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“Dark Matter may exist in two states, explaining missing signals in dwarf galaxies.”

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Dwarf galaxy NGC 5477, and galaxies in the background

Dark Matter May Exist in Two States, Explaining Missing Signals in Dwarf Galaxies

powerful orange and green jet emitting from a black hole

A Second Jet in Galaxy Mrk 501 Points to a Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes — Possibly Nearing a Merger

Illustration of Captorhinus, dying in a cave

289‑Million‑Year‑Old Reptilian Mummy Sheds Light on How Amniotes Learned to Breathe

A model of the inner solar system with asteroids.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Recently Spotted Around 11,000 Asteroids — and This Is Just Beginning

Photo of Earth from the Moon as Artemis II mission flys by the moon

Artemis II Crew Breaks Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight While Gazing Upon the Moon’s Far Side

close up of the moon's surface

Water May Have Been Collecting in the Moon’s South Pole for Over a Billion Years

illustration of Pohlsepia mazonensis, a fossil once thought to be an octopus

World’s Oldest Octopus Fossil From Guinness World Records Was Misidentified — Here’s What It Really Is

Orientale basin on the moon's surface

Artemis II Catches Glimpse of the Moon’s Grand Canyon, a Basin That Looks Like a Giant Bullseye

Star in galaxy resembling the most pristine star, SDSS J0715-7334

Most Pristine Star May Have Been Spotted 80,000 Light-Years From Earth

Earth's magnetic field around the planet in space

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flipped 43 Million Years Ago — Was There an Impact on Life?

Ancient Roman pillars and stairs

How Large-Scale Human Migration Reshaped Europe More Than a Thousand Years Ago

Rock liftoff, Artemis II heads for the moon

Artemis II Has Successfully Launched and Is Heading for the Moon — What Comes Next for the Mission?

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“Cereal box-sized satellite shares first images of stars while searching for life on exoplanets.”

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red dwarf and pink exoplanet

Cereal Box-Sized Satellite Shares First Images of Stars While Searching for Life on Exoplanets

T. rex fossilized skull in a museum

Did the T. rex Actually Evolve in America? A 74-Million-Year-Old Shin Bone Suggests It May Have

A space satellite, resembling NASA’s Van Allen Probe A, orbits earth

Intense Space Weather Forces NASA’s Van Allen Probe Back to Earth Nearly a Decade Early

Illustration of a new ancient crocodile species that likely hunted the famous Lucy

A Massive Pliocene Crocodile May Have Hunted Lucy and Other Early Hominins, 3 Million Years Ago

Comet 3I/ATLAS in space

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Packed With Alcohol — Indicating That It Formed Beyond Our Solar System

brassica leaves with viral infection

Ancient Plant Viruses Took Root in Eurasia Before the Last Ice Age

two red macaws sitting in a tree

Ancient DNA Reveals a Pre-Inca Trade Network That Carried Parrots Alive Across the Andes to Coastal Peru

colorful spectrum of colors showing a high energy neutrino

Record-Breaking Neutrino Detected in the Mediterranean in 2023 May Have Come From Blazars

Ann Hodges standing outside of her home holding the meteorite that struck her.

A Meteorite Burst Through Ann Hodges’ Roof in 1954 and Struck Her Mid-Nap — Leaving a Large Bruise and Making History

tiny green dinosaurs in a forest

A 25-Inch Crocodile Relative Walked on Two Legs in Late Triassic Forests 225 Million Years Ago

an asteroid heading for the moon

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Won’t Strike the Moon in 2032, Negating the Chance of a Violent Lunar Impact

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U.S. Public Reaction to Daylight Saving Time Turns Sharply Negative in the Fall

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“The Sun’s quietest moments matter just as much as its violent outbursts.”

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Illustration of Tanyka amnicola eating plants in real life

275-Million-Year-Old Fossil With a Twisted Jaw Reveals an Unexpected Tetrapod

Two periods of the sun: recent solar minimum and solar maximum as seen by NASA

The Sun’s Quietest Moments Matter Just as Much as Its Violent Outbursts

Case 6: Amber fossils with ancient ecosystems

These Amber Fossils Offer a “Snapshot of Life on Earth Millions of Years Ago”

Artemis II NASA crew

The Launch Date of Artemis II Has Been Postponed Again — This Is Why

Illustration of Purgatorius in the wild

Tiny Fossil Teeth in Colorado Expand the Range of the Earliest Known Primate

Curiosity rover exploring a hilly Martian landscape

Giant Spiderweb Formations on Mars Contain Ancient Evidence of the Planet’s Waterlogged Past

Tardigrades before and after images when exposed to Martian material

Water Bears Struggle in Simulated Martian Soil, But a Simple Rinse Changes Everything

