The balloon-borne capsule developed by Space Perspective won’t be shaped like the gumdrop we usually associate with that phrase in aerospace. Today (July 27), a Florida-based business presented the pressurized capsule’s external…
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The oldest, brightest black holes in the universe were born from violent gas attacks, new study suggests
Quasars are among of the oldest and brightest remnants of the early cosmos that astronomers can currently detect, twinkling like cosmic lighthouses on a coastline 13 billion light-years from Earth. Quasars, which…
This giant water lily is the biggest in the world — and it’s a newly identified species
After 177 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London’s herbarium, a massive water lily was found to be a member of an entirely new species. According to a press statement from…
NASA lost contact with a satellite after it broke free of the Earth’s orbit
Subscribe to the Wonder Theory science newsletter from CNN. Discover the cosmos by reading the latest news about amazing discoveries, advances in science, and more. During its journey to the moon, one…
Pandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago
It is well known that giant pandas are picky eaters. They solely eat bamboo, and each day they may consume up to 99 pounds (45 kilograms) of it in 15 hours. Though…