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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Scientists Finally Solve Major Evolution Puzzle Regarding World’s Oldest Animals
The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living organisms started developing hard shells and skeletons.
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Scientists Say the Arctic Has Entered a 'New Era' — and It Looks Worrying
Extreme weather conditions are rapidly reshaping the Arctic, according to a new study.
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Photographer Captured Milky Way Under Every Light Pollution Level — and the Results Say It All
Ian Lauro Astro began his quest in Atlanta and ended 'in the middle of nowhere' in Oregon.
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Yosemite Visitors No Longer Need to Make Reservations to Enjoy the Park's Magical 'Firefall'
When conditions are just right, the waterfall transforms into a magical spectacle, with its waters resembling scorching hot lava.
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FDA Issues Class II Recall for 40,000 Cases of Popular Tater Tots Sold in 26 States
The potato snacks were pulled after hard plastic fragments were discovered in frozen tater tot products.
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NASA's Hubble May Face an Early End — Experts Point to 2029 as a Risk Year
The Hubble Space Telescope could re-enter Earth earlier than predicted and perish in the next 3 years.
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Scientists Lowered a Camera 300 Feet into Antarctic Ice— What It Revealed Left Viewers in Awe
As the camera went deeper, the color of the ice transitioned from blue to a diamond-like white.
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7-Year-Old Boy Unearths Rare Gemstone Near His Home— First Such Find in 150 Years
When the boy's mother showed the stone to geologist Patrick Roycroft, he revealed that it was a rare form of quartz.
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NASA Gets First-Ever Look Inside a White Dwarf System in Remarkable Detail
Astronomers have admitted that the images they captured are one-of-a-kind due to the details they reveal.
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A Black Hole 450 Million Light-Years Away Is Firing Strange S-Shaped Jets, Puzzling Experts
Instead of just pointing in one direction, like most black hole jets, this one is sweeping in a curvy S-shaped pathway.
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Planning a Hike at Joshua Tree National Park? This New Announcement Could Affect Your Visit
Despite being the busiest times of the year, the park has decided to close two of its most crowded trails.
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NASA's Crew-11 Mission Takes an Unprecedented Turn — Why 4 Astronauts Are Headed Home Early
The astronauts in question are part of the Crew-11 six-month mission who flew to space in SpaceX's Dragon capsule in August 2025.
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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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