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SpaceX Starship landings could contaminate water ice on the Moon

The call from the moon is clear – try to find my water ice. There’s a possibility that large amounts of water ice could be lurking at the bottom of craters at the Moon’s south pole. Pardon my cosmic jargon but these extremely cold features – “where Sun “don’t shine” – labeled permanently shadowed regions,… Read More »

The James Webb Space Telescope may have solved the mystery of a puffy planet. Here’s how

A surprisingly low reservoir of methane could explain how a planet around a nearby star has become strangely swollen, according to new observations. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST(). The finding shows that planets’ atmospheres can swell to significant amounts without using esoteric theories of planet formation, astronomers say. “The Webb data tells us that planets… Read More »

Ancient DNA provides new evidence for long-held syphilis theory

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The British, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. While the Poles called it the German disease, the Russians blamed the Poles. In France, it was named “Naples disease” because the first documented syphilis… Read More »

Ancient DNA provides new evidence for long-held syphilis theory

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The British, Germans and Italians called it the French disease. While the Poles called it the German disease, the Russians blamed the Poles. In France, it was named “Naples disease” because the first documented syphilis… Read More »