Discovery Bit | Zita Stpierre | Group Activity https://www.discoverybit.com/members/zitaavj3675184/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Zita Stpierre is a member. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:27:46 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 08e32ba4f41302f87dd13f11d4071fd2 Ken Parth posted an update in the group Discovery: Curiosity Rover Used A First-Of-Its-Kind Rock-Dissolving […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44899/ Sun, 10 May 2026 04:22:13 -0600 Curiosity Rover Used A First-Of-Its-Kind Rock-Dissolving Chemical Test To Identify The Most Diverse Set Of Organic Molecules (OM) Ever Found On Mars, 20+ OM, Including 7 Never Before Detected There. Some Nitrogen-Bearing Molecules May Link To Prebiotic RNA/DNA Building Blocks, Strengthening Evidence Mars Was Once Habitable, But Do Not Prove Life Existed.

]]> 0 a059dfaa7af711a644190ce9e556d59c India Blount posted an update in the group Discovery: 3I/ATLAS, Discovered In July 2025, Is The 3rd Confirmed […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44830/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:18:14 -0600 3I/ATLAS, Discovered In July 2025, Is The 3rd Confirmed Interstellar Comet (IC) After ‘Oumuamua & Borisov. In 2026, NASA‘s Swift Detected OH Gas (Sign Of Water) Outgassing At ~40 Kg/Sec While It Was Unusually Far, ~3.5 AU, From The Sun. It’s The First Direct Water Detection From An IC, Showing Other Star Systems Host Water-Rich Icy Bodies.

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]]> 0 c25aede746e5bf7a7348fdf53dbb7b2a Chris Lopez posted an update in the group Discovery: China’s “Artificial Sun” (EAST Tokamak) Is The First Real- […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44828/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:18:17 -0600 China’s “Artificial Sun” (EAST Tokamak) Is The First Real-World Proof That Fusion Can Exceed The Greenwald Density Limit, Long Thought To Cap Plasma Density Before Instability. EAST Sustained Plasma 30–65% Above That Cap In A New Regime Where Plasma & Reactor Walls Self-Organize, Clearing A Key Hurdle Toward Practical, Clean Fusion Energy.

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]]> 0 afea39191f7498a0078f01f3acf52314 Penney Micheal posted an update in the group Discovery: A Hand Stencil Found In A Cave On Muna Island, Sulawesi, Indon […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44825/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:31:27 -0600 A Hand Stencil Found In A Cave On Muna Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia Is The Oldest Known Rock Art, Dated To ~67,800 Years Ago. Over 1,100 Years Older Than A Neanderthal Stencil From Spain, It Pushes Back Symbolic Art Worldwide And Suggests Early Modern Humans Used Boats To Cross Open Sea, Aiding Their Arrival In Australia By 65,000 Years Ago.

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]]> 0 27721c57883f122e16519f243ca25397 Logan Mason posted an update in the group Discovery: U.S Scientists Found The “World's Oldest Known Sewn I […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44804/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:03:37 -0600 U.S Scientists Found The “World’s Oldest Known Sewn Item” In Oregon‘s Cougar Mountain Cave: A ~12Kyr-Old Elk Hide Piece. Dated To The Ice Age (Late Pleistocene), It Shows Stitch Holes Sewn With Tendon Or Plant-Fiber Cords. This Pushes Back Evidence Of N. American Sewing Tech By Thousands Of Yrs, Indicating Early Humans Made Clothing For Warmth

]]> 0 398d198184f435790cd46b3203cd9f23 Jones Brown posted an update in the group Discovery: Astronomers Using The NSF–DOE Rubin Discovered Asteroid 2 […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44802/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:40:23 -0600 Astronomers Using The NSF–DOE Rubin Discovered Asteroid 2025 MN45 In The Main Asteroid Belt. ~710m Wide, It Spins Once Every 1.88 Mins—The Fastest Ever Recorded For An Asteroid Over 500m. Unlike Typical Rubble-Pile Asteroids, Its Solid, Dense Rock Lets It Exceed The Usual Spin Limit, Revealing Clues About Asteroid Structure & Evolution.

