Two earthquakes rattle New South Wales within hours
Magnitude 3.8 tremor in Orana shortly before 11 p.m. was followed by a shallow 3.7 quake near Muswellbrook at 2:22 a.m.; monitoring stations registered shaking as far away as Victoria
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Endangered Southern Resident orca J36 seen carrying dead newborn calf in Washington waters
Researchers confirm female calf found deceased in Rosario Strait amid continued threats to the population
Archaeologists find earliest evidence of deliberate mummification — smoke‑drying bodies in southern China 12,000 years ago
Analysis of 95 pre‑Neolithic burial sites suggests bodies were bound, smoke‑dried over low‑intensity fires and then interred, predating Egyptian and Chinchorro practices
Viral videos show 'meteorite' sprouting black tentacles in Panama; no scientific confirmation
TikTok user says space rock burned leaves, later released a moving, light-sensitive organism; meteorite experts and skeptics say the claims remain unverified
Earliest Evidence of Intentional Mummification: 12,000‑Year‑Old Smoke‑Dried Burials Found in Southern China
Study of 95 pre‑Neolithic sites suggests corpses were bound, smoke‑dried over low‑temperature fires and then buried — a practice persisting for millennia and predating Egyptian mummification
Astronomers Identify Small Quasi‑Moon 2025 PN7 That Likely Hid in Near‑Earth Space for Decades
62‑foot asteroid appears to be a temporary quasi‑satellite of Earth, researchers report in Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
Searchers locate wreck of 1886 schooner F.J. King off Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula
Wisconsin Historical Society and underwater archaeologists say the three-masted cargo schooner was found intact after nearly 140 years on the bottom of Lake Michigan
NASA's X-59 supersonic research jet nears first flight to test 'quiet' sonic signature
Lockheed-built X-59 will begin low-speed flight checks before higher-altitude supersonic tests aimed at producing a thump rather than a boom and informing overland flight rules.
NOAA: Major solar storms strike Earth; G2 activity could disrupt power and communications in northern U.S.
A G3 storm hit late Sunday and a follow-up G2 geomagnetic storm is expected Monday, producing auroras and raising the chance of localized power, satellite and radio disruptions in at least 11 states.