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Fastest orbiting asteroid found in our solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2021
A newly discovered asteroid is sticking close to our sun — much closer than our own planet Earth.

By David Aragorn
Ancient DNA from a teen girl reveals previously unknown group of humans 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 25, 2021
The bones of a teenage hunter-gatherer who died more than 7,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi tell the story of a previously unknown group of humans.

By David Aragorn
‘Substantial’ Number of Wandering Black Holes Could Be Roaming Galaxies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2021
A”substantial” number of wandering supermassive black holes probably exists, and they float through galaxies rather than sit at their center, according to a new study.

By David Aragorn
Eruption of underwater volcano creates new island off Japan coast 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 25, 2021
The new island, resulting from an eruption from the undersea Fukutoku-Okanoba volcano, is located about 1,200 kilometres south of Tokyo, near Iwo Jima.

By David Aragorn
Mystery object in space could be a new arm of the Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2021
Scientists spot giant feature at edge of the galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Create ‘Living Materials’ That Can Self-Repair When Damaged 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2021
Scientists have created “living materials” from bacteria that can repair themselves when damaged. Researchers say the materials could one day be used in medicine to improve skin repair.

By David Aragorn
Interstellar comets are more common than thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 24, 2021
“We’re finding that there could be substantially more visitors,” say Harvard scientists

By David Aragorn
First 2D supersolid in quantum gas 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2021
Scientists create an exotic form of matter using ultracold gases of highly magnetic atoms.

By David Aragorn
Doomed comet ATLAS had a long history with Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 24, 2021
Source: CNN A Comet that intrigued astronomers with its first appearance in our sky at the very end of 2019, but it disintegrated into 30 tiny ice shards months later. Now, observations made while the comet, named ATLAS, was still intact have shed light on the comet’s “family,” which stretches back thousands of years. Comet

By David Aragorn
Fusion experiment breaks record, blasts out 10 quadrillion watts of power 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2021
Scientists used an unconventional method of creating nuclear fusion to yield a record-breaking burst of energy of more than 10 quadrillion watts, by firing intense beams of light from the world’s largest lasers at a tiny pellet of hydrogen.

By David Aragorn