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The Big Story - Seekr

An in-depth podcast on the issues, culture, and personalities shaping Canada today. Insightful discussions on current national topics.

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World's top physicists discuss time travel, the multiverse at Vancouver quantum gravity conference

Some of the world’s best and brightest in the world of physics gathered in Vancouver this week to discuss one of science’s greatest mysteries – the theory of quantum gravity.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

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New Evidence Points to the Moon Once Being Part of Earth

Gases trapped in lunar meteorites hint that the moon was formed out of material displaced from Earth after a planetary collision.

www.wired.com

Why NASA Wants to Go Back to the Moon

The space agency’s upcoming lunar mission will launch the ambitious Artemis program, building on the landings 50 years ago.

www.wired.com

The Future Could Be Blissful—If Humans Don’t Go Extinct First

WIRED talked with long-termist philosopher William MacAskill about human extinction, Elon Musk, and his new book, ‘What We Owe the Future.’

www.wired.com

Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals More Problems in Space

While Roscosmos will likely continue its commitments on the ISS for at least a few more years, it’s not clear what comes next.

www.wired.com

 

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Gravity is a side effect of mass traveling through space time. Time as a fluid medium. I love this shit.

 

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A Mirror of Our Best Selves

An astrobiologist annotates what we are seeing in this James Webb Space Telescope image.

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Why We Need to Study Nothing

The origins of the universe may be hidden in the voids of space.

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This Planetary Scientist Is Always Reaching for Something Big

Persistence, says Lindy Elkins-Tanton, has led to her success in science.

nautil.us

 

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Were It Not for Cosmic Good Fortune, We Wouldn’t Be Here

Why Earth wasn’t swept into the dustbin of space.

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The Real Impact of Meteorites on Earth

Life as we know it was seeded by rocks from outer space.

nautil.us

The Moon Is Underrated

New research hints at what makes Earth’s moon special.

nautil.us

 

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Something Amazing Photobombed NASA’s New Pic of Jupiter

“We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest.”

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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Stunning images capture the aurora borealis across Canada over the weekend

With the northern lights visible throughout Canada this past weekend, Canadians took to social media to share their sightings of the mesmerizing natural phenomenon.

www.ctvnews.ca

Vancouver: Latest Video News, Interviews & Analysis

Watch the latest local news shaping the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Get top stories, exclusive interviews, and trusted in-depth analysis.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

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‘Never seen Jupiter like this’: James Webb telescope shows incredible view of planet

The infrared images, taken in July, capture unprecedented views of the biggest planet’s storms, moon and surrounding rings

theguardian.com

James Webb Space Telescope glimpses Earendel, the most distant star known in the universe

The star's discovery by the Hubble Space Telescope was only announced earlier this year.

space.com

 

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Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy | Quanta Magazine

In the days after the mega-telescope started delivering data, astronomers reported new discoveries about galaxies, stars, exoplanets and even Jupiter.

quantamagazine.org

New Data Suggests Our Fundamental Model of the Universe Is Wrong, And Scientists Are Racing to Solve It

New observations are forcing scientists to try and resolve emerging tensions in our current model of the universe.

vice.com

 

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Where do electrons get energy to spin around an atom's nucleus?

Quantum mechanics explains why the electrons can keep spinning indefinitely.

space.com

Why NASA Is Going Back to the Moon (Published 2022)

The agency is set to launch a massive rocket on Monday, kicking off a return to Earth’s closest neighbor after many scientists and policymakers had once moved on.

nytimes.com

How mammals won the dinosaurs' world

Sixty-six million years ago, our ancestors lived through the most violent event in the Earth's history. How did small, insignificant mammals survive a doomsday asteroid?

bbc.com

 

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Strange Radio Signals From Deep Space Contain Signs of New Physics, Scientists Say

A relic, a fossil, and a halo are among the bizarre features that defy existing theories, according to a new study.

vice.com

The SLS rocket is the worst thing to happen to NASA—but maybe also the best?