Illustration of building structures on the moon

How Artificial Moon Dust Helps Us to Build the First Long-Term Lunar Bases

image spanning the milky way in vibrant red stars and gas

Largest ALMA Image Ever Spans 650 Light-Years, Revealing the Chaotic Heart of the Milky Way

Human skull and ape skull side by side with a black background

Changes in Diet May Have Led to Humans Having Smoother Skulls

Bronze Age skeletal remains analyzed to study ancient diets in Poland

3,000 Years of Ancient Diets in Poland Reveal Migration and Early Social Divisions

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Comet 3I/ATLAS Flaunts Bright Halo and Tail in New Image Taken by Jupiter-Bound Spacecraft

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“A chilling massacre in prehistoric Serbia took the lives of women and children.”

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Archaeological site of Iron Age, showing details of human skeleton

A Chilling Massacre in Prehistoric Serbia Took the Lives of Women and Children

wood and ivory carved piece with possible early language

40,000-Year-Old Stone Age Symbols May Be a Precursor to Written Language

Ancient marine amphibians Erythrobatrachus (foreground) and Aphaneramma (background)

250-Million-Year-Old Triassic Fossils Reveal a Rapid Global Marine Rebound After Mass Extinction

A supermassive black hole with a quasar

Supermassive Black Holes May Stifle Star Formation in Galaxies Millions of Light-Years Away

Ancient diamond shaped stone tool from ‘Ubeidiya

Snails and Sediments Reveal the True Age of a Site Occupied By Ancient Humans Who Left Africa

Tyrannosaurs skull

A 66‑Million‑Year‑Old Tyrannosaurus Tooth Embedded in an Edmontosaurus Skull Reveals a Violent Final Encounter

Row of empty swings at a park

The World May Face Population Decline Later This Century — What Does This Mean for Society?

two pieces of space debris stacked on top of each other that looks like a snowman

Cosmic Snowmen Gained Their Unique Shape After Gently Spiraling Into Each Other

Illustration of new spinosaurus species, Spinosaurus mirabilis

Newly Discovered 95-Million-Year-Old Spinosaurus Was a “Heron-Like Beast”

homo erectus skulls and busts of their facial reconstructions

Homo Erectus Could Have Arrived In Asia 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

a blue eukaryogenesis cell

Oxygen May Have Been Key to Sparking the Rise of Complex Life

Skeletal remains found at a stone age gravesite.

5,500-Year-Old Stone Age Graves Reveal How Hunter-Gatherers Valued Family

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“Humans abandoned a bison-hunting site 1,100 years ago-turns out, climate change was to blame.”

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Bison bones at an archaeological site in Montana.

Humans Abandoned a Bison-Hunting Site Around 1,100 Years Ago — Turns Out, Climate Change Was to Blame

Eel-looking animal with four eyes

One of The Earliest-Known Vertebrates Navigated the Cambrian Dark Forest with Four Eyes

Lizard like Tyrannoroter heberti eating plants

This 307-Million-Year-Old Animal May Have Been One of the First Plant Eaters

cichlid embryo with fluorescent lmx1b

Ancient Fish Fins May Have Given Rise to Human Hands

a colorful comet in space

Astronomers Spot a New Sungrazer Comet — Could It be Bright Enough to See in Daylight This Spring?

cold exoplanet in space

A Cold Earth 146 Lightyears Away Could Be Habitable

Depiction of Earth’s magnetic field lines surrounding the planet.

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips Regularly — Some Reversals Last 70,000 Years

close up of an Egyptian face statue

How Forged Papers Led to the Return of a 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Sculpture

satellite above Earth

Satellite Megaconstellations Could Threaten Up to 96 Percent of Space Telescope Images

The Moon's timezone, image looking at Earth from the Moon's surface

The Moon’s Clock Runs Faster — and It May Need Its Own Time Standard

bright yellow cosmic dust in a swirl around star

JWST Spots Unexpected Abundance of Organic Molecules in Nearby Ultra-Luminous Galaxy

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Why the Ancients Ate These Bizarre Foods — and Why We Don’t Anymore

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“Asteroid 2024 YR’s possible 2032 Moon impact–what the aftermath could look like.”

