SpaceX’s Starship Booster May Have Exploded, Fan Theory and Alleged Leaked Image Suggests

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. SpaceX’s Starship booster, the first in the program’s history to successfully splash down in water, reportedly exploded after the test, an alleged leaked image and fan analysis circulating on social media suggest. … Read more

SpaceX’s Starship Booster May Have Exploded, Fan Theory and Alleged Leaked Image Suggests

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. WCCF TECH INC has a disclosure and ethics policy. SpaceX’s Starship booster, the first in the program’s history to successfully splash down in water, reportedly exploded after the test, an alleged leaked image and fan analysis circulating on social … Read more

New DNA evidence challenges theory of woolly mammoth extinction

How did the woolly mammoth, an ambassador of the Ice Age, come to be trapped in modern-day Wrangel? … [+] Island? And what ultimately caused their extinction? New evidence suggests it wasn’t bad genetics as previously thought. getty Rising sea levels around 10,000 years ago transformed Wrangel Island into a last refuge for the woolly … Read more

Something hidden inside the moon could be behind its mysterious swirls: scientists have a theory

The moon is known for its gray, pockmarked appearance. But did you know that if you point a telescope at a satellite next to our planet, you will also see bright spots on the lunar surface? Since these strange phenomena, known as lunar whirls, were first noticed in the 17th century, scientists have wondered where … Read more

New theory reveals fracture mechanism in soft materials

Schematic representation of the surface instability considered, with the reference and the real configurations, and with a detailed description of the nature of the boundary conditions. Source: Physical assessment letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.248202 A new theory has finally deciphered the physical mechanisms of fracture in soft materials. This discovery could soon lead to new, defect-free … Read more

New theory about why we are alone in the cosmos: tectonic plates

New research suggests a geological explanation for the fact that there is conclusive evidence of advanced … [+] No alien civilizations have been found. getty Are we alone, and if so, why? So far, the search for extraterrestrial life has yielded nothing but silence, and a team of Earth scientists now think they know why. … Read more

Popular myth debunked: New study challenges 30-year-old theory linking griffins to dinosaurs

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Painting of a griffin, a chimera of a lion bird of prey, next to the fossils of Protoceratopesa horned dinosaur. The latter would have influenced the lore and appearance of the former, but our study suggests there is no compelling connection between dinosaurs and griffins. Credit: Dr Mark Witton A new study refutes the theory … Read more

Wild theory suggests dark matter could make stars immortal

Stars near the center of our galaxy could be forever fueled by dark matter, according to a team of astronomers who recently studied the distant light sources. Florida family sues NASA over home damaged by space debris The group of stars, known as S-cluster stars, are located just three light-years from the center of the … Read more

Missing black holes in the Milky Way are bad news for this dark matter theory

A blue sphere with a cone of white extending from it leading to a reversed cone of a cloud of blue and purple strands

Scientists have discovered that unusually large black holes appear to be absent from the Milky Way’s diffuse outer halo. The discovery could spell bad news for theories that suggest the most mysterious form of “stuff” in the universe, dark matter, consists of primordial black holes that formed in the first moments after the Big Bang. … Read more

Graphene discovery in China’s Chang’e-5 moon samples challenges theory of moon’s origins

To understand the origins of this carbon, the Chinese research team said a study of young lunar samples – just 2 billion years old – could help them unravel “the crystalline structure of the native carbon” present on the moon. After analyzing the graphene found in the sample, the researchers concluded that the moon may … Read more