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Science • May 11

Surprise X-Ray Discovery May Explain Strange Red Dots in Early Universe

Ever since JWST first began peering out at the early Universe a few years ago, astronomers have been spotting strange "little red dots" (LRDs) in its...

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Science • May 11

AI@HHMI: Lighting Up Life Inside Cells With AI-Designed Proteins

What if scientists could watch a dozen proteins at work inside a cell at the same time? A new AI@HHMI project combines AI-driven protein design with bright...

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Science • May 11

Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center

The Milky Way's galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets,...

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Science • May 11

Zoom Into the Milky Way’s Galactic Bulge – Hubble/Roman Survey Regions

This video shows a zoom into the Milky Way's galactic bulge near the galactic center.

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Science • May 11

They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026

This miniature Mars capsule was just shot out of a gun at over 2600 miles per hour.

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Science • May 11

More Star Wars-like worlds emerge as 27 planet candidates with two suns discovered

There's so little we know about circumbinary planets—planets that orbit two stars instead of one—that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy.

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Science • May 11

Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights this week

A powerful M5.7 solar flare accompanied by a CME triggered Atlantic radio blackouts. Chances for northern lights this week have increased.

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Science • May 11

Mars Helicopter Engineers Push Rotor Blades Past the Sound Barrier to Unlock Heavier Payloads

The tip of a rotor blade is a small thing to hang a mission on. Moving faster than any other part of the aircraft, it does the real work: slapping at.

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Science • May 11

See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop

While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

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Science • May 11

This Telescope Spent Five Years Mapping the Cosmos and Captured 47 Million Galaxies in the Process

For five years, scientists quietly scanned the night sky with an instrument capable of capturing objects billions of light-years away.

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Science • May 11

Vandenberg rocket launch schedule. What's due for liftoff?

SpaceX has two rocket launches scheduled this week from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, including military satellites and a Starlink mission.

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Science • May 11

A Fish That Hitches Rides Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine

The remora often latches on to the exteriors of larger marine creatures. But sometimes it travels in a more intrusive spot: inside a manta ray's backside.

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Science • May 11

New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies

Astronomers have captured an extraordinary new look at the hidden birthplaces of star clusters, uncovering fresh clues about how galaxies evolve — and how...

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Science • May 11

Mercury Could Be Hiding a 10-Mile-Thick Layer of Diamonds Beneath Its Surface, Scientists Discover

Recent research suggests that Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, could have a diamond-rich layer beneath its surface.

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Science • May 11

Why did ‘Tyrannosaurus rex’ have such short arms?

If humans had the same arm proportions as a T. rex, a 6-foot-tall person would have arms about 11 inches long.

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Science • May 11

This Tiny Algae Could Light Up Deep-Sea Robots, Concert Venues, and Your Home

Scientists have found a way to keep bioluminescent algae glowing continuously, and the implications go far beyond novelty lighting.

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Science • May 11

Scientists Were Studying Butterfly Wings—and Found a 120 Million-Year-Old Evolutionary Pattern

A genetic “cheat sheet” allows different species to display the same warning patterns.

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Science • May 11

The Largest Volcanic Eruption This Century Cleaned Up After Itself. And We Could Learn To Do The Same

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption of 2022 involved a self-cleaning mechanism scientists hadn't seen before, considerably reducing the anticipated...

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Science • May 11

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Came From a Place Nothing Like Our Solar System

A rare comet from another star system is revealing just how different alien solar systems may be from our own.

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Science • May 11

According to Psychology, What It Means When Someone Is Always Petting Cats

Some stressed-out people aren't drawn to dogs at all. New research reveals a personality trait that predicts who will seek out cats for comfort instead.

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