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Science • Jun 21

A rare interstellar visitor triggered a SETI search for alien technology

SETI scientists searched the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS for radio signals that could indicate extraterrestrial technology but found nothing beyond...

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Science • Jun 21

Two eclipses and a meteor shower are the 'don't miss' sky events for Summer 2026

Fingers crossed for clear skies in August, as the seasons major astronomical events all seem to be clustered in that single month!

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Science • Jun 21

"It might look like we started a space war, but we didn’t." Astronomers fire lasers at distant cosmic cloud, all in the name of science

ESO image shows lasers shooting into the sky as astronomers target Tarantula Nebula with one of the world's most advanced telescope systems.

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Science • Jun 21

SPUN Maps Earth's Hidden Fungal Network: 110 Quadrillion Kilometres of Living Threads

Scientists map Earth's hidden fungal networks for the first time, finding 110 quadrillion km of living AM hyphae and revealing grasslands as the densest...

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Science • Jun 21

Thawing Permafrost Not Only Emits CO2, It Absorbs it Too, Shows Landmark Study

Thawing permafrost is not just a source of CO2, the process also triggers a removal of emissions from the atmosphere as the landscape thaws.

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Science • Jun 21

About 66 million years ago an asteroid roughly 10-15 km wide struck off Mexico's Yucatan, gouging a crater some 180 km across — and the extinction that followed wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and around 75% of all species

Roughly five billion. That is the number of Hiroshima-sized bombs it would take to match the energy of a single morning 66 million years ago.

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Science • Jun 21

Meteor Activity Outlook for June 20-26, 2026

The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is established to inform, encourage, and support the research activities of people who are interested in the field of...

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Science • Jun 21

Scientists Discover Gene That One Day Could Help Humans Regrow Lost Limbs

Scientists identified SP8, a key gene behind limb regeneration, moving research closer to human application.

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Science • Jun 21

HD 189733b looks deep blue from space, almost Earth-like at first glance — but its colour comes not from oceans, but from silicate particles in a scorching atmosphere where glass may rain sideways through winds of thousands of kilometres an hour.

From a distance, the exoplanet HD 189733b looks like the most reassuring thing in the sky: a deep blue world, the same cobalt as Earth seen from orbit.

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Science • Jun 21

"Prey is disembowelled and rapidly consumed, often still conscious." 10 deadly species that form ruthless gangs to hunt and kill prey

From coordinated hunts to ruthless ambushes, some of the world's deadliest animals become even more formidable when they work together.

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Science • Jun 20

Human Evolution May Be Undergoing a Major Shift Right in Front of Our Eyes

A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey.

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Science • Jun 20

Scientists Just Found Something Weird Inside Moss

A surprising discovery inside desert mosses could reshape scientists' understanding of plant evolution.

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Science • Jun 20

Specific cognitive abilities are highly heritable independent of general intelligence

A massive new meta-analysis reveals that individual cognitive abilities, like reading and math, rely on inherited DNA just as much as overall intelligence,...

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Science • Jun 20

Underwater Speakers Are Having An Unexpected Effect On Jamaica's Coral Reefs

A collaboration between artists and scientists is using underwater speakers to play the sounds of healthy reefs to entice fish to hang around.

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Science • Jun 20

It's Official: Third Galaxy Found With No Dark Matter May Solve an Epic Mystery

Most of the mass in galaxies consists of stuff we cannot see. According to current galaxy formation models, galaxies form inside massive blobs of dark...

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Science • Jun 20

Saturn’s icy moon ideal place to settle, establish rest stop for trips into deep space: NASA

Titan's abundant resources make it the ideal spot to refuel during missions into deep space, astronomers assert in a new study.

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Science • Jun 20

Tropical butterfly defies aging, lives 348 days and reveals longevity clues

The tropical butterfly Heliconius hewitsoni lives for 348 days, almost 25 times longer than its close relatives. Scientists have found that these...

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Science • Jun 20

Last Mile of Space and Earth Rocket Package Delivery

SpaceX will be proving out a key part of delivery from space or anywhere on earth in one hour anywhere. Starship flying then eject Starfalls. 50-100 per.

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Science • Jun 20

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew in and out of the solar corona and found a source of high-energy particles that no existing model had predicted

When NASA's Parker Solar Probe passed through the solar corona during perihelion encounters at the heliospheric current sheet, its instruments recorded...

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Science • Jun 20

On 5 March 1982, the Soviet Venera 14 lander reached the surface of Venus, ejected the protective cap from its camera lens, photographed the surrounding terrain — and then lowered its mechanical soil-testing arm directly onto the discarded lens cap, returni

Venus is roughly Earth-sized and often called Earth's twin. But in reality, the surface of Venus is insanely dangerous. Why? Runaway greenhouse effect; the...

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