A Giant 'Cosmic Burger' May Be Cooking Up New Planets — And the Implications Are Huge
The giant protoplanetary disk offers clues to how gas and dust organize themselves around a star to form planets.
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Time Runs Faster on The Moon, And China Just Built the First Clock to Keep Up
The researchers used measurements from the Moon's gravity to program a software package that can measure lunar time.
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This Common Romantic Gesture Is Becoming a Threat to Wildlife at Grand Canyon National Park
For a couple, the gesture is a testament of their undying love, but for some animals, it is a shiny invitation to death.
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Millions Helped Search for Aliens — Now, Scientists Are Down to 100 Signals Worth a Second Look
UC Berkeley's SETI@home project, a crowdsourced scientific research initiative, identified nearly 12 billion potential signals of interest during its operation.
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Grand Canyon Officials Issue Serious Water Advisory for Park Visitors
While the park continues to suffer from the aftermath of Dragon Bravo Fire, a series of triggers further amplifies the water crisis.
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NASA Could Roll Out Artemis II Rocket This Weekend — Moon Mission Enters Final Phase
NASA is making final preparations for the historic Artemis II crewed Moon mission, potentially rolling to the launch pad as early as this weekend.
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NASA Astronauts Film Stunning Footage of a Glowing Green Aurora From Space
The short footage is marked with a remarkable display of stars as they decorated the Northern Lights.
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Oceans Absorbed a Record Amount of Heat in 2025 — and Experts Are Alarmed
Current statistics are an indicator that the climate is deteriorating and needs to be paid attention to sooner rather than later.
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This Young Galaxy Died Early — and Its Own Supermassive Black Hole May Be to Blame
The young galaxy didn't die in a one-time death blow, but rather, it was 'death by a thousand cuts.'
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California Diver Captures Photos Of Mysterious Fish Rarely Seen Near the Surface
A king-of-the-salmon that normally lives far offshore was spotted alive near the surface, a sight rarely seen by humans.
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Dust Particles on Mars Are Changing the Planet's Chemistry in Surprising Ways, Experts Find
Martian dust creates frictional electricity that can change the planet's chemical composition.
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Experts Tracked 8,000 Galaxies and Found Active Black Holes Where They Weren't Supposed to Be
The number of black holes they found in dwarf-sized galaxies far exceeded what they previously thought.
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Scientists Tagged Silky Sharks to Map their Movement— Results Reveal Major Marine Red Flags
Researchers tracked 40 silky sharks from the Galápagos Marine Reserve (GMR) through SPOT tags.
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Skiers Caught On Camera Triggering Massive Avalanche In Rocky Mountain National Park
The avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park shows how quickly the slopes can turn dangerous.
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Experts Tracked How Fast Greenland and Antarctica's Ice Is Moving — the Numbers Are Alarming
Using satellite data, scientists examined the changing states of polar ice and drafted velocity maps that revealed a dramatic ice loss story.
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Mars May Have Been Far Wetter Than We Thought — With Lakes and Maybe Even Oceans
'Because the ice is thin and temporary, it would leave little evidence behind, which could explain why rovers have not found clear signs of perennial ice or glaciers on Mars,' an expert said.
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112-Million-Year-Old Insects Trapped in Amber Offer Rare Glimpse Into Prehistoric Life
Finding these fossils was an 'incredibly exciting moment,' according to paleobiologist Xavier Delclòs.
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Astronomers Spot Mysterious Rainbow-Like Shock Wave Around a Dead Star
Experts observed the white dwarf star RXJ0528+2838 through the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, and were stunned.
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A New Celestial Visitor Just Entered Our Solar System — and It Could Be the 'Great Comet of 2026'
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) might be the brightest comet of the year, scientists predict.
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Drugs, Cancer-Linked Chemicals Found in Popular National Park’s Water — Experts Flag Concern
'Being common doesn’t mean that it’s OK' says expert about CEC contamination in water sources.
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