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]]> 0 8e7f4a12c289957e3c596c7f317ee987 Cynthia Poston posted an update in the group Discovery: The World’s Oldest Processed Gold (C. 4600–4200 BC) Was Fou […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44801/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:55:39 -0600 The World’s Oldest Processed Gold (C. 4600–4200 BC) Was Found In 1972 At The Varna Necropolis, Bulgaria. ~3K Items (~6 Kg In Weight) Were Uncovered From ~300 Graves. Grave #43 Held Over 1.5+ Kg Gold On A High-Status Male, More Gold Than Existed In The World At The Time. This Find Reveals Varna’s Early Social Hierarchy & Advanced Metallurgy.

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]]> 0 694854693866c3751e74d6e0dcf0b2df Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Discovery: Japan Researchers Found That The Dry, Bitter Taste Of […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44795/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:11:22 -0600 Japan Researchers Found That The Dry, Bitter Taste Of Flavanols (In Dark Chocolate, Tea, Berries, Apples, Wine, Etc.) Can Activate/”Wake Up” The Brain Via Mouth Nerves, Even Without Being Absorbed Into Your Blood. In Mice Studies, It Boosted Activity, Curiosity, Learning, Memory, & Dopamine/Noradrenaline, Similar To Mild Exercise Effects.

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]]> 0 8286b2559b1ac6b8436ea6f737225923 Ken Parth posted an update in the group Discovery: Mexico’s Sistema Ox Bel Ha Is Now The World’s Longest Und […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44777/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:58:52 -0600 Mexico’s Sistema Ox Bel Ha Is Now The World’s Longest Underwater Cave System, Stretching 524+ Km (325 Miles), Longer Than The Grand Canyon. Near Tulum, It’s Been Explored Since 1998 Via Sinkholes. New Passages Reclaimed #1 From Sac Actun. Meanwhile, Vietnam’s Hang Son Doong Has The World’s Largest Cave Chamber, Big Enough For A Boeing 747.

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]]> 0 29d2d5c32094be2ad67d1fa2006612ec Jack Robinson posted an update in the group Discovery: For The First Time, U.S. Scientists Revived A 3.2-Byr-Old Enzy […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44765/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:11:00 -0600 For The First Time, U.S. Scientists Revived A 3.2-Byr-Old Enzyme, Nitrogenase, From Earth’s Pre-Low-Oxygen Era. The Enzyme, Rebuilt In Modern Bacteria, Still Converts Air Nitrogen Into Food For Life As Today’s Versions Do, Confirming Ancient Life Signals In Rocks & Helping To Explain Life’s Origins On Earth & Possible Life On Other Planets.

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]]> 0 c27cf930b34135a2b2ff136b51b7c473 Jones Brown posted an update in the group Discovery: NASA & ESA Confirmed The First Discovery Of Cloud-9, A Gia […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44728/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:42:25 -0600 NASA & ESA Confirmed The First Discovery Of Cloud-9, A Giant Starless Gas Cloud And Failed Galaxy. First Detected By The FAST Telescope In 2023 & Confirmed By Hubble In Jan 2026, It Contains Only Hydrogen Held By A Dark Matter Halo. Located 14M Ly Away Near Messier 94, It Is A Rare Early-Universe Relic Showing Why Some Galaxies Never Form.

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]]> 0 e97e375a4e48323744dd4cf672230875 India Blount posted an update in the group Discovery: Astronomers Discovered The Most Distant Supernova Ever […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44719/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:43:26 -0600 Astronomers Discovered The Most Distant Supernova Ever Observed, Exploding When The Universe Was Only ~730 Myrs Old (Z≈7.3). First Detected Via A Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 250314A By The SVOM Satellite On 3/14/25, It Was Later Confirmed By JWST, Shedding Light On How Early Massive Stars Formed And Died. Findings Were Announced In December 2025.

