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Science • Jun 12

Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68

Alan Hale, who wheeled a telescope out of his New Mexico garage on July 23, 1995, and spotted a fuzzy object in the constellation Sagittarius,...

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Science • Jun 12

Scientists prise open secret of how flytrap enjoys a quick bite

'I'm unaware of any other plants with this rapid change of mechanical properties of the cells' Yoël Forterre Physicist.

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Science • Jun 11

Cosmic dawn fuel discovery unlocks early galaxy growth secrets

Astronomers have discovered a huge reservoir of cold molecular gas, the direct fuel for star formation, in REBELS-25, a massive, star-forming galaxy.

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Science • Jun 11

Former band director speaks on Chesapeake native being selected for Artemis III space mission

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A student who led by example — that's how former Western Branch High School marching band director Jonathan Hargis described his...

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Science • Jun 11

The Shape of a Black Hole

Here's something that might stop you in your tracks. Black holes have a temperature! Just think about that.. We are not talking about the temperature of the...

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Science • Jun 11

Threads of Earth’s Underground Fungal Networks Are Long Enough to Reach Beyond the Solar System

Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected...

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Science • Jun 11

James Webb Reveals a Black Hole Star Inside a Little Red Dot

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted its best-ever example of a mysterious “black hole star” hidden inside a tiny red dot in the distant universe.

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Science • Jun 11

Light echoes reveal possible dark matter buildup around supermassive black holes

We may not know what dark matter is, but we keep getting whiffs of it. "We are reaching a point where the observational evidence for dark matter is simply...

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Science • Jun 11

JAXA’s shape-shifting micro rover LEV-2 completes 108-minute autonomous drive on Moon

Baseball-sized LEV-1 and LEV-2 relay images from lunar surface in Science Robotics report.

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Science • Jun 11

New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain

Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown species of amphicyonid -- the extinct family of carnivorous mammals popularly known as bear-dogs...

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Science • Jun 11

To Make a Queen, There's a Special Kind of Worker Bee

Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive.

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Science • Jun 11

'Selection shadow' may explain why longer lives bring more age-related disease

A review article now published in Nature Reviews Genetics brings together evolutionary theory, comparative genomics and large-scale human genetics to...

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Science • Jun 11

NASA’s Chandra Discovers Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy.

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Science • Jun 11

Ancient squirrel poop from Arctic permafrost contains DNA from mammoths, bison, horses and big cats

Frozen droppings of prehistoric ground squirrels are chock-full of DNA from ice-age beasts, including woolly mammoths, a mysterious big cat and a huge array...

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Science • Jun 11

Hidden Phase of Matter Finally Captured After Decades of Predictions

Scientists have finally captured a hidden state of matter, revealing a long-predicted phase with intriguing quantum potential.

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Science • Jun 11

Evidence For Water Vapor Plumes On Europa Vanishes In Re-Analysis

Unlike on Mars where for decades we have had dozens of orbital and ground-based platforms zipping and scurrying about to prod at every bit of emitted...

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Science • Jun 11

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit as market awaits IPO launch (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 11, 2026.

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Science • Jun 11

The Strange “Spacetime Crystal” That Can Suddenly Turn Into a Black Hole

A new mathematical breakthrough sheds light on how tiny black holes could emerge from critical states of spacetime.

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Science • Jun 11

Collapsing stars could spawn mini-universes, offering new path to gravastars

Stars shine because atoms fuse in their interiors, releasing energy. When a very massive star has exhausted its nuclear fuel, radiation pressure can no...

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Science • Jun 11

Meet LEV-2, a baseball-sized and absurdly cute moon robot

Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2), a lunar robot from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), could have been plucked from a science-fiction movie.

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