Dinosaur hunter stumbles upon a million dollar find

Matthew Sherman Cooper’s discovery was reassembled in New York The first stegosaurus skeleton to go under the hammer will fetch millions of dollars in New York. But the extraordinary discovery was made by chance, thousands of miles to the west during a man’s birthday walk, writes Stephen Smith. It’s every child’s dream to wander into … Read more

Dinosaur hunter stumbles upon million-dollar find – BBC News

image source, Matthew Sherman Image title, Cooper’s discovery was reassembled in New York 1 hour ago The first stegosaurus skeleton to go under the hammer will fetch millions of dollars in New York. But the extraordinary discovery was made by chance, thousands of miles to the west during a man’s birthday walk, writes Stephen Smith. … Read more

Crewed flight test of the ULA Atlas V Boeing Starliner

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Event details Load blog NASA’s Boeing StarlinerCrew Flight Test (CFT) June 1, 2024, 12:25 p.m Space Launch Complex 41 • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station UPDATE: All departure transportation premium tickets and entry tickets purchased for the May 6 attempt remain valid for the next attempt, currently scheduled for no earlier than … Read more

SpaceX sent Starship into orbit – next launch will try to bring it back | TechCrunch

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket may take off for a fourth time on June 5, with the primary objective of evaluating the second stage’s reusable heat shield as the vehicle attempts to safely re-enter the atmosphere for the first time. CEO Elon Musk said on his social media platform X that “There are a lot of … Read more

Elusive medium-sized black holes may form in ‘dense birth nests’

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Researchers have found that elusive intermediate-mass black holes can form in dense star clusters containing anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of tightly packed stars called “globular clusters.” An intermediate-mass black hole has a mass between 100 and 10,000 suns. They are heavier than solar-mass black holes, which have a mass range between 10 … Read more

Scientists may have finally solved the problem of the universe’s ‘missing’ black holes

A black hole is so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light.

The early universe contained far fewer miniatures black holes than previously thought, making the origin of our cosmos’ missing matter an even greater mystery, a new study suggests. Miniature or primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes thought to have formed in the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang. According to leading … Read more

Vulcan Disappears: Real-life Star Trek planet turns out to be stellar illusion

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Artist’s concept of a previously proposed possible planet, HD 26965 b – is often compared to the fictional “Vulcan” in the Star Trek universe. Credit: JPL-Caltech New research refutes the existence of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit 40 Eridani A, attributing the detected signals to the surface activity of the star. A planet thought … Read more

Tsunami sands help scientists assess earthquake patterns in Cascadia

This article has been reviewed according to the editorial process and policies of Science X. The editors have emphasized the following attributes to ensure the credibility of the content: OK! by Nathaniel Scharping, Eos Cascadia subduction zone showing the location of the Salmon River estuary (yellow star) and other onshore areas with identified tsunami deposits … Read more

How NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its first close encounter with the sun

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OSIRIS-APEX emerged “unscathed” from its closest brush ever with our sun on January 2, scientists announced on Tuesday (May 28). The probe, originally known as OSIRIS-RExcompleted its sample return mission to asteroid Bennu and is now heading for the space rock Apophis on an extended mission. This new mission calls for OSIRIS-APEX to slide 25 … Read more

I had a hot dream about my wife. It has convinced me that I should give her a surprise “gift”.

How to is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How do we do it, My wife and I have been married for 18 years and together for 22. We are happy, successful, have children, the white picket fence, the whole lot. A while ago … Read more