May 22, 2026

The path of the Solar System through the Local Interstellar Cloud. The cloud profile is preserved as an interstellar fingerprint in Antarctic ice. Credit: B. Schröder/HZDR/NASA/Goddard/Adler/U.Chicago/Wesleyan

Evidence from Antarctic ice: Earth passes through remnants of ancient supernova

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Researchers have found traces of iron-60, an isotope originating from a supernova, in Antarctic ice, showing that the solar system moved within an ancient interstellar cloud.
The leg of isopods collected during aggregative behavior in Eliad. (Credits - Idan Shizaf, Ariel Chipman and Aviatar Itzkovich)

Israeli study: Street lighting causes thousands of mosses to move in circles

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Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have documented for the first time the coordinated circular movement of thousands of terrestrial isopods of the species Armadillo sordidus. According to the study, the phenomenon is caused by artificial lighting at night, and not by breeding or magnetic attraction.
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