Crystallizing Time

from NATURE The quest to crystallize time Bizarre forms of matter called time crystals were supposed to be physically impossible. Now they’re not. by Elizabeth Gibney Nik Spencer/Nature Christopher Monroe spends his life poking at atoms with light. He arranges them...

Life Keeps Getting Older

from Science News Oldest microfossils suggest life thrived on Earth about 4 billion years ago Ancient microbes were spewed from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, study claims BY MEGHAN ROSEN SIGNS OF LIFE  In rocks left over from ancient hydrothermal vents, these...

Space Junk Threat

from Bloomberg Earth’s Orbiting Junkyard Threatens the Space Economy Rocket and satellite litter is endangering private space commerce. Enter the cosmic debris tracking industry. by Justin Bachman A depiction of orbital debris in low-earth orbit. NASA You never see it...

Look down, not up.

from Express What is this 2.5mile long object moving under the Pacific Ocean? A MASSIVE circular structure has been spotted slowly crawling across the Pacific sea floor 3000 feet below the surface. By PAUL BALDWIN The object, which observers say looks man-made rather...