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Science • Jul 22

A newly found world blurs the boundary between planet and moon

The object orbits a brown dwarf that orbits a star, and astronomers aren't sure if it's a planet, a moon — or something else entirely.

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Science • Jul 22

The gold in your wedding ring might an origin far more violent than you think: much of the universe’s gold was likely forged when two neutron stars collided — an event bright enough to outshine hundreds of millions of Suns for days, in a burst astronomers call

The nuclei that make up the gold in a wedding band were formed before the Sun and Earth existed. Much of that gold was probably created through rapid...

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Science • Jul 22

Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno

This graphic illustrates the areas of Jupiter's moon Io sampled by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during two close.

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Science • Jul 22

Astronomers may have discovered the 1st moon outside of our solar system — or is it something weirder?

Since the discovery of the first world beyond the solar system in the 1990s, astronomers have become adept at spotting extrasolar planets, or exoplanets.

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Science • Jul 22

A rare 3-D snake fossil is ssspilling sssecrets of its unusual lifestyle

A new snake's unique head anatomy suggests early snakes were even more diverse than thought. This one was a rare burrower.

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Science • Jul 22

Rare contagious cancer found in fish from Quebec and U.S. lakes

It's rare that cancerous tumours can spread from one individual to another. But a genetic study suggests that's what's happening with melanoma skin cancer...

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Science • Jul 22

NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io

TThe north polar region of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA's Juno during the spacecraft's 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023.

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Science • Jul 22

Police: About 80 vases stolen from graves sites at Hillsboro cemetery

The Hillsboro Police Department is investigating a theft at the Fir Lawn Cemetery.

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Science • Jul 22

Astronomers are still trying to understand how a galaxy's spiral arms form

The Whirlpool galaxy (M51) is a classic grand spiral galaxy. It was the first object identified as a spiral, way back in 1845.

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Science • Jul 22

China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26

Following the success of NASA's DART mission, Chinese researchers are planning a new planetary defense test that they claim is bolder and better adapted to...

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Science • Jul 22

A glimpse of home was among the last images Voyager 1’s cameras ever sent. Just 34 minutes after taking the most distant photo of Earth ever, the cameras were powered off to conserve energy — going dark for good

There's a small puzzle in the most famous photograph Voyager 1 ever took. The spacecraft looked back at Earth, caught it as a speck of light,...

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Science • Jul 22

Our 1st-ever up-close look at the Martian surface photo of the day for July 22, 2026

What might seem like a simple black-and-white picture of some rocks is actually the first photograph ever taken on the surface of Mars.

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Science • Jul 22

Kindness emerges intuitively in young children before reflection catches up, study finds

While humans are inherently social beings, psychology studies suggest that their social skills are gradually fine-tuned over time and with experience.

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Science • Jul 22

Lipids in ovarian cancer ascites impair T cell activation by disrupting TCR dynamics

T cell-based therapies have limited success against ovarian cancer for poorly understood reasons. Here we show that lipids in ovarian cancer ascites fluid...

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Science • Jul 22

New timelapse video shows NASA's Psyche spacecraft zooming by Mars

A newly released timelapse video from NASA captures Mars as seen by the passing Psyche spacecraft in May 2026.

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Science • Jul 22

Robot bird swims underwater then flies away

MIT and EPFL researchers built a robotic bird that flies, dives underwater and launches back into the air using flapping wings alone, mimicking real diving...

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Science • Jul 22

‘I encourage everyone to not ignore intuition’: Google Maps just revealed an ancient secret that’s been hidden for 390 million years

An amateur astronomer has discovered a 390-million-year-old meteorite crater on Google Maps.

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Science • Jul 22

Astronomers warn millions of satellites could permanently brighten Earth's night sky

Science News: The night sky has inspired people for thousands of years, but scientists now say it could look very different in the future.

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Science • Jul 22

How to see the Perseids meteor shower this summer

Up to 100 meteors per hour can typically be seen during the Perseids shower.

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Science • Jul 22

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle Launches, Ushering in a New Era of In‑Space Servicing

Northrop Grumman launched its first-of-its-kind Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods, pioneering autonomous in-space satellite servicing...

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