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]]> 0 3fef263418b972f327c5d1272a19a336 Nate Don posted an update in the group Discovery: Saturn Now Has 274 Moons, The Most In Our Solar System (SS), […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44713/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:14:17 -0600 Saturn Now Has 274 Moons, The Most In Our Solar System (SS), Surpassing Jupiter As The SS’s “Moon King.” Astronomers Using The Canada–France-Hawaii Telescope Discovered 128 Tiny (2-4 Km) Potato-Shaped Moons, Likely Fragments From Ancient Collisions. First Spotted In 2023, The 128 Moons Orbits Were Confirmed And Announced In 2025 By The IAU.

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]]> 0 6441b444c8d24243e408db39b8b1d6e0 Jones Brown posted an update in the group Discovery: For The First Time, NASA Found Traces Of Tryptophan, An […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44682/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:27:56 -0600 For The First Time, NASA Found Traces Of Tryptophan, An Essential Earth Amino Acid, In Bennu (BN) Samples. This Brings BN’s Total # Of Protein-Building Amino Acid To 15 Of 20 Used On Earth. BN Also Holds All 5 Nucleobases & Water Signs. These Finds Support The Idea That Carbon-Rich Asteroids Delivered Life’s Building Blocks To Early Earth.

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]]> 0 b1c524af1b9ef0359f726b644cb7abcd Patricia Sophia posted an update in the group Discovery: A First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows A Massive Tropical Eruption […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44680/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:32:58 -0600 A First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows A Massive Tropical Eruption Around 1345 Cooled The Mediterranean, Causing 3 Years Of Crop Failures. Grain Imports From The Black Sea Port Of Caffa Carried Plague‑infected Fleas To Italy In 1347, Sparking The Black Death That Killed 30–60% Of Europe. Climate Shocks, Not Just Trade, Were The Critical Trigger.

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]]> 0 a64186159fc05fb6deae729e043a6773 Ken Parth posted an update in the group Discovery: JWST Made The First Detection Of Carbon-Rich Molecules In The […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44674/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:45:53 -0600 JWST Made The First Detection Of Carbon-Rich Molecules In The Gas-Dust Disk Around CT Cha b (~620 Ly Away). The Disk May Form Exomoons Via A Hydrocarbon-Dominated Path Unlike Our Solar System Moons. CT Cha b Has 14–24 Jupiter Masses And Orbits Far From Its Star, Blurring If It’s A Planet Or A Failed Star, But Offers Clues To Moon Formation.

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]]> 0 c0a17c98ee1557703542536903b5c9c8 Carlo Godinez posted an update in the group Discovery: Carreras Pampa, Bolivia, Is Now The World's Largest Dino T […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44669/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:36:13 -0600 Carreras Pampa, Bolivia, Is Now The World’s Largest Dino Tracksite, With 16,600 Theropod Prints & 1,378 Swim Tracks. The Upper Cretaceous Site, Surpassing Cal Orck’o, Also Holds Records For Continuous Trackways & Tail Traces. Tracks Show Varied Behaviors (Walking, Swimming, Group Travel) On A Flat Surface, Unlike Cal Orck’o’s Vertical Wall.

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]]> 0 29ef469f9718b881a915306b760c7493 Colt Samuel posted an update in the group Discovery: The Most Detailed Model Of Theia, A Mars-Sized Planet, […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44666/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 03:07:17 -0600 The Most Detailed Model Of Theia, A Mars-Sized Planet, Indicates It Formed Closer To The Sun Than Earth, Hitting Earth ~4.5Byrs Ago. The Debris Formed The Moon. Fe, Mo, Zr, O Isotope Data From Earth & Apollo Rocks Show Both Bodies Are Nearly Identical, Proving Theia Was Local. The Impact Mixed Both Worlds, & Added Metals To Earth’s Mantle.

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]]> 0 c16838e2712aff2d27f58a7b78237470 Nate Don posted an update in the group Discovery: Scientists in France Using NASA’s Perseverance Rover S […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44662/ Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:31:03 -0600 Scientists in France Using NASA’s Perseverance Rover SuperCam Detected “Mini Lightning” On Mars, Seen As Static Discharges In Dust Devils Linked To Dust Friction. The Discovery May Reshape Views Of Mars Chemistry, Climate, & Habitability. Though Debate Continues, Mars Now Joins Earth, Jupiter & Saturn With Atmospheric Electrical Activity.

