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Science • Jun 23

Yes, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is older than the Solar System

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has an ancient age, but not for the reason most commonly touted. These three lines of evidence are far stronger.

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Science • Jun 23

Solar storms don't harm people directly — they induce electric currents in long metal, meaning the power lines, pipelines and undersea internet cables we've strung across the planet are exactly what they attack

The 1989 Quebec blackout took down a grid serving six million people in 92 seconds — not because the solar storm hurt anyone, but because the long metal of...

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Science • Jun 23

Two marsupial species once known to science only from fossils, and thought lost for more than 6,000 years, have been confirmed alive in the rainforests of New Guinea’s Vogelkop Peninsula — a discovery made possible by old museum specimens, rare field

Two marsupials known to science only from fossils, and presumed gone for more than 6,000 years, have turned out to be alive in the rainforests of the...

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Science • Jun 23

Mystery cave collapse uncovers 'advanced human time capsule' from 300,000 years ago

Archaeologists say the remarkably preserved site offers a rare glimpse into a pivotal period when early humans were developing increasingly sophisticated...

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Science • Jun 23

SpaceX launches reentry capsule demo mission called ‘Starfall’

SpaceX plans to fly a demonstration of a new uncrewed reentry capsule named 'Starfall' on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early...

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Science • Jun 23

Darwin's bark spider spins the toughest biological material yet measured, a silk more than ten times tougher than Kevlar, and strings its web across rivers on bridge lines up to 25 meters long

A spider in Madagascar makes a thread that outperforms anything in the materials labs of the human world. Its dragline silk is the toughest biological...

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Science • Jun 22

Making sense of Mars' tiny moon Phobos

Mars' innermost moon, Phobos, has long puzzled planetary scientists, who have continually debated whether it's a captured asteroid or formed from debris...

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Science • Jun 22

At its birth, Earth had no Moon. Then something perhaps the size of Mars slammed into the young planet, flinging molten debris into orbit that became the companion world now pulling our tides, steadying our seasons, and perhaps helping make Earth stable e

Earth began without a Moon. The young planet, barely formed, had no companion in orbit, and how it came by one is a question that took most of a century,...

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Science • Jun 22

A hidden fungal network longer than the distance to the Sun wraps the roots of 70% of Earth's plants, and the first global map finds it densest not under rainforests but wild grasslands

The underground fungi network runs densest beneath wild grasslands, the very habitat that farming is erasing fastest of all.

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Science • Jun 22

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Up To 12 Billion Years Ago, New Observations Suggest

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical fingerprint unlike anything in our Solar System, and it may have formed 10 to 12 billion years ago,...

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Science • Jun 22

Bird-derived gene tool inserts plant DNA 30 times more efficiently than CRISPR

In a rapidly changing climate landscape, the plants we rely on for food, textiles and more face a multitude of challenges, including rising temperatures,...

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Science • Jun 22

Experiment upends beliefs on how electrons actually behave in warm dense matter

Researchers at European XFEL, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Rostock University and other collaborating institutions have used high-precision...

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Science • Jun 22

A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified

There is a mysterious phenomenon in which strong radio signals arrive periodically from space, yet their source remains completely unknown.

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Science • Jun 22

Human Ancestors May Have Used Fire Far Earlier Than We Thought, Study Reveals

When it comes to phenomena that may have changed the course of human history, fire has to be near the top of the list.

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Science • Jun 22

SpaceX launches its 1st 'Starfall' reentry capsule in early morning Falcon 9 liftoff

SpaceX is poised to launch its first-ever Starfall spacecraft, demonstrating the new vehicle's ability to operate in space and return safely back to Earth.

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Science • Jun 22

Roman Telescope Arrives For Launch Preparations

A flagship NASA observatory designed to answer questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets and other astrophysical phenomena arrived at the Kennedy...

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Science • Jun 22

Corrected Pantheon+ analysis of supernovae challenges accelerating universe claim

Research led by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, along with Professor Subir Sarkar from the University of Oxford, questions the widely...

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Science • Jun 22

June Bootids meteor shower to peak this week

The June Bootids, a meteor shower that typically only produces a handful of meteors, could peak between now and Saturday.

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Science • Jun 22

Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets

NASA's infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center, the crown jewel of US spaceports, is aging and approaching its limit due to increased demand from private...

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Science • Jun 22

One of the Most Wildly Unpredictable Meteor Showers Is About to Peak — What to Know About the 2026 Bootids

Learn more about the Bootids meteor shower, why it is so unpredictable, and what's in store for June 2026.

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