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It all began with a melting glacier that triggered a massive landslide, which in turn set off a 650-foot-high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. But what followed left scientists baffled: an unexplained vibration that shook the planet for nine consecutive days. Over the past year, dozens of scientists worldwide have been investigating the cause of this unusual signal. Now, a …

OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model, described as more capable of “reasoning” and solving complex problems in areas such as science, coding, and math compared to its previous versions. This new model, named OpenAI o1, was released on Thursday as a preview, with the company planning regular updates. It will soon be available to most ChatGPT users. In …

On Friday, September 13, Brazil lifted bans on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) and Starlink after the companies paid a total of 18.35 million reais ($3.31 million) in fines to Brazilian authorities. The decision to lift the restrictions was made by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who had imposed the blockages amid a dispute between Musk and the Brazilian …

OpenAI is reportedly in discussions to raise $6.5 billion in funding at a valuation of $150 billion, according to Bloomberg. This new valuation significantly surpasses the company’s earlier valuation of $86 billion from a tender offer earlier in the year, solidifying OpenAI’s position as one of the most valuable startups globally. In addition to the equity raise, the company is …

Earth is about to gain a temporary second moon, though it will only last for a few weeks and might not be visible. Starting in late September, a small asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will be captured by Earth’s gravity and briefly orbit our planet for less than two months. Discovered on August 7 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System …

When images from Mars showed strange black shapes resembling spiders, many were startled. These weren’t actual spiders, but a natural phenomenon occurring on the red planet. Satellite pictures revealed these tendrilled formations on the Martian surface, which looked eerie and unfamiliar. These formations, known as araneiforms, are dust structures that appear in the southern polar region of Mars during its …

Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his team made history on Thursday by leading the first-ever private spacewalk conducted by non-professional astronauts. The mission, organized in partnership with SpaceX, took place hundreds of miles above Earth. Before beginning the spacewalk, Isaacman and his crew waited for their capsule to depressurize, then opened the hatch. Isaacman, 41, who is the CEO and …

Scientists have discovered two supermassive black holes orbiting each other approximately 800 million light-years away from Earth. This marks the closest detection of such black holes, which are predicted to eventually collide, potentially shaking the very fabric of space-time. In a paper published in *The Astrophysical Journal*, a research team led by Anna Trindade Falcao, a postdoctoral researcher at the …