Lord of the Deep

Click Here to Read:  Lord of the Deep: For years a shipwreck hunter has battled governments and rivals over the ocean floor’s riches. He’s kept his identity a secret, until now. By Kit Chellel, Olivia Solon and Jonathan Browning on the Bloomberg website on November 16, 2023.

Ship wreck Numidia (1901), front deck view, Big Brother Island, Red Sea Image: W. Strickling Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Nobel Prize in physics won by trio who created rapid flashes of light to ‘capture the shortest of moments’

Click Here to Read: Nobel Prize in physics won by trio who created rapid flashes of light to ‘capture the shortest of moments’ By Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt and Ed Upright on the CNN website on October 3, 2023.

Noble Prize.  Image: Sculptor and engraver: Erik Lindberg (1902), Photographer: Jonathunder (2008-11-01).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matter

Click Here to Read: NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters.  The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid material, which could help scientists understand the earliest stages of the Solar System By Georgina Torbet on The Verge Website on  September 24, 2023,

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Image: NASA/Keegan Barber  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 Asteroid Bennu could shatter Earth. Here’s how Sunday’s OSIRIS-REx mission will stop it

Click Here to Read:  Asteroid Bennu could shatter Earth. Here’s how Sunday’s OSIRIS-REx mission will stop it: There’s a higher chance of the asteroid striking the Earth than you finding a four-leaf clover. Scientists have 160 years to deflect it by Noa Leach on the Science Focus website on September 23, 2023.

Asteroid101955 Bennu.  Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Common.

Why the earliest galaxies are sparking drama and controversy among astronomers

Click Here to Read: Why the earliest galaxies are sparking drama and controversy among astronomers by Regina G. Barber, Rachel Carlson, Berly McCoy and Rebecca Ramirez on the NPR website on September 18, 2023.

INASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail mage: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STSc Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.