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South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, opening a new radio...

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Science • Jun 13

What NASA Needs to Stay on Track for the Moon

The agency gave a rosy update on Artemis III, a test flight for its goal to return humans to the moon, but experts say the timeline is ambitious.

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Science • Jun 13

JWST Finds Exoplanets Choked by Diesel Smog

It's 2134, and humanity has finally embraced green technologies while ridding the Earth of harmful fossil-burning technologies, most notably gasoline, wood,...

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Science • Jun 13

Converting A Scanning Electron Microscope Into A TEM Is Surprisingly Easy

Although both a SEM and a TEM are electron microscopes, their working principles and images are very different. Whereas an SEM uses secondary electrons...

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Science • Jun 13

This “Zombie” Sea Creature Keeps Growing After Being Cut Apart

Detached sea cucumber tissue survived, healed, and grew for years in natural seawater, revealing a remarkable new model for regeneration and biomedical...

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Science • Jun 13

Autophagy Decline in Older Moms Halts Embryo Development

A new study reveals that age-related autophagy decline blocks embryo development by triggering a lipid-burning crisis.

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Science • Jun 13

Mysterious Predator That Butchered Ancient Birds Is Finally Unmasked

For years, a mysterious predator haunted the fossil beds of Changma Basin in northwest China. The site is known for a stunning aviary of fossilized birds,...

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Science • Jun 13

Revised Artemis lunar lander plans take shape

NASA has provided more details about the revised approaches that Blue Origin and SpaceX are taking to accelerate work on Artemis lunar landers.

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Science • Jun 13

San Andreas Fault stress hits 1,000-year high in Southern California

New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are in a “critically loaded” state, with stress levels that could support large...

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Science • Jun 13

Summer Heat and Earth’s Distance from the Sun

While the Sun might have seemed a little closer during this weeks record setting temperatures, the opposite is actually true.

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Science • Jun 13

Lucy’s hunter revealed: Giant crocodile terrorized early human ancestors

A newly identified crocodile species nicknamed “Lucy's hunter” prowled Ethiopia's rivers when Lucy's species walked the Earth more than 3 million years ago.

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Science • Jun 13

Toy-inspired SORA-Q Rover explored Moon for 100 minutes

A robot small enough to fit in your palm spent 100 minutes rolling across the lunar surface, transforming from a sphere into a wheeled vehicle and beaming...

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Science • Jun 13

Closer every day — A spectacular 30-day collage of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction (photo)

See a spectacular 30-day collage of Venus and Jupiter meeting in the western sky ahead of their climactic close conjunction on June 9.

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Science • Jun 13

Saturday Citations: JAXA collaboration with toy company TOMY; a new brain-computer interface; IBD solved

This week's notable citations: Astronomers believe collapsing stars could spawn mini universes. Chimpanzees do not like unfairness. And a single dose of...

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Science • Jun 13

Baseball-sized robot explores Moon's surface and sends images back to Earth

A transformable robot the size of a baseball successfully navigated the lunar surface during Japan's SLIM moon mission in January 2024, capturing images of...

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Science • Jun 13

Baseball-sized robot explores Moon's surface and sends images back to Earth

A transformable robot the size of a baseball successfully navigated the lunar surface during Japan's SLIM moon mission in January 2024, capturing images of...

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Science • Jun 13

Chinese team flags life-threatening weakness in Nasa’s Artemis programme

Researchers say China's lunar lander has three backup engines, unlike US design which relies on one main power source.

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Science • Jun 13

Scientists Uncover What Kept Humanity’s First Campfires Burning 780,000 Years Ago

Rare charcoal fragments from an ancient lakeshore campsite are offering new clues about fire use, resource management, and the environmental knowledge of...

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Science • Jun 13

31 Otherworldly New Deep-Sea Species Photographed with Cutting-Edge Camera Technology

A female octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) consumes a jellyfish at 2624 meters depth. This species is rarely seen alive, and most of what is known about it has...

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