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Science • Apr 21

NASA Satellite Captures Strange Gleaming Halo Surrounding New Zealand’s Chatham Islands

A strange, glowing halo has been captured by NASA's satellite, surrounding New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands.

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Science • Apr 21

Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully

When the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego got their first naked mole rat colony in 2019, the researchers named them the "amigos" — Spanish...

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Science • Apr 21

‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars

Nasa's Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.

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Science • Apr 21

So How Did Artemis 2’s Heat Shield Hold Up? The First Results Are In

When Artemis 2 came blazing back to Earth on April 10, all eyes were on the Orion spacecraft's heat shield. This critical hardware, designed to protect the...

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Science • Apr 21

Bill Nye Whacks Trump With A Blunt Constitutional Reminder Over Proposed NASA Cuts

The "Science Guy" said the White House's proposed budget could spell serious trouble for the space agency.

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Science • Apr 21

NASA unveils panoramic Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA will unveil the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to capture unprecedented panoramic images of the universe.

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Science • Apr 21

Northern Lights to Illuminate 25 U.S. States Tonight: Here’s Where to Watch!

Tonight, the northern lights will shine across 25 U.S. states, offering a rare opportunity to witness one of nature's most breathtaking displays.

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Science • Apr 21

What Bronze Age people ate and drank: South Caucasus pottery reveals a surprisingly diverse menu

What culinary practices prevailed in the South Caucasus during the Bronze Age? A new study shows that the cuisine was remarkably diverse.

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Science • Apr 21

Skygaze smarter with nearly $700 off a light-pollution battling telescope

Sick of light pollution tainting your astrophotography? Capture nebulas, galaxies and more with $700 off this powerful, portable Unistellar Odyssey Pro...

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Science • Apr 21

NASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument as humanity's most distant spacecraft prepares for risky 'Big Bang' maneuver to save power

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission.

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Science • Apr 21

SpaceX team wins Purdue’s first Neil Armstrong Space Prize for its reusable rocket system

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 2026 Neil Armstrong Space Prize was announced Tuesday (April 21) at Purdue University, heralding the Falcon 9 Booster Landing...

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Science • Apr 21

'Dancing' jets erupting from a cannibalistic black hole have the power of 10,000 suns

"We can now use this measurement to anchor our understanding of jets, whether they are from black holes 10 or 10 million times the mass of the sun.".

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Science • Apr 21

Tiny dinosaur weighing less than 2 pounds is turning evolution theories upside down

A nearly complete 90-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, Alnashetri cerropoliciensis, is turning evolutionary theories upside down.

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Science • Apr 21

Secrets of Human Intelligence Unlocked

How did human intelligence evolve? The release of the EVApeCognition dataset provides 18 years of standardized data on great ape behavior to answer big...

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Science • Apr 21

Missing link in evolution of ancient fish found in 150-year-old museum specimen

A new species of coelacanth has been identified from a 150-year-old fossil housed at London's Natural History Museum. Former University of Portsmouth...

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Science • Apr 21

Tonight's your best chance of seeing a shooting star this spring. Get our top tips for viewing the Lyrid meteor shower

The Lyrid meteor shower is arguably the best meteor shower of springtime, and it peaks this week, making now one of your best chances of seeing a shooting...

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Science • Apr 21

Breakthrough sulfur polymer kills dangerous fungi and bacteria while sparing human and plant cells

Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a global burden in human health and food production, so affordable new materials are needed to overcome this growing...

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Science • Apr 21

The quantum arrow of time can be reversed, physicists show

Researchers have developed a way to flip time to move backward in a quantum system. This level of control could lead to bizarre real-world applications.

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Science • Apr 21

An Artist Asks: Without Darkness, Who Are We?

After gathering ideas from entomologists, neurobiologists and others, Jan Tichy created an exhibition responding to the effects of our disappearing nights.

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Science • Apr 21

Put a nanodiamond under intense pressure and it becomes flexible

Diamond is among the hardest naturally occurring substances on Earth, but if you shrink it down to the nanoscale, it is surprisingly elastic.

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