Astronomy
January 29, 2023

Tiny Meteorite Collected in 2021 Contains the Building Blocks of Life

Meteorites are chunks of space rock that make it through our atmosphere to land on Earth. When quickly identified and recovered, the extraterrestrial rock can tell astronomers a lot about the composition of the universe and even how life began on Earth. Meteorites can show evidence of minerals not seen on our planet or what looks like fossilized bacteria from Mars.

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Dogs
January 28, 2023

We Now Have the Answer to What Is the Smartest Dog Breed

Canine intelligence is a fascinating topic of study. Prestigious Yale University even has a Canine Cognition Center dedicated to applying rigorous psychological research to pooch decision-making. Such abilities and inherent intuitions have developed over thousands of years of domestication as human's best friend. But which breed is the smartest of them all?

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Astronomy
January 27, 2023

2023 BU Asteroid Comes Closer to Earth Than Many Satellites

Yesterday, an asteroid the size of a bus came shockingly close to Earth. In case you missed it, at 7:27 p.m. EST an asteroid called 2023 BU practically skimmed our planet as it whizzed by the southern tip of South America. Flying just 2,200 miles overhead, NASA stated that it was one of the “closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded.

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