“This has been a really tough thing.”…

arstechnica.com

Particle Physicists Puzzle Over a New Duality | Quanta Magazine

A hidden link has been found between two seemingly unrelated particle collision outcomes. It’s the latest example of a mysterious web of mathematical connections between disparate theories of physics.

quantamagazine.org

How is the James Webb Space Telescope changing astronomy?

By detecting infrared light, it will analyse everything from early stars to space oddities

economist.com

 

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Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an "extra" dimension of time

The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.

livescience.com

When Light Flashes for a Quintillionth of a Second, Things Get Weird

The shortest light pulses in the world come in pairs, and scientists can now control them.

getpocket.com

 

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Montreal researchers discover rare extrasolar 'waterworld'

A team of researchers led by a Montreal PhD student has discovered a planet outside our solar system that has the potential to harbour life and that they believe is covered entirely in water.

montreal.ctvnews.ca

 

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How the Webb Telescope Expanded My Universe (Published 2022)

As new images of Jupiter and a galactic survey spring forth from NASA’s new observatory, our cosmic affairs correspondent confesses he didn’t anticipate their power.

www.nytimes.com

 

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What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole?

For almost a century, astrophysicists have struggled with the question. They’re still at it—and have some pretty wild ideas.

getpocket.com

 

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One Great Article About Every Planet in the Solar System

A guided tour of our planetary neighborhood, from mysterious Mercury to the dwarf planet Pluto and the search for the elusive Planet Nine.

getpocket.com

 

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Mercury was a total mystery for centuries. We’re finally learning its secrets.

Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money...

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When will the Earth try to kill us again?

Most mass extinctions began with vast convulsions of Earth’s interior—can we detect that?

arstechnica.com

Everything About Mars Is The Worst

At first glance, Mars seems pretty nice. The sun warms its rusty surface to a balmy 70 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and gentle breezes ruffle its dirt. Sp…

fivethirtyeight.com

Jupiter revealed

The Juno spacecraft has been circling Jupiter since 2016. Here are four things we’ve learned so far about the biggest planet in the solar system.

www.knowablemagazine.org

Saturn Could Lose Its Rings in Less Than 100 Million Years

Recent discoveries suggest that the planet's distinctive feature may be gone in the cosmic blink of an eye

www.smithsonianmag.com

Uranus: Why we should visit the most unloved planet

Uranus has always been left out when it comes to missions to our near neighbours. But now there are serious attempts to visit this toxic gas giant.

www.bbc.com

A Love Letter to the Last Planet

Neptune really deserves more attention, if you ask me.

www.discovermagazine.com

The Hunt for Planet Nine - Longreads

What will it take to find the biggest missing object in our solar system?

longreads.com

 

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James Webb Telescope snaps images of its FIRST exoplanet

The exoplanet, located just outside of our solar system, can be seen in several filters of infrared light. This reveals different details of the alien world never before seen by human eyes.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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NASA's Juno probe snaps a photo of Jupiter revealing its true colours

Raw images of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft have been processed by citizen scientist Björn Jónsson, who increased the colour saturation to reveal clouds and vortices.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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NASA's Artemis 1 moon launch will not happen before SATURDAY

The launch is set to reconvene on Saturday at 2:17 p.m. eastern time, with a two hour window, NASA told reporters Tuesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Artemis I: Everything you need to know about NASA's moon mission

NASA was due to launch its new moon rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida today (Monday, August 29), but an engine issue forced engineers to delay lift-off until Friday at the earliest.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Scientists warn of 1:6 chance of a mega volcano eruption this century

Scientists claim there is a one in six chance of a mega-volcano to occur before the end of the century and as history shows, it would have terrifying consequences for mankind.

www.dailymail.co.uk

We've got a 1 in 6 chance of a mega-volcano erupting this century. Shouldn't we get prepared?

