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In 1903, a mining engineer staked a claim on Arizona's Meteor Crater, convinced a fortune in iron lay beneath the floor, and spent 26 years drilling for a meteorite that had mostly vaporized on impact — his family still owns the crater today, and science later proved him right about everything except the treasure
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (26+ words) A wealthy engineer bet his fortune on a hole in the ground that science said was worthless, and spent three decades proving the experts catastrophically wrong....
Australian scientists extracted an enzyme from soil bacteria that produces electricity using traces of hydrogen in the air — it still worked after freezing or heating to 80°C, opening a possible route to small air-powered devices
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (621+ words) Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Scrape up a teaspoon of garden soil and you are holding several billion bacteria, and a fair few of them are quietly running on nothing but air. The habit is widespread and consequential. Soil microbes…...
A protein that makes jellyfish glow was repurposed by researchers in Sweden as the light-harvesting material in a tiny solar cell — when exposed to UV light, it generated an electrical current
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (27+ words) Shine ultraviolet light on a droplet of glowing jellyfish protein and, for a moment, it stops behaving like biology and starts behaving like a solar cell. An...
A meteorite that punched through a New Jersey roof carried amino acids and evidence of ancient salty water — clues to the chemistry that may have helped supply early Earth with the ingredients for life
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (631+ words) A space rock that crashed through a New Jersey home carries organic molecules and signs of water—suggesting how asteroids may have seeded Earth's primordial chemistry. Published September 8, 2026 · How we edit A hole in the bedroom ceiling, black grit spread…...
A meteorite punched through a bedroom ceiling in Hillsborough, New Jersey, in 2024. Scientists have now found hundreds of different amino acids inside it — and the majority are not known to occur naturally on Earth.
4+ week, 1+ day ago (488+ words) The Hillsborough meteorite was collected within minutes of falling through a New Jersey home, giving researchers a rare look at briny asteroid chemistry and a diverse set of extraterrestrial amino acids. By Space Daily Editorial Team · Edited by Ainura Kalau…...