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Science • May 12

The hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way

Scientists have taken the largest ever image of the Milky Way. The image shows spectacular detail of our home in the universe, and offers scientists a...

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Science • May 12

Gravitational waves from colliding black holes may allow detection of dark matter

Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter in the universe, but the only way it interacts with its surroundings is through gravity.

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Science • May 12

He went out bushwhacking and discovered a new plant species

ITHACA, N.Y. — Deep in the bushes of the Summerhill State Forest, Justin Scholten was bushwhacking and taking pictures of plants during the summer of 2023.

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Science • May 12

Scientists may have just found 10,000 planets beyond our solar system

Lurking throughout the distant cosmos beyond the solar system, researchers recently found what they believe could be another whopping 10,000 planets...

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Science • May 12

Physicists find possible errors in 100-year-old model of the universe

The density and curvature of space should be uniform across the universe, according to our standard model of cosmology — but recent evidence hints that this...

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Science • May 12

NASA’s Curiosity Gets Unprecedented View of Mars Rock After Unexpected Drill Mishap on the Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity rover faced an unusual challenge after a large Martian rock became stuck to its drill, forcing engineers into a delicate recovery operation...

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Science • May 12

NASA and SpaceX Set for ISS Mission With New Experiments

NASA and SpaceX are set to launch their 34th cargo run to the International Space Station, carrying supplies and experiments for ongoing research.

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Science • May 12

Scientists Think Africa May Be Cracking Along a New Tectonic Plate Boundary

Earth's mantle appears to be leaking a little along Central Africa. If this continues to develop, this rift could grow into a new tectonic plate...

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Science • May 12

80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal.

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Science • May 12

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Selfie in Mars’ Western Frontier

Editor's note: The text was updated on March 13, 2026, to correct the spelling of the outcrop nicknamed “Arathusa.”

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Science • May 12

A Father and His Daughter Stopped Along a Road in Norway and Stumbled Upon 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Carvings Unlike Any Seen Before

A father and daughter exploring the shoreline uncovered strange carvings hidden on a rocky hillside near Oslo that had gone unnoticed for thousands of...

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Science • May 12

Quantum circuit test finally exposes what has been warping performance

Quantum computers could someday solve pressing problems that are too convoluted for classical computers, such as modeling complex molecular interactions to...

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Science • May 12

'A combination of amazement and horror': Hitchhiker fish hide in manta ray buttholes

Hitchhiker fish known as remoras have a very unexpected hiding place: the rear ends of manta rays.

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Science • May 12

Weather takes out SpaceX launch for 2nd day; sets up Friday retry that could bring sonic booms

Poor weather conditions forced a scrub of a Tuesday night launch attempt by SpaceX on its latest resupply run for NASA to International Space Station,...

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Science • May 12

NASA is building a chip 100x more powerful for Moon and Mars trips

NASA has teamed up with Microchip Technology to build a new generation of space processors that could deliver up to 100x more computing power than what.

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Science • May 12

'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile

A controversial study published in the journal Science in March claimed that Monte Verde, a 14,500-year-old Paleo-Indian archaeological site in Chile that...

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Science • May 12

Old Space Junk From the 1960s Just Revealed a Hidden Effect of the Sun on Earth’s Orbit

Scientists just found a strange solar effect that makes space junk fall back to Earth much faster than expected. And the discovery came from debris that's...

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Science • May 12

Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing

As part of a commercial partnership, the project is developing a sophisticated chip that will give spacecraft the processing capabilities to think for...

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Science • May 12

Scientists Uncover 99-Million-Year-Old Firefly That Once Glowed Beside Dinosaurs

A newly identified firefly trapped in amber for 99 million years is giving scientists rare insight into how bioluminescent insects evolved during the age of...

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Science • May 12

SpaceX launches 6,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station after delay (video)

SpaceX will launch its Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station on Wednesday evening (May 13), and you can watch the action live.

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