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]]> 0 a41bfdbf5213abc04bcd9f3378f1912b James Harden posted an update in the group Discovery: UK Scientists, In A First, Found A Strong Link Between Thumb […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44548/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 02:56:55 -0600 UK Scientists, In A First, Found A Strong Link Between Thumb Length & Brain Size Across 94 Living & Fossil Primate Species. Longer Thumbs, Important For Gripping & Handling Objects, Are Tied To A Larger Neocortex, Which Controls Thinking & Senses. This Link Holds Without Humans, Showing Hands & Brains Co-Evolved Over Millions Of Years.

]]> 0 481f94aa3f3a4548e8e13b9591099c3b Patricia Sophia posted an update in the group Discovery: Hunter-Gatherers In Asia Smoke-Dried Their Dead 12–14Kyrs Ago […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44534/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:22:19 -0600 Hunter-Gatherers In Asia Smoke-Dried Their Dead 12–14Kyrs Ago, Marking The Oldest Known Evidence Of Intentional Mummification, Predating Chile (~5050 BC) & Egypt (~3000 BC). 2017–2025 Study Of 54 Crouched Burials From 11 Sites Showed, Via Spectroscopy, Heat/Smoke Preservation, Suggesting Ritual Care Like Modern Papua New Guinea Practices.

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]]> 0 10972fd04f1f8650313c6d70856f204f Logan Mason posted an update in the group Discovery: Microbial DNA From 483 Mammoth Remains Revealed 6 Of The O […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44485/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:52:34 -0600 Microbial DNA From 483 Mammoth Remains Revealed 6 Of The Oldest Host-Associated Microbes, Including Relatives Of Actinobacillus, Pasteurella, Streptococcus, & Erysipelothrix. An Erysipelothrix Genome From A 1.1M-Yr-Old Mammoth Represents The Oldest Host-Associated Microbial DNA Ever Sequenced, Providing Ice Age Diseases & Adaptations Clues.

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]]> 0 294641139f51ad4ead1159500ecac810 Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Discovery: In A First, Researchers Found A Denisovan (DN) Gene, MUC19, […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44483/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:20:33 -0600 In A First, Researchers Found A Denisovan (DN) Gene, MUC19, In Humans Passed On Via Neanderthal (ND) DNA. DNs Interbred With NDs; Then NDs Later Interbred With Early Modern Humans, Passing The Gene To Early Americans. This Gene Transfer, Found In 1 In 3 Mexicans Today, May Have Helped Against Diseases As Humans Migrated Across The Americas.

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]]> 0 8fbc5c9fd407f14913fa0f3c388f1398 India Blount posted an update in the group Discovery: Comet 3I/ATLAS, Spotted By ATLAS In Chile, Is The Fastest […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44458/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:56:39 -0600 Comet 3I/ATLAS, Spotted By ATLAS In Chile, Is The Fastest Comet Ever At 130k Mph. Likely From A Distant Solar System, Its Speed Comes From Billions Of Years Of Gravitational Slingshots. Hubble Showed Its 1k Ft To 3.5-Mile-Wide Icy Core & Dust Tail. Nearing The Sun By 10/25, It May Disintegrate Or Survive/Speed Up; Its Fate Will Be Clear By 12/25.

]]> 0 e84fa7e33430f801993f941a52305692 Ken Parth posted an update in the group Discovery: Astronomers Found A Dormant Black Hole (BH) In Galaxy SDSS J […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44454/ Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:57:08 -0600 Astronomers Found A Dormant Black Hole (BH) In Galaxy SDSS J1148+1930, 5B Ly Away, Weighing 36.3B Solar Masses (SM), Likely The Largest Confirmed Due To Precise Measurement Via Gravitational Lensing & Stellar Kinematics. Likely Formed From BH Mergers, It Nears The 50B BH SM Theoretical Cap. TON 618’s SM Was Revised To ~40B With Uncertainty.

