Nuclear clocks - a new type of clock that harnesses the transition of particles in an atomic nucleus - could revolutionize timekeeping and lead to new physics discoveries, such as narrowing the search for dark matter candidates. science.org/content/articl…

By precisely zooming in on a specific energy transition in an atomic nucleus, researchers have come closer than ever before to building a new kind of timekeeper: a nuclear clock. scim.ag/8fR

🚨🛰️: NEW MERCURY PHOTOS JUST DROPPED! The magnificent ESA/JAXA mission BepiColombo (which ultimately aims to get into orbit around Mercury) just made another extremely close flyby of the innermost planet. It’s an impact crater-filled paradise. Look at this weird world! 💥

Watch as a mysterious seismic wave sweeps around the world, buzzing seismometers from Greenland to Antarctica in less than an hour! The signal appeared in Sept 2023, sending scientists on an epic hunt for their cause (🎥 via Stephen Hicks 🇪🇺, @K_Svennevig, and Alexis Marbeouf)

Stay warm, wear your galoshes, and write us every day, ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper!

Live: Could Jupiter's ocean moon Europa have conditions favorable for supporting life? Hear directly from scientists working to answer that question with our NASA Europa Clipper mission, set to launch Oct. 14. youtube.com/live/ncMrvfA2L…

Go Clipper! smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… NASA launches its largest interplanetary spacecraft ever to search for signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Science is booming! We've successfully deployed the magnetometer boom. Once we arrive at Europa, the Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM) aims to confirm that Europa’s ocean exists, measure its depth and salinity, and measure the ice shell's thickness. More: europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/ins…

🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from U.S. National Science Foundation–DOE Office of Science Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌 More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-fir…

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will be revolutionary for everything from planetary science to large-scale cosmology. “We’re absolutely guaranteed to find something that blows people’s minds." Check it out! wired.com/story/opening-…

Asteroids appear to move against the background of stars and galaxies from our perspective on Earth, which is why they appear as multi-colored streaks in this image made from about 10 hours of observing over seven nights.🔭

Best look yet at Comet 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor that's racing through our solar system. It's currently 600 million kilometers from the Sun, between Jupiter & the asteroid belt. As the comet moves closer, the images will inevitably get better. noirlab.edu/public/news/no…

Oh, bee-have! 🐝 The Little Beehive Cluster (Messier 41) is a dazzling open star cluster about 2300 light-years away. It's made of about 100 stars born from the same cloud of gas. 🌫️ This stunning nightscape captures U.S. National Science Foundation–DOE Office of Science Rubin Observatory and M41 together ✨

Oh hey there, friends! 👋 On its way to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper caught a glimpse of Mars and its two moons. The dark circle at the top of the planet is a polar ice cap, and the fainter circle below is the region around Elysium Mons. Details: go.nasa.gov/3Uhjylf

New observations reveal the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has an abundance of carbon dioxide and nickel. bit.ly/4n1TPJB

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly customers more than twice as fast as commercial airliners. wired.com/story/nasas-qu…

NASA's newest X-plane has taken flight, beginning its campaign to quiet the boom of breaking the sound barrier. This jet could lead to future supersonic passenger planes that cut travel times in half. More about this unique experimental jet on WIRED: wired.com/story/nasas-qu…

Four hundred thousand years ago, in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to light campfires on multiple occasions - the oldest clear evidence of humans intentionally making fire. sciencenews.org/article/neande…

Human relatives struck sparks with iron pyrite and flint far earlier than previously known. sciencenews.org/article/neande…