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Science • Jun 25

GW250114 reveals signatures of post-merger black-hole horizon

The horizon of a black hole, the 'surface of no return', is characterized by its rotation frequency ΩH and surface gravity κ. A striking signature is that...

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Science • Jun 25

Some of the water sitting in your glass is older than the Sun having formed inside interstellar clouds billions of years before the solar system existed

A glass of water looks like one of the most local things in the world. It comes from a tap, a bottle, a well, a river system, or a reservoir shaped by...

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Science • Jun 25

Small-molecule modulation of β-arrestins

β-Arrestins are multifunctional regulators of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signalling and orchestrate diverse downstream signalling events and...

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Science • Jun 25

Did gravitational tides cause Earth's extinctions?

Life on Earth took a long evolutionary journey that eventually created us, the purportedly intelligent species that dominates the planet.

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Science • Jun 24

New 60-Million-Star View Of Milky Way Opens Window For Exoplanet Hunting

The European Space Agency just delivered the ultimate galactic glamour shot: the largest, most detailed view yet of the Milky Way's center in visible light,...

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Science • Jun 24

West Coast Falcon 9 launch continues expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink network

SpaceX is counting down to a Wednesday evening, West Coast launch of another 24 satellites for its Starlink internet service.

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Science • Jun 24

Dietary cholesterol activates a Ral-dependent pathway driving LDLR turnover

Metabolism of the hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) is a key determinant of cholesterol homeostasis1,2. The molecular switches that coordinate...

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Science • Jun 24

Space Shuttle Endeavour Looks Absolutely Incredible In All Its ‘Full Stack’ Glory

The California Science Center (CSC) in Los Angeles gave a sneak peek today of its long-awaited, much anticipated attraction — the towering Space Shuttle...

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Science • Jun 24

Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe

Archaeological, osteological and genetic evidence suggests that Neanderthals lived in small groups; however, less is known about whether these groups were...

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Science • Jun 24

Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars

In September 2025, NASA announced that its Perseverance rover had discovered a potential biosignature, which is a substance or structure that might have a...

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Science • Jun 24

NASA's aging infrastructure can't handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns

NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.

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Science • Jun 24

13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.

Three months ago, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the space agency was making a major pivot from building a space station in lunar orbit to a...

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Science • Jun 24

NASA to Share Latest Moon Base Mission Progress

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA's plans to build a Moon Base...

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Science • Jun 24

Space Force seeks fresh bidders for satellite-control antennas

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is launching a new competition for mobile satellite-control antennas, formally restarting a program it canceled after...

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Science • Jun 24

A Hydrothermal Explosion Poked New Steamy Holes in Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin

Earlier this month, a camera detected a plume of smoke coming from the Biscuit Basin at Yellowstone National Park. Over the following days,...

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Science • Jun 24

Why Mars May Remain Uninhabitable for Centuries

Making Mars Earthlike is not impossible in principle, but the scale of mass, heat, oxygen, and energy required makes it far beyond current capability.

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Science • Jun 24

Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre

The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery.

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Science • Jun 24

Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars

Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago.

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Science • Jun 24

In 1995, astronomers aimed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch of sky that looked almost empty — a dark spot near the Big Dipper no wider than a pinhead held at arm’s length. After 10 days of exposures, the darkness resolved into roughly 3,000 gala

In December 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope spent ten days looking at a part of the sky that had been chosen because it seemed so empty.

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Science • Jun 24

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region...

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