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]]> 0 9588b63fa2f9dd7531944d8b94925e6b Kandice Tirado posted an update in the group Discovery: Astronomers Found The Oldest, Most Distant Black Hole (BH), […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44435/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:29:25 -0600 Astronomers Found The Oldest, Most Distant Black Hole (BH), Formed ~13.3B Yrs Ago In Galaxy (G) CAPERS-LRD-z9. The BH Is ~300M× Our Sun’s Mass & ~10× Milky Way’s BH. The G, In The “Little Red Dots” Class, Is Compact, Bright, And Red; With Red Color Cause Unclear. Both BH & G, Found Via JWST Spectroscopy, Offer Clues To Early G/BH Evolution.

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]]> 0 c44bfbedcc769833c64e29513afc5033 Ophelia Chew posted an update in the group Discovery: A 515-Mile Megaflash That Struck On Oct. 22, 2017, From Texas […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44424/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:44:26 -0600 A 515-Mile Megaflash That Struck On Oct. 22, 2017, From Texas To Near Kansas City, A Span That Takes 90 Mins By Plane Or 8–9 Hrs By Car, Has Been Certified By WMO To Be The World’s Longest Lightning Bolt. Formed High In A Great Plains Storm, It Was Confirmed In 2025 After Advanced GOES-16 Satellite Data Revealed What Ground Sensors Missed.

]]> 0 2abb1c64f4403e900e4146fef91dc8dc Patricia Sophia posted an update in the group Discovery: Earth's Spin Is Speeding Up, Possibly Making 8/5/25 1.25 ms […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44406/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:39:04 -0600 Earth’s Spin Is Speeding Up, Possibly Making 8/5/25 1.25 ms Shorter. 7/5/24 Was The Shortest Day Ever, 1.66 ms Shorter. Scientists May Subtract A Second, A Historic First, To Align Atomic & Solar Time. The Speed Cause Is Unclear, But Melting Ice And Sea Rise May Play A Role. Tech Risks From A Negative Second Change Are Still Being Assessed.

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]]> 0 9e537d5528be79dba5f73c99d7c9e0bd Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Discovery: Archaeologists In Lin, Albania Found Europe’s Oldest L […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44401/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:56:55 -0600 Archaeologists In Lin, Albania Found Europe’s Oldest Lakeside Settlement (6K–8K Yrs Old), 500 Yrs Older Than Alpine/ Mediterranean Sites. Preserved Under Lake Ohrid (Europe’s Oldest Lake), It Yielded Wooden Stilts, Bones, & Pottery. Tree-Ring & Radiocarbon Dating Reveal A Savvy Farming-Hunting Society That Helped Spread Agriculture Across Europe.

]]> 0 e41295e675be57407d6d6cb979ac5f46 Kandice Tirado posted an update in the group Discovery: In Nov 2023, Scientists Detected The Biggest Black Hole (BH) […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44393/ Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:35:38 -0600 In Nov 2023, Scientists Detected The Biggest Black Hole (BH) Merger Ever: Two BHs Of 103 And 137 Solar Masses (SM) Collided 10bn Ly Away, Spinning ~40K x Earth’s. The Resulting 265-SM BH, Detected Via Gravitational Waves, Breaks The Previous 140 SM Record And Challenges Current BH Formation Models, Suggesting Layered Mergers From Prior Collisions.

]]> 0 56a0d0ba887f1e6494df7bae19ab4c64 Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Discovery: A 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth Tusk Found In Obłazowa Cave, Poland, […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44392/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:58:01 -0600 A 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth Tusk Found In Obłazowa Cave, Poland, May Be The Oldest Boomerang In Europe Or The World. Its Shape Matches Non-Returning Aboriginal Boomerangs Still In Use Today In Queensland For, E.G., Hunting, Digging, And Fighting. Carbon Dated To 42k–39k yrs Ago, Its Age And Design Highlight Early Homo Sapiens’ Ingenuity.

