Scientists May Have Just Identified One of the Earliest Known Barred Spiral Galaxies
'This galaxy was developing bars 2 billion years after the birth of the universe,' says a researcher.
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Experts Are Finally Getting a Look at How the Universe Builds Its Most Common Planets
A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.
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NASA's Webb Found an Unlikely Element in Cosmic Dust — and Scientists Didn't See It Coming
'This is something we’ve never seen in stars that are analogs of stars in the early universe,' an astronomer said.
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Snaps a Stunning Mars Sunset — and It Looks Surprisingly Familiar
'Adding color to these kinds of merged images helps different details stand out in the landscape,' NASA said.
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This Newly Discovered Tomb in China Is Overflowing with Stunning Gold and Silver Treasures
Archaeologists found that the tomb belonged to a woman from the Tang Dynasty.
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Jellyfish and Sea Anemones May Be Brainless — but They're More Similar to Us Than We Thought
Experts found that these sea creatures sleep for at least 8 hours a day, a duration often considered ideal for human sleep.
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This Galaxy Is Making Stars 180 Times Faster Than Ours — and Experts Are Taking Note
Named Y1, the galaxy is bustling with a speedy star formation system unlike any other observed before.
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This Massive Asteroid Is Spinning at Record Speed — and Somehow Still Staying in One Piece
'This is now the fastest-spinning asteroid that we know of,' an astronomer said.
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Northern Lights May Be Visible Tonight in These 15 States — Where and When to Look
Although auroras are a visual treat, disruption in the magnetic field can sometimes cause blackouts, trouble with communication, etc.
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Deer Marks Leave Trees Glowing in the Dark— Scientists Say They’re ‘Signposts’ for Mates
Researchers in Georgia studied hundreds of rubs, scrapes, and markers left by male deer. These markers seemed to glow in ultraviolet light.
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Is Leonardo da Vinci's DNA Lurking in His Artwork? Scientists Think So
Experts investigated Leonardo da Vinci's multiple artworks and found DNA crumbs in this one painting.
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NASA Is Sending Humans Toward the Moon Again After 50 Years — Sooner Than You Think
The Artemis 2 crew will board the US space agency's Orion capsule atop NASA's Space Launch System soon.
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Every January, Antarctic Scientists Move the South Pole— Here's Why It Needs to Be Done
2026's marker is a candy-cane-shaped stake, as The Antarctican Society described.
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New 773,000-Year-Old Fossils Might Just Help Scientists Piece Together Human Evolution
These fossils may be the best candidate for 'African populations lying near the root of this shared ancestry.'
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NASA Turns 25 Years of Kepler's Supernova Data Into a Stunning 40-Second Video
The stunning time-lapse was created using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Scientists See Black Hole Shred a 'Super Sun' in One of the Most Powerful Cosmic Events
The event released a tremendous amount of energy, around 400 billion times that of the Sun, exceeding even the most powerful known supernovae.
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Chinese Scientists Create Hypergravity Machine That’s 100 Times Stronger than Earth’s Gravity
Coming as an advanced version of a September 2025 model, the machine can generate 1,900 g tons of gravity as compared to 2 g of a typical washing machine.
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Experts Study One of the Most Active Solar Regions for 94 Days Straight — and Find Rare Insights
'We live with this star, so it’s really important we observe it and try to understand how it works and how it affects our environment,' a solar physicist says.
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Scientists Reveal a “One-Two Punch” is Causing Antarctica’s Ice Cap Collapse
The team studied a series of climate forcings to determine the primary factor that is making Antarctica's ice sheets vulnerable to collapse.
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NASA's Hubble Offers New Clues That May Finally Explain Betelgeuse's Strange Behavior
For years, scientists were dumbfounded by the unusual changes in the brightness of Betelgeuse.
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