed exceptional aptitude for mathematics from an early age. She skipped several grades, graduating high school by 14 and college by 18. Johnson was enrolled in West Virginia University in 1939 as one of the first three Black student
Astronomy Magazine
DNA from a nearly 190-year-old museum specimen has helped scientists confirm a distinct Himalayan pangolin species hiding in plain sight in Nepal and northern India. The discovery could give conservationists a powerful new way to trace illegally traded pangolin scales back to the species and regions
Science DailyIndia
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures weakened its floating ice tongue. Scientists expect two more huge sections could soon detach, potentially removing about 22 percent of the remaining ice tongue.
Science Daily
Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that might hitch a ride.
Science News
Is life in helium atmospheres on exoplanets possible? A new study says that there are no barriers to life on worlds with helium-dominated atmospheres. The post Could there be life in helium atmospheres on exoplanets? first appeared on EarthSky.
EarthSky
A startling study suggests at least one in four NFL players develops CTE, but doctors still can’t identify it in living athletes
Science Magazine
A previously overlooked photo from the Curiosity rover shows an odd 'jellyfish' on Mars. Is it a real anomaly or an imaging artifact? The post ‘Jellyfish’ on Mars: Image from Curiosity rover goes viral first appeared on EarthSky.
EarthSky
Take the quiz to see how many national parks from space you can name. And don't forget to celebrate National Park Week, from August 22 to 30! The post National parks from space: How many can you name? first appeared on EarthSky.
EarthSky
The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines. So what has chan
Guardian Science
Video: 00:00:31 The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, is ready for launch on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Lift off is scheduled for 27 August 2026 at 22:10 CEST (17:10 local time). MTG-I2 is part of the MTG constellation for Eumets
ESA Space News
Previously collected fossils prove a treasure trove for understanding the origin of insects
Science Magazine
Water droplets sliding across surfaces can gain enough static electricity to break down anticorrosion coatings
Science Magazine
Three men were convicted for their part in driving in a convoy from Liverpool to Berwyn SSSI.
BBC Science & Environment
Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.
NYT Science
Yellow warnings updated as torrential downpours affect parts of England and Wales, delivering some of the wettest weather in several weeks.
BBC Science & EnvironmentUk
Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication The current shingles vaccine appears to significantly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to scientists who say it could help prevent thousands of deaths each year. Th
Guardian Science
New findings shed light on what’s making the parasite less treatable using the drug that’s considered a first line of defense.
Wired Science
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:57 CEST on Tuesday 25 August. It was Sophie’s second spacewalk, and the 32nd conducted by a European astronaut.
ESA Space News
Ten chicks have been successfully reared by two breeding pairs at secret sites across Fermanagh.
BBC Science & Environment