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]]> 0 41898250ddb52f0c186f7551ae0f9f22 Ken Parth posted an update in the group Discovery: Astronomers Have Observed The Earliest Stage Of A Solar […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44390/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:11:03 -0600 Astronomers Have Observed The Earliest Stage Of A Solar System Forming Around HOPS-315, A Star Like Our Young Sun, 1,300 Ly Away. Using JWST & ALMA, They Saw SIO Gas Solidify Into Silicate, Forming Planet Seeds That Could Collide Into Full Planets. It’s A Cosmic First, Like Seeing A Baby After Only Studying Toddlers In Human Evolution.

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]]> 0 57323d4d96f6985ec3f1fdfb1d11dcd6 Logan Mason posted an update in the group Discovery: DNA From A 5'2" Man Buried 4.5–4.8 Kyr Ago In Nuwayrat, S C […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44376/ Sat, 12 Jul 2025 23:40:25 -0600 DNA From A 5’2″ Man Buried 4.5–4.8 Kyr Ago In Nuwayrat, S Cairo, Egypt, Was Sequenced, Marking The First Ancient Egyptian Whole Genome. Found In 1902, He Had N African Ancestry With 20% From The Fertile Crescent, Aligning With Egypt-Mesopotamia Exchange Theories. Though Buried In An Elite Tomb, Bone Stress Shows Toil, Possibly Pottery.

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]]> 0 6b8a6690aceb16edb2906323b793c5e0 Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Discovery: In Yunnan, China, Archaeologists Found 35 Wooden Tools (WT) […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44350/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 22:51:22 -0600 In Yunnan, China, Archaeologists Found 35 Wooden Tools (WT) From 250k–361k Yrs Ago—East Asia’s Oldest WT. Made During The Paleolithic Era. They Were Used To Dig Edible Plants, Not Hunt Like Spears From Schöningen, Germany. Preserved In Lake Clay, They Show East Asian Hominins‘ Strategic Planning. Dating Used Luminescence & Resonance (ESR).

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]]> 0 9ea882222913aec6887181d0af1d0e2f Kandice Tirado posted an update in the group Discovery: JWST Has Directly Imaged Exoplanet TWA 7b—~100x Earth’s Mas […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44337/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:50:59 -0600 JWST Has Directly Imaged Exoplanet TWA 7b—~100x Earth’s Mass & Located 111 Ly Away—Orbiting A Young 6.4-Myr-Old Star CE Antilae. It’s The Lightest Planet Ever Imaged In This Way, Enabled By JWST’s Infrared Vision & A Coronagraph That Blocks Starlight To Reveal Faint Nearby Planets. This Marks A Major Leap In Studying Early Planet Formation.

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]]> 0 bbd4ba9f91f7caf238f2c8f0ac5c842c Ken Yun posted an update in the group Discovery: The “Dragon Man" Skull From China Is Now Confirmed As Denisov […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44319/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:11:57 -0600 The “Dragon Man” Skull From China Is Now Confirmed As Denisovan (D) Via Ancient Protein Analysis Of The Cranium & mtDNA From Dental Plaque. This Links Ds To Siberia & NE China In The Late Middle Pleistocene. The Harbin Skull Gives The Most Complete View Of Ds’ Anatomy & Ancestry Since Their Initial Identification Via Ancient DNA In 2010.

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]]> 0 c58f29399d76820a80e5436a1b537eeb India Blount posted an update in the group Discovery: JWST, For The First Time, Detected Water Ice In The […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44313/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:19:19 -0600 JWST, For The First Time, Detected Water Ice In The Planet-Forming Disk Of A Young (23-Myr-Old) Sun-Like Star, HD 181327, 155 Ly Away. Ice Was Found Concentrated In The Outer Disk, Like In Our Kuiper Belt. This Finding Supports Theories That Comets & Asteroids Brought Water To Inner Planets, As In Earth‘s Late Heavy Bombardment 4 Byrs Ago.

