New observations reveal how black hole jets behave under pressure, offering a crucial benchmark for understanding their role in cosmic evolution.
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NASA Plans to Test Fire on The Moon Ahead of Future Missions
There’s one particular challenge facing the crewed missions of the near future that scares mission planners more than almost any other: fire.
A new paper from researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Johnson Space Center and Case Western Reserve University details a planned mission to test the flammability of materials on the Moon’s surface – where they expect flame to act much differently than it does here on Earth.
On Earth, gravity causes hot gases to rise, drawing fresh, cool oxygen to the base of the flame. In some cases where the material is marginally flammable, this can result in a phenomenon called “blowoff”, which actually extinguishes the fire.
Atomic Clocks Could Reveal The Hidden Quantum Nature of Time Itself
Although there are many variables in life, there’s one metric by which our existence is strictly measured: time.
We think of it as rigid, smooth, and unidirectional – the arrow of time flies straight and true, and all we can do is go where it leads.
But what if time is a little more loosey-goosey than our experience of it suggests? What if it harbors a hidden quantum nature?
Up to 4% of People Can Hear Colors or Taste Words. Here’s Why
Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colors while listening to music?
If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia.
Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon where the activation of one sense, such as hearing, triggers the activation of another, usually unrelated sense, such as sight. This means people with synaesthesia often experience additional sensations compared to the rest of us.
The Gentlemen ransomware now uses SystemBC for bot-powered attacks
A SystemBC proxy malware botnet of more than 1,570 hosts, believed to be corporate victims, has been discovered following an investigation into a Gentlemen ransomware attack carried out by a gang affiliate.
The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation emerged around mid-2025 and provides a Go-based locker that can encrypt Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems, and a C-based locker for ESXi hypervisors.
Last December, it compromised one of Romania’s largest energy providers, the Oltenia Energy Complex. Earlier this month, The Adaptavist Group disclosed a breach that Gentlemen ransomware listed on its data leak site.