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Science • May 13

Turns Out, Tiny Planets Are Basically Dead Worlds, Here’s the Exact Cutoff

For decades, astronomers have searched for planets that could support life, but most of the search criteria focused on a planet's distance from its star.

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Science • May 13

NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky

NASA's TESS has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date.

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Science • May 13

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover sends new self-portrait from the red planet

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover sent a self-portrait back to the agency this week with a sweeping backdrop of the red planet. NASA released the new snapshot...

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Science • May 13

Newly discovered asteroid will make a close, but safe, encounter with Earth

A newly discovered asteroid will pass within about 56,000 miles of Earth on Monday, significantly closer than the distance between Earth and the moon.

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Science • May 13

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge

In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.

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Science • May 13

The crust under Africa is thinning in a way that hasn’t been seen before

Africa's Turkana Rift Zone, a hotbed of hominin fossils, is caught in the act of “necking," a critical transition toward continental breakup.

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Science • May 13

The Whirlpool Galaxy comes alive photo of the day for May 13, 2026

M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, looks incredible in this new snap by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Science • May 13

NASA’s New RISC-V Space Chip Offers 100x Performance Boost for Future Mars Missions

NASA and Microchip Technology Inc. are testing a palm-sized, radiation-resistant processor that could make mission systems 100x more powerful than current...

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Science • May 13

Cut marks on 1.6-million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved and processed meat in Kenya

A new study from northern Kenya adds fresh detail to how early humans found, processed, and consumed meat about 1.6 million years ago.

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Science • May 13

A Strange Quantum Effect May Explain One of Biology’s Greatest Mysteries

Electron spin may subtly break the symmetry between mirror-image molecules, helping explain why biology chose one molecular hand.

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Science • May 13

Psychology suggests people who become more compassionate as they get older may have learned how much private suffering sits behind ordinary behavior

The cultural framing of late-life compassion tends to attribute it to a particular kind of internal softening. The older person, in this framing, has become...

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Science • May 13

Scientists Found a Massive Dinosaur Footprint Site Around an Ancient Lake With Nearly 18,000 Tracks

Scientists exploring an ancient lakeshore in Bolivia uncovered far more than a handful of fossilized footprints.

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Science • May 13

30-mile-high clouds of acid on Venus are made by the largest 'hydraulic jump' in the solar system

A 3700-mile-long cloud bank on Venus forms through the same phenomenon that describes how water spreads out in your kitchen sink, scientists say.

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Science • May 13

Only 2% Of Humans Have Green Eyes—An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

For most of human history, green eyes didn't exist. Understanding why they do now means rethinking what we know about evolution itself.

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Science • May 13

Scientists Investigate ‘Quantum Consciousness’—But the Brain May Still Defy Physics

The idea that human consciousness might arise from odd quantum phenomena has intrigued scientists, philosophers, and science fiction writers,...

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Science • May 13

Strange 500-million-year-old marine fossils reveal a feeding strategy that still shapes oceans today

More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a myriad of marine animals,...

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Science • May 13

'Like putting a microscope into the core of the sun': World's 1st space-based neutrino detector launches to orbit

The world's first space-based neutrino detector launched to space this month to study elusive neutrino particles that constantly bombard Earth.

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Science • May 13

'Like putting a microscope into the core of the sun': World's 1st space-based neutrino detector launches to orbit

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The world's first space-based neutrino detector...

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Science • May 13

Scientists Found a Tiny Insect Trapped in Amber Since the Dinosaur Era With a Weird Feature

Hidden inside a piece of amber dating back 125 million years, a remarkably preserved insect displayed an unusual trait that may change part of the story...

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Science • May 13

Scientists Discover Neanderthals Were Using Teeth as Weapons, Just Not Their Own

For decades, researchers walked past them without a second thought, isolated teeth, piled in ancient caves across France and Spain, assumed to be nothing...

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