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Science • May 04

Astronomers believe they’ve detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto

The finding offers fresh insight into our solar system's farthest, coldest objects in a region known as the Kuiper Belt. 0 seconds of 0 seconds.

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Science • May 04

Symmetry says these crystal vibrations can never mix, but an exotic quantum phase rewrites the rules

Symmetry is one of the most fundamental principles in nature. It describes the rules that make an object look unchanged after a rotation, reflection,...

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Science • May 04

You’re Not Looking Through 12,000 New Artemis Photos, So Here Are Some Of The Best

I suppose that if I were to complain about how NASA is making available the bulk of the photography captured by Artemis astronauts, NASA would tell me to go...

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Science • May 04

Scientists Just Found a Nearly Complete 16-Centimeter Fossil Near a Dinosaur Nest

A fossil no bigger than your hand has just emerged from a site dominated by giant predators. Scientists weren't expecting much from it, yet this tiny...

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Science • May 04

Next SpaceX launch is not for a week: Why Florida rocket launches are quiet

Florida's Space Coast has seen a sudden lull in rocket launches. Here's why SpaceX, Blue Origin, and ULA are launching less.

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Science • May 04

Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber

Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration mission to advance Human Landing System.

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Science • May 04

Astronomers Explore the Surface Composition of a Nearby Super-Earth

Cambridge, MA (May 4, 2026) -- A team of researchers led by postdoctoral researcher and NASA Sagan Fellow Sebastian Zieba of the Center for Astrophysics...

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Science • May 04

Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto

The only trans-Neptunioan object (TNO) with a detected atmosphere so far is Pluto, which has an average surface pressure of 10 μbar.

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Science • May 04

“Whales Do Watch People On A Boat”: Rare Humpback Whale Phenomenon “Gaping” Caught On Video – Scientists Aren’t Sure Why They Do It

Tourists are helping scientists by documenting a rare humpback whale phenomenon whose function is not understood. Known as “gaping” it involves the whale...

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Science • May 04

Deep-Sea Cameras Off Japan Film Mysterious Floating Creature Scientists Can’t Identify

Scientists dropped cameras 30000 feet deep off the coast of Japan and discovered a deep-sea creature so strange they could not identify it.

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Science • May 04

Mars Is Secretly Shaping Earth’s Climate Over Millions Of Years, Scientists Reveal

A new study reveals that Mars subtly reshapes Earth's orbit and deep ocean cycles over millions of years.

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Science • May 04

Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - In the far reaches of our solar system - beyond the outermost planet Neptune - resides a host of icy and desolate ​celestial...

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Science • May 04

Scientists Found An 'Impossible' Atmosphere on A Tiny World Beyond Neptune

In the wild unknown, out beyond the orbit of Neptune, astronomers have found a tiny world that defies our understanding of skies.

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Science • May 04

Study finds airborne microplastics may be worsening global warming, with hotspots over ocean garbage patches

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute more to global warming than...

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Science • May 04

Microplastics in the sky? Tiny troublemakers may be warming Earth.

A study says the coloring of microplastics can make a big difference in how much they heat up the Earth.

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Science • May 04

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem

Out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirl of plastic trash more than twice the size of Texas.

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Science • May 04

Heat-Trapping Microplastics Found to Play Role in Climate Change

The ubiquitous tiny particles absorb sunlight when airborne, contributing to the warming of the planet, according to new research.

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Science • May 04

A small object past Pluto may have a thin atmosphere

A small solar system denizen farther from the sun than Pluto may be shrouded in a thin atmosphere. If confirmed, it would be the first object of its size...

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Science • May 04

Our Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun's mass

The Vela Supercluster, in our Milky Way's Zone of Avoidance, is competing gravitationally with other superclusters for the attention of local galaxies.

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Science • May 04

Scientists Just Turned Aluminum Into Something That Could Make Platinum Obsolete

A new aluminum structure has stunned chemists, and it may be about to make some of the world's rarest metals redundant.

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