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Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life

Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early animal life.

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Science • May 12

The discovery of an atmosphere on a tiny Kuiper belt world

A relatively tiny world in the Kuiper belt, just 500 km in diameter, has an atmosphere after all, joining Pluto. Here's what we know today.

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Science • May 12

James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe’s cosmic web

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have created the clearest map yet of the universe's “cosmic web” — the enormous hidden structure that...

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Science • May 12

First Signatures of a Future Tectonic Split Are Bubbling Up In Zambia

Hundreds of millions of years ago, our world looked very different from the way it does today. The continents were joined together in a supercontinent...

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Science • May 12

A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the Earth's mantle, a sign of a rupture...

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Science • May 12

New tectonic plate boundary could be forming in Zambia, scientists say

The gas in hot springs could reveal the very first signs of a new tectonic plate boundary forming. By testing helium and carbon isotopes from geothermal...

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Science • May 12

Australia’s Cloudy Beauty

Valley fog gathered in the Victorian Alps while an arch-shaped cloud drifted across Port Phillip Bay.

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Science • May 12

Solving hard problems in soft electronics

Recent MIT graduate Camille Cunin's research in bioelectronics and materials science transforms rigid electrical engineering into soft electronics that...

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Science • May 12

South Texas will go dark during May 11 eclipse—but you've got time

Part of Texas will see a total solar eclipse on May 11, 2078, with totality crossing the Rio Grande Valley.

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Science • May 11

Unexplored interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei shed light on dark matter

Dark matter particles could be mediators of the interaction between electrons and atomic nuclei, as shown by a study conducted by junior group leader,...

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Science • May 11

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office

Updated May 11, 5:07 p.m. EDT (2107 UTC): Added some additional context from the NRO. The National Reconnaissance Office is set to fly its 13th mission...

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Science • May 11

A SpaceX Rocket Is About to Slam Into The Moon, Scientist Says

The Moon is constantly accosted by impacts from the Universe at large. Later this year, our closest neighbor in space is predicted to be hit at seven times...

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Science • May 11

New Species of Giant Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Argentina

Fossils unearthed on a remote Argentine ranch belong to a new genus and species of macronarian sauropod dinosaur, according to an international team of...

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Science • May 11

The Tonga Volcano Cleaned Up After Itself

When the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano off the coast of Tonga violently erupted in January of 2022, the force of the explosion was more...

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Science • May 11

Northern lights could be visible within days as Met Office issues solar update

A powerful solar flare could spark northern lights displays later this week, with the Met Office warning that a geomagnetic storm could make the aurora...

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Science • May 11

M5.7 solar flare knocks out Atlantic radio, auroras loom

An M5.7 solar flare erupted May 10, knocking out Atlantic radio signals. A CME may brush Earth by May 13, with auroras possible across the U.K. and northern...

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Science • May 11

Shark face study uncovers 400-million-year-old blueprint shared across jawed vertebrates

Most of what scientists know about face development comes from studies in bony vertebrates such as mice, chickens, and zebrafish.

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Science • May 11

Solar Storm May Bring Northern Lights to United Kingdom and US

A significant solar eruption on Sunday, May 10, 2026, could trigger visible northern lights across the United Kingdom and northern United States later this...

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