... Unfortunately, returning the space stones to the home planet may prove an Odyssey in and of itself - like a geological version of the interstellar survival thriller “The Martian.” @nypost.com https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/science/rover-finds-most-compelling-yet-in-search-for-life-on-mars/ #Mars #SapphireCanyon #Perseverance #CheyavaFalls #Astrobiology #chemistry #life #science #news #rover #PerseveranceRover #NASA #Astrodon #MarsSampleReturn #ReturnMars #MSR

A million miles from Earth, JWST captured this image of the chaotic birth of a star on the far outskirts of our galaxy. Its remote, pristine location makes it a good analog of the ancient stars that shaped the early history of the cosmos. https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-observes-immense-stellar-jet-on-outskirts-of-our-milky-way/ #space #science #astronomy

STAT+: Scientists who revolutionized cystic fibrosis treatment win prestigious Lasker Award https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/lasker-award-cycstic-fibrosis-treatments/?utm_campaign=rss #science

Archaeological discoveries in #Russia and #Ukraine have uncovered burial sites of ancient warrior women who match descriptions of the legendary Amazons from Greek #mythology. The findings show that nomadic Scythian cultures allowed women to fight alongside men as equals, providing the real-world foundation for what Greeks turned into mythical stories. https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/amazons-myth-or-real-warrior-women-ancient-world/#archaeology #history #science #discovery #research #culture #education

It’s been seven months since I worked up the courage to launch my Beaks & Bones newsletter.Thank you to everyone who already subscribed. You make all of this make sense. I’ve published 20 posts so far—20 stories about fascinating bird research. All of them are available to read in the archive:https://beaksandbones.substack.com/archiveBeaks & Bones is published about twice a month. Interested? Subscribe here for free:https://beaksandbones.substack.com/#birds #birdsofmastodon #scicomm #science #newsletter #ornithology #birding #nature #biology

Bernard Forest de Bélidor, who died OTD in 1761, contributed to the fields of hydraulics and ballistics https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/boat-trip-canal-lateral-a-la-loire/?s=mb #travel #France #science

Look up!In search of the darkest and most pristine skies, French astrophotographer Martin Lefranc and colleagues visited our Very Large Telescope (VLT) in #Chile.The sight that they were met with was nothing but surreal. And this mesmerizing fish-eye view captured outside the VLT speaks for itself 🤩Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2536a/ M. Lefranc/ESO#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrophotography #space #science

This Asteroid Holds Material Older Than The Sun Itself tayifmukta/Shutterstock When NASA’s Osiris-REx spacecraft delivered its sample…#NewsBeep #News #Space #CA #Canada #Sciencehttps://www.newsbeep.com/ca/128161/

Scientists watch Parkinson’s protein drill holes in brain cells for the first timeScientists have uncovered a surprising way Parkinson’s disease may start: tiny toxic proteins that punch holes in brain cells like revolving doors. Instead of causing instant collapse, these flickering pores slowly weaken the cells, which could explain the gradual onset of symptoms.#Parkinsons #neuroscience #Science https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250904103922.htm

For 200 years, #ice was thought to be slippery because a thin liquid #water layer forms under pressure and friction under the weight of the footstep.But this idea of frictional melting appears to have defied direct experimental verification.Now it also has been shown to be wrong.A new paper presents molecular simulations of ice interfaces that reveal that ice surfaces liquefy without melting thermodynamically but predominantly by cold, displacement-driven amorphization.Despite effective self-lubrication, very small ice friction is found to require water to slip past a hydrophobic counterface—or an excess amount of water, produced by, e.g., extreme sliding velocities.#physics #sciencehttps://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/1plj-7p4z

3-Sep-2025Fossil #fish sheds new light on extra #teeth #evolution to devour prey https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1096270 #science #ecology #fossils

Use a VPN + Incognito Mode + Alias Email Adresse (the site requires you enter your email so they can send you the results, so I hope you're using an encrypted mail like @Tutanota or @mailbox_org ) psychological tests are sensitive datahttps://www.16personalities.com/

“Our lights, which we cast more or less mindlessly into the night, are having widespread and often subtle effects on the lives of animals all around us.” (B. Pease)https://www.sciencenews.org/article/birds-sing-longer-light-pollution#birds #science

We see news about the discoveries of exoplanets quite often. But they're really far away, much fainter and smaller than their host stars. So how do we find them?This is your "Exoplanet Hunting 101" guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA47z3TGU1c#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

️️️ Don't want to give your kid a polio vaccine?Perhaps you don't know about the "iron lung" that patients had to live in 24/7, for weeks, months, a lifetime. A lot of folks don't know, for real.Is that want you want? Because THIS - these mid-1950s photos - will be the consequence. No kidding. Had a friend who spent part of her childhood in one. Then leg braces.Get the #polio #vaccine!!#Healthcare #CDC #Science #CultPS: Pls share

#Researchers have identified a species of #frog Limnonectes phyllofolia completely new to #science. The tiny #Indonesian #amphibians have unusual fangs in their jaws thought to be used to defend territory #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/28/the-worlds-smallest-fanged-frog-found-in-indonesia/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer