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Science • Jun 18

Hidden electric space waves are quietly cleaning Earth's 'killer' electrons

High above our heads, a silent battle is unfolding within Earth's magnetic shield. For decades, scientists have tracked "killer electrons"—ultrafast...

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Science • Jun 18

How you can explore the cosmos, virtual reality style, in a new Smithsonian experience

A new immersive, 3D virtual reality experience from the Smithsonian offers guests a window into the cosmos — the first of its kind in D.C..

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Science • Jun 18

Famous ‘Pink Planet’ harbors a salty surprise

Northwestern University-led astronomers have discovered salty skies surrounding the universe's famous “Pink Planet.” For more than a decade, the ancient,...

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Science • Jun 18

"Pink Planet" GJ504b Could Be First World With Clouds Made Of Salt, JWST Data Suggests

In 2013, researchers discovered GJ504b, an object orbiting star GJ504 in the constellation Virgo. To the naked eye, this world would look a truly unique...

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Science • Jun 18

Massive underground structure discovered beneath the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin

A huge dense mass beneath the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin may preserve evidence of an ancient impact and the lunar interior.

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Science • Jun 18

Scientists discover salt clouds swirling around 'pink planet'

The pink planet has fascinated astronomers for years. The James Webb Space Telescope finally got a good look and found something no one expected: clouds...

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Science • Jun 18

Famous 'Pink Planet' harbors a salty surprise

Northwestern University-led astronomers have discovered salty skies surrounding the universe's famous "Pink Planet." For more than a decade, the ancient,...

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Science • Jun 18

Nearly All Plants Depend on Tiny Underground Fungi. The Microbes' Vast Global Networks Were Just Mapped for the First Time

If lined up end to end, the thin, tubular threads that make up the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks in Earth's topsoil could stretch between our...

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Science • Jun 18

How one new telescope is going to change astronomy forever

Construction of the Deep Synoptic Array is about to start in rural Nevada. It will reveal untold galaxies in stunning detail and help explain how they form...

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Science • Jun 18

A Student Discovered His Father’s Lost Notebooks—and Unlocked a 55-Million-Year-Old Fossil Mystery

A mummified fossil fish was forgotten in a university basement until a son's chance discovery brought it back to science.

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Science • Jun 18

The Mars Delusion

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

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Science • Jun 18

June Bootids meteor shower begins ahead of unpredictable peak

When to watch: The June Bootids will peak on the night of June 26 into the morning of June 27, during its active period from June 22 to July 2.

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Science • Jun 18

Ripple-like rings of the 'Bullseye galaxy' could be explained by dark matter

Two U.S. physicists have suggested that the nine concentric rings surrounding the galaxy LEDA 1313424, also known as the Bullseye galaxy, could have emerged...

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Science • Jun 18

Some climate models suggest Venus could once have had liquid water and habitable temperatures, until a dramatic transformation hundreds of millions of years ago. One leading idea is that widespread volcanic resurfacing helped push the planet into the run

NASA GISS modelling suggests Venus may have held a shallow ocean for up to two billion years before volcanic resurfacing and a brightening Sun tipped it...

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Science • Jun 18

Holographic Breakthrough: This New Futuristic 3D Imaging System Overcomes a Longstanding Problem for Holographic Tech

A new 3D image projection system is a major step toward bringing holograms from science fiction to science fact.

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Science • Jun 18

Swift reboost mission ready for launch

A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year of development.

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Science • Jun 18

“Shadow Blaster” Galaxy Might Have Sent High-Energy Neutrino to Earth

A star-forming galaxy in the early universe might have sent a ghostly particle known as a neutrino crashing into the ice at Earth's South Pole,...

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Science • Jun 18

Astronomers solve the mystery of black holes' delayed cosmic 'burps'

A new study reveals why black holes let out massive radio "burps" years after eating stars, giving astronomers a chemical blueprint to predict them early.

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Science • Jun 18

Hundreds of Mysterious Quakes Have Been Detected Deep Under Antarctica

If a movie opened with scientists discovering hundreds of earthquakes deep under Antarctica – in a place where they're not supposed to happen,...

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Science • Jun 18

Chinese rocket breaks apart in space dangerously close to Starlink

A Chinese rocket has disintegrated in orbit in a dramatic failure that occurred alarmingly close to SpaceX's Starlink satellite network, adding yet another...

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