Quote of the Week
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover."
Mark TwainTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Astronomers discover the first rocky planet with an atmosphere located in the habitable zone
A rocky world near Earth appears to have kept its atmosphere for billions of years, despite radiation from its red dwarf star.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup could emit as much carbon as an entire country
New estimates for the World Cup show how travel choices, ticket pricing and organizer incentives could fairly reshape responsibility for climate damage.
JWST reveals how a supermassive black hole keeps feeding itself
A glowing filament appears to carry cooled gas directly into the disk surrounding a supermassive black hole.
The 364-day Qumran calendar may solve an ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
A new reconstruction explains how Qumran’s sacred calendar shifted from a working system into a lasting religious ideal.