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]]> 0 ce3876518065fed40283f9143ea59627 Patricia Sophia posted an update in the group Discovery: The Tarkhan Dress, Found Near Tarkhan, South Of Cairo In 1913 […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44311/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:24:47 -0600 The Tarkhan Dress, Found Near Tarkhan, South Of Cairo In 1913 & Identified In 1977 At The V&A Museum In London, Is The World’s Oldest Known Complex-Tailored Woven Garment. Made Of Linen & Carbon-Dated To 3482–3102 B.C., It Was Likely Worn By An Elite Woman Before Burial. It Showcases Early Egyptian Textile Skills & Is Now Displayed At UCL.

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]]> 0 4d21da6a9097d9de434f6d31855fc565 India Blount posted an update in the group Discovery: New Simulations Show The Milky Way And Andromeda Collision Is […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44299/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:12:05 -0600 New Simulations Show The Milky Way And Andromeda Collision Is Unlikely Soon—Only A 2% Chance In 5B Yrs. Despite Moving At 62 mi/s, A Full Merger May Take 8–10B Yrs. Close Passes Are More Likely. Added Variables Like The Large Magellanic Cloud Altered Earlier Predictions. But The Earth May Be Gone By The Time Of Merger, Consumed By The Sun.

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]]> 0 87ef34465e469006e8579aff6d7ddaa8 Jeff Goldblume posted an update in the group Discovery: Scientists Used JWST To Create The Largest-Ever Universe Map, […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44297/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:52:36 -0600 Scientists Used JWST To Create The Largest-Ever Universe Map, Showing ~800k Galaxies (G) Stretching Across 13 Byrs Of Cosmic History. JWST Spent 255 Hrs Scanning The COSMOS (C) Field, A Clear Patch Of Sky 3× The Moon’s Size, Revealing 10× + G Than Expected & Hidden Supermassive Blackholes. The Map Is Public Via The C Interactive Map Viewer.

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]]> 0 5dbf7c7c881997bb2a934efc64d32ce2 India Blount posted an update in the group Discovery: UMa3/U1, 20 Ly Wide With ~60 Stars And 16 Solar Masses, May […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44258/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:50:42 -0600 UMa3/U1, 20 Ly Wide With ~60 Stars And 16 Solar Masses, May Be The Smallest Dark-Matter Galaxy Or An 11B-Yr-Old Star Cluster; Dynamics Suggest The Latter, Pending Future Data. Meanwhile, Andromeda XXXV, 3M Ly From Earth, & A Satellite Of Andromeda Galaxy, Is Confirmed As The Smallest Known Dwarf Galaxy, Defying Early-Universe Destruction.

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]]> 0 8d0827efab56446eab63690dd897e4ac Penney Micheal posted an update in the group Discovery: The Sundaland Fossil Site, Once A Rich Savannah In Indonesia’s […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44257/ Sat, 31 May 2025 15:06:32 -0600 The Sundaland Fossil Site, Once A Rich Savannah In Indonesia’s Madura Strait, Is The World’s First Underwater Hominin Fossil Site. It Includes A 140k-Year-Old Homo Erectus Skull & 6,000+ Animal Fossils, Revealing Hunting, & Tool Use, Reshaping Human Migration Theories In SE Asia. The Site Was Home To Elephants, Stegodons, Bovids, Deer, Etc

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]]> 0 0ed92babb9bc692f74eaf315a496c57c Paul Getty posted an update in the group Discovery: Astronomers Found A New Dwarf Planet, 2017 OF201, With The […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44252/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:52:17 -0600 Astronomers Found A New Dwarf Planet, 2017 OF201, With The Longest Known Solar System Orbit —25k Yrs Long & Spanning 45–1,600 AU From The Sun. It’s 435 Miles Wide & Was Spotted In A 7-Year Blanco (Chile) & Hawaii Telescope Archived Images. Its Extreme Path May Be Shaped By Neptune Or The Milky Way, But It Doesn’t Support Planet 9 Theories.

