James Webb Space Telescope Has Possibly Imaged the Oldest Known Star and Most Distant Galaxy
With the ability to peer deeper into the universe—and by doing so deeper back in time—than its predecessors, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered what may prove to be the oldest known star, and also what might be the most distant known galaxy… or at least, so it seems. One of
UK Scientists Declare Nessie ‘Plausible’ After Freshwater Plesiosaur Fossil Discovery
A new discovery regarding the nature of ancient plesiosaurs has prompted several scientists to declare that the existence of the legendary Loch Ness Monster is “plausible”, at least in regard to the elusive cryptid’s chosen freshwater habitat. The discovery in question involves the recovery of small plesiosaur fossils in a 100 million-year-old
This Month’s Heatwave Melted 18 Gigatons of Greenland’s Ice Sheet
The recent heat wave that baked both Europe and North America also had a major impact on the world’s largest island: temperatures across Greenland spiked during the same time period, causing a major melt event that released 18 billion tons of water over a three-day period, enough to cover the entirety of
The New Level of Quantum Computing: A 9,000-Year Computer Problem Solved in Just 36 Microseconds
Another milestone has been reached in the realm of quantum computing, with a Canadian company reporting that they have run a complex benchmarking problem through their new equipment that produced a solution that would have taken a conventional supercomputer 9,000 years to complete in a mere 36 millionths of a
The Pentagon and Congress Expand the Military’s UAP Investigative and Reporting Powers
The Pentagon has established a new office tasked with investigating unidentified aerial phenomena, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The AARO will replace the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG), established just last November, and is intended to expand the scope of the military’s UAP investigations. This news comes
