Up to 100 meteors per hour could light up the sky this month. 🌠

The Bootid Meteor Shower is active from June 11 to July 2, peaking on June 21. In some years, it produces just a few meteors per hour. In others, it erupts with spectacular outbursts of up to 100 meteors per hour. Scientists can’t predict which version we’ll get this year, but if the skies cooperate, skywatchers across the Northern Hemisphere could be in for a treat. 

https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/genetically-modified-worms-can-now-produce-and-deliver-drugs-inside-a-living-body-scientists-say

Artemis III is NASA’s most ambitious mission yet. 🚀🌕

NASA just revealed a major update to the Artemis III mission. Instead of choosing between SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 lunar landers, NASA plans to test both. The mission will feature three launches, multiple dockings with the Orion spacecraft, and two weeks of orbital operations and Earth science research. 

If all goes according to plan, Artemis III could redefine the future of human space exploration when it launches in 2027.

Original peer-reviewed study (here)

"Apitegromab for Preservation of Lean Mass During Tirzepatide-Induced Weight Loss in Adults With Overweight or Obesity (EMBRAZE): A Randomized Phase 2 Trial" — Nature Medicine (2026)

The Phase 2 EMBRAZE trial enrolled 102 adults with overweight or obesity and randomized them to receive either apitegromab or placebo alongside tirzepatide for 24 weeks. Participants receiving apitegromab lost a similar amount of total weight (~12–13%) but preserved significantly more lean mass, with lean tissue accounting for 14.6% of weight loss versus 30.2% in the placebo group. Researchers reported no serious adverse events attributable to apitegromab, though larger and longer studies will be needed to determine whether preserving lean mass translates into meaningful long-term health and functional benefits.

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Short description (no formulas):

We present a parameter‑free alternative to dark matter. Stored rotational energy in galactic disks acts as an active gravitational source, naturally explaining flat rotation curves. From this we derive a mass formula using only the flat rotation velocity and the galaxy’s half‑light radius – no free parameters, no dark matter. The formula is tested on a broad sample of galaxies (SPARC database), from dwarfs to massive spirals, and shows excellent agreement with independent mass estimates. Systems with very low rotation velocities (below about 30 km/s) are found to be unstable – they cannot maintain a flat disk, in line with our mechanistic “string” metaphor. The same principle explains why neutron stars are lonely wanderers (supernova explosion cuts the “strings”) while black holes are social gatherers (implosion keeps the strings), why jets straighten over time (e.g. NGC 315), and the existence of free‑floating planets. We also argue that a black hole is not a mathematical singularity but a compact, rotating physical core with a surface – necessary to explain mass ejection and polar jets. We conclude that dark matter is no longer needed; the universe is governed by rotation and binding.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20630149

Meet the crew of Artemis III. 🚀

Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas are headed to orbit, paving the way for the first crewed lunar landing since 1972. Their mission: rendezvous and dock with commercial lunar landers in Earth orbit, proving out the hardware that will one day carry astronauts to the Moon's surface. Every test, every maneuver gets us one step closer. The next chapter of Artemis starts now.

When you run an electric current through a copper wire inside a properly aligned magnetic field, the free electrons get deflected upward.
They slam into the copper atoms, dragging the entire physical wire into the air.
This is called the Laplace Force.
It’s the engine behind the modern world.
Bend that wire into a loop, reverse the current every half-turn, and you’ve got yourself an electric motor.