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]]> 0 ff08713f3603eff440285c56b290a6fa Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Discovery: A 43kyr-Old Granite Pebble From Central Spain May Be […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44250/ Tue, 27 May 2025 16:11:35 -0600 A 43kyr-Old Granite Pebble From Central Spain May Be Europe’s Oldest Portable Art & The Earliest Known Abstraction Of A Human Face. This Depiction May Have Emerged When A Neanderthal (ND) Marked The Rock With A Red Color Resembling A Nose & Left The World’s Oldest Complete Fingerprint, Suggesting ND‘s Symbolic Thinking & Artistic Abilities.

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]]> 0 fe3788af1607e9870537256912d3f6aa Carlo Godinez posted an update in the group Discovery: Chinese Scientists Discovered A New Bacterium Strain, Niallia […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44210/ Tue, 20 May 2025 00:49:46 -0600 Chinese Scientists Discovered A New Bacterium Strain, Niallia Tiangongensis, Aboard The Tiangong Space Station. It Adapts To Extreme Space Conditions, Combats Oxidative Stress, & May Turn Waste Into Resources. Studying Such Microbes Could Enhance Astronaut Health, Spacecraft Safety, & Innovations In Medicine, Agriculture, & Sustainability.

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]]> 0 5d9ec775c8207bb5164929d6b952af07 Ken Parth posted an update in the group Discovery: Scientists Set A Record By Sending Quantum Data (QD) Over 254 […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44186/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:25:11 -0600 Scientists Set A Record By Sending Quantum Data (QD) Over 254 Km Of Reg. Telecom Fiber, Proving That Quantum Internet Can Work Without Extreme Cooling. A Team Also Transmitted QD 30.2 Km Alongside 400 Gbps Internet Traffic With No Interference, Showing It Could Run On Current Networks For Ultra-Secure, Faster, & Future-Ready Communication.

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]]> 0 5088bbc23861421f9e153f64dabbe569 Jeff Goldblume posted an update in the group Discovery: Scientists Using JWST Detected The Strongest Signs Of Life […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44182/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:12:21 -0600 Scientists Using JWST Detected The Strongest Signs Of Life Outside Our Solar System On Exoplanet K2-18b, Detecting High Levels Of Dimethyl Sulfide And Disulfide 1000sX Higher Than Earth’s. These Compounds, Made By Earth’s Marine Phytoplankton, Suggest K2-18b Could Be A Hycean World Teeming With Life, But More Data Is Needed To Confirm Life.

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]]> 0 77339d07338177981e1c61add1b741d5 Alexander Hamilton posted an update in the group Discovery: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found The Largest Organic Mol […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44169/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:21:08 -0600 NASA’s Curiosity Rover Found The Largest Organic Molecules On Mars To Date—Decane, Undecane, And Dodecane—In Cumberland Rock. These Fatty Acids May Hint At Ancient Life Or Natural Processes. Found In Gale Crater, Once Lake-Filled, The Discovery Boosts Hopes Of Finding More Complex Signs Of Life And Supports Returning Samples To Earth For Deeper Study.

]]> 0 5e7f7f92992872f957641221ca7606d5 Jennifer Roberts posted an update in the group Discovery: US Scientists Say They’ve Found A New Color—“Olo,” A Vivid B […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44164/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 23:03:18 -0600 US Scientists Say They’ve Found A New Color—“Olo,” A Vivid Blue-Green—By Firing Laser Pulses Into 1 Eye Of 5 People, All With Normal Color Vision, Stimulating Only M Cone Cells (Green) Out Of The Eye’s 3 Types: S (Blue), M (Green), And L (Red). This Rare Activation Created A Color Unseen In Nature, Possibly Aiding Color Blindness Research.

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]]> 0 222675423388e6611801ca2816ca91ff Patricia Sophia posted an update in the group Discovery: In A First, But Controversial Breakthrough, Scientists […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44145/ Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:09:06 -0600 In A First, But Controversial Breakthrough, Scientists Generated Electricity From Earth’s Rotation Using A Weak Manganese-Zinc Ferrite Conductor Aligned Perpendicular To Earth’s Rotation & Magnetic Field. The Device Produced 17 µV—Sparking Skepticism. Further Research And Scaling Aim To Explore Its Potential For Renewable Energy Innovation.

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