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James Webb Space Telescope forecasts extreme weather on exoplanet that rains rubies and sapphires

Imagine a world where the weather forecast calls for winds blowing at 11,000 miles per hour (18,000 kilometers per hour) and nighttime showers of liquid metal, rubies and sapphires. This is the chaotic reality astronomers have pieced together for WASP-121b, an “ultra-hot Jupiter” that ranks among the most extreme planets known beyond the solar system. The gas giant orbits its host…
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We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th

For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of the universe such as dark energy and dark matter. These are pieces of our cosmos that simply can’t be accounted for by the four fundamental forces we know of: gravity and electromagnetism as well as the strong and weak nuclear forces. In addition, while the hunt for this…
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SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut. SpaceX’s initial public offering, or IPO, went live for trading on the Nasdaq today (June 12), riding on what you could call the “Elon factor” — the high anticipation to grab stock in a company that once aimed for Mars, but now seems to be aiming at everything…
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Don't miss out on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 — stream it from anywhere at warp speed using this Norton VPN deal, now up to 70% off

Norton is renowned for providing industry-leading antivirus and security software. The US brand’s VPN service is recommended as one of the best VPN services and also one of the most improved VPN providers of 2026 by our tech expert colleagues at TechRadar. Norton VPN scored an impressive 4 out of 5-star rating, with its speeds, ease of use, and straightforward app being some of its review…
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