A researcher asks a very important question.

www.zmescience.com

‘One-in-six chance’: Scientists warn of a mega-volcano eruption this century

Scientists have predicted a strong chance of a mega-volcano eruption this century, which could impact the entire planet. Dr Mike Cassidy and Dr Lara Mani predicted the eruption would be at least seven on the Volcanic Eruption Index (VEI). There have only been two other level seven VEI...

www.skynews.com.au

 

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Fuckaround and open a portal for cthulhu playin that shit

 

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The Length of Earth’s Days Has Been Mysteriously Increasing, and Scientists Don’t Know Why

The length of a day has critical impacts on our technologies, navigation, and more.

getpocket.com

The Hunt for Big Hail (Published 2022)

Hailstones of record size are falling left and right, and hailstorm damage is growing. But there is surprisingly little research to explain why.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Bizarre ‘dark fluid’ with negative mass could dominate the universe – what my research suggests

Forget about dark matter and dark energy, new research suggests that the existence of ‘dark fluid’ may solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics.

theconversation.com

 

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Dark energy remains a mystery as Einstein's theory of gravity passes another test

New research could help scientists use gravitational lensing — the warping of light from distant galaxies — to investigate the accelerating expansion of the universe.

space.com

Humans on Mars could depend on this lunchbox-sized device for survival

An MIT-designed module on the Mars Perseverance rover successfully made oxygen on the Red Planet, marking a crucial step toward future crewed missions and even long-term settlements.

inverse.com

Surprise! Protons Contain a Subatomic Particle That’s Heavier Than the Proton Itself

But when the charm quark is present, it still only accounts for around half of the proton’s mass. How can that be?

popularmechanics.com

We exist. What can that fact teach us about the Universe?

The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don't abuse it!

bigthink.com

Astronomers Are Freaking Out Over Bizarre Rectangle-Shaped Rings in Space

An image of a bright star’s odd-shaped “rings” is the most recent mystery to come out of the super-powerful James Webb Space Telescope.

vice.com

Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an "extra" dimension of time

The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.

livescience.com

 

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How an enormous project attempted to map the sky without computers

The Carte du Ciel provided signposts for how future astronomical discoveries would be made.

arstechnica.com

 

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How images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope get their iconic look

Final images are a “collaboration” between data and subjective taste.

www.theverge.com

James Webb Space Telescope spots alien planet shrouded in weird sand-filled clouds

The exoplanet's atmosphere also contains methane and carbon dioxide.

www.space.com

Mysterious rings in new James Webb Space Telescope image puzzle astronomers

Concentric ripples surrounding a distant star have a strange, squarish shape.

space.com

Neptune and its rings shown in striking new light by Webb telescope

Farthest planet from sun and its satellites revealed in unprecedented detail by space telescope’s infrared imager

theguardian.com

 

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Man, them niggas at NASA just playing Gran Tourismo.

 

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How images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope get their iconic look

Final images are a “collaboration” between data and subjective taste.

www.theverge.com

James Webb Space Telescope spots alien planet shrouded in weird sand-filled clouds

The exoplanet's atmosphere also contains methane and carbon dioxide.

www.space.com

Mysterious rings in new James Webb Space Telescope image puzzle astronomers

Concentric ripples surrounding a distant star have a strange, squarish shape.

space.com

Neptune and its rings shown in striking new light by Webb telescope

Farthest planet from sun and its satellites revealed in unprecedented detail by space telescope’s infrared imager

theguardian.com

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James Webb Space Telescope captures star-studded 'Pillars of Creation'

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three looming towers made of interstellar dust and gas that's speckled with newly formed stars.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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The Solar System Isn’t Ready to Deal With Humanity’s Garbage

We’re already dumping a ton of trash on Mars—and we haven’t even set foot on it yet.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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'No one has ever seen anything like this': Scientists report black hole 'burping'

Scientists say a black hole has begun ejecting material years after it consumed a small star, a phenomenon described as similar to 'burping' after a meal and a first for researchers.

www.ctvnews.ca