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A major milestone has been breached in the quest for fusion energy. For the first time, a fusion reaction has achieved a record 1.3 megajoule energy output – and for the first time, exceeding energy absorbed by the fuel used to trigger it. For more, check out this ScienceAlert story.

Sounds intriguing…Scientists have spotted an “intruder” disturbing a forming star in a distant star system. Usually, when such disturbances happen, they don’t happen by intruders, but by stars that have grown up together close next to each other. Stars tend to form with other stars, and those siblings – sometimes as many as four of…

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has discovered a brand-new world. What makes this new discovery so intriguing, though, is that scientists are scratching their heads about it. Because of how hot the two-star system is, it doesn’t make sense for planets to have formed within it. As such, scientists are perplexed at how…

New research suggests we may soon be able to test one of Stephen Hawking’s most controversial theories. In the 1970s, Hawking proposed that dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most matter in the cosmos, may be made of black holes formed in the earliest moments of the Big Bang. Now, three astronomers have…

I saw this story over on Guru 3D. If it is true, that is shady! If you are a user of Norton 360 antivirus, then you might want to ditch the software altogether. Ever since last year they’ve been experimenting with a crypto miner, which now is getting enabled by default. And they’re doing this…

Eye drops instead of glasses? Vuity, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October, would potentially replace reading glasses for some of the 128 million Americans who have trouble seeing close-up. The new medicine takes effect in about 15 minutes, with one drop on each eye providing sharper vision for six to…

Here’s hoping that 2022 is a better year for all!

The icy process may be present on other worlds. Bizarre geometric shapes first spotted on the dwarf planet’s surface in 2015 are indications that a process called sublimation is ongoing, a new study suggests. Pluto is geologically alive. For more, check out this Space.com story.

The United Arab Emirates is using drones to electrify clouds into producing rain in an effort to increase the amount of rainfall it gets per year. The drones shoot laser beams into the clouds, charging them with electricity. The charge prompts precipitation by forcing water droplets together to create bigger raindrops, essentially electrifying the air…

Scientists have accidentally discovered details about a exoplanet orbiting a nearby star system, which is thought to contain more water than Earth. The scientific interest in the planet, known as Nu2 Lupi d, was sparked after researchers spotted it using the European Space Agency’s Cheops satellite. It orbits a sun-like star around 50 light years…