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Illustration of asteroids approaching Earth

Asteroid 2024 YR4’s Possible 2032 Moon Impact — What the Aftermath Could Look Like

An early human man wearing furs and standing in a cave near wooden tools

430,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals Earliest-Known Evidence of Humans Using Wooden Tools

Various dinosaurs ranging from sauropods to therapods together in an ecosystem that would eventually become the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry

Jurassic Predators Feasted on Baby Long-Necked Dinosaurs 150 Million Years Ago

road destroyed by landslide

Landslide Causes 1,500 Residents to Evacuate Small Sicilian Town

a multi-colored illustration of a quark zooming through plasma and creating ripples

First Direct Evidence Suggests the Universe’s Primordial Soup Behaved Like a Liquid

image of Mercury's Hokusai Crater on the surface of Mercury

Bright Streaks on Mercury Suggest That It’s Not a Dead Planet, but Geologically Active

a reef with the bright blue ocean waters above

Hidden Underwater Volcanoes May Explain Half of Earth’s Triassic Extinctions

Remnants of belongings from an ancient Roman cult site, Nida, uncovered during archaeological excavations.

Animal Offerings and Painted Walls Reveal Secrets of the Ancient Roman Cult Site Nida

early human using stone tools at their camp

160,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Reveal Advanced Tool Making in East Asia

Snow moon, full moon in February

February’s 2026 Snow Moon Will Light Up the Night as Winter Rages On

A single tridactyl footprint from the Middle Jurassic aged Lealt Shale Formation on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

How AI Is Solving Some of Paleontology’s Biggest Dinosaur Footprint Mysteries

Comparison of dark matter by hubble and JWST

Hidden Clues on Dark Matter Come into Sight With a New High-Resolution Map of the Sky

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“Bacteria haven’t been found on Mars-could they be beneath the surface?”

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Bacteria on Mars, an image of the red planet in space

Bacteria Haven’t Been Found On Mars — Could They Be Beneath the Surface?

Prototaxites, a tall organism that is neither plant nor fungi in a field.

These Oddball Organisms May Spawn a Brand New Branch of Life That’s Now Extinct

Outlines of human hands on a rock in Indonesia.

The Oldest Known Rock Art Is Over 67,000 Years Old, Offering Clues Into Our Ancient Ancestors’ Migrations

Image of a marine reptile skeleton on the sea floor, with plankton above it

Evolving Plankton May Have Kicked Off Life’s Comeback After the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact

Skeleton of a Sthenurine, an ancient giant kangaroo in a museum

Fossils Reveal Ancient Giant Kangaroos Could Hop — But Only in Short Bursts

Petri dish of a microbe colony

Microbial Communities That Support Human and Plant Health Could Be Key to Life in Space

Illustration of bacteria that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum

5,500-Year-Old Human Remains Extend the Origins of Syphilis-Causing Bacteria by 3,000 Years

Paranthropus fossilized mandible pieced together with other fossilized remains in the background

A 2.6-Million-Year-Old Jaw Uncovers a Missing Hominin From the Afar Region

Close-up of the elephant bone tool

500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Hammer Reveals Clever Tool-Making Skills of Early Humans

Illustration of the Artemis rocket with the moon in the background

NASA’s Artemis II Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad Ahead of Moon Mission

Veronika, a brown cow with horns, sitting in a mountain meadow with a stick in her mouth

This Cow’s Multi-Purpose Tool Use Challenges Assumptions About Animal Intelligence

A LOFAR DR2 image of the reborn black hole, J1007+3540

Black Hole Reawakens Like a Cosmic Volcano After 100 Million Years of Sleep

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“A hidden iron bar has been uncovered inside the Ring Nebula.”

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Illustration of end-Ordovician marine life before extinction

444-Million-Year-Old Microscopic Fossils Reveal Early Seafloor Recovery After Mass Extinction

RGB image of the ring nebula

A Hidden Iron Bar Has Been Uncovered Inside the Ring Nebula

the white skull of a common rat on a black background

Giant Rats Grew 14 Times Larger Than Their Mainland Relatives 650,000 Years Ago, but Their Brains Did Not

Cheetah in the wild

Ancient Mummified Cheetahs Found in Saudi Caves Rewrite the Species’ History — and Its Future

space, stars, galaxies, and black holes captured in an image from JWST

The Universe’s Mysterious Little Red Dots Are Young Black Holes

replica of a Homo habilis skull

A 2-Million-Year-Old Skeleton Shows Early Humans Were Still Built for the Trees

t. rex fossil in a museum

Tyrannosaurus Rex Took 40 Years to Grow Up, Fossil Bones Reveal

Iron Age sampled teeth from different views

2,500-Year-Old Iron Age Teeth Reveal How Ancient Childhoods and Diets Unfolded

Illustration of bacteriophages attacking E. coli

Bacteria-Killing Viruses Turn into Better Antibiotic Fighters in Space

Examination of Tumat-1 wolf puppy that contains woolly rhino genome

Ancient Wolf Stomach Reveals Remnants of 14,400-Year-Old Woolly Rhino Genome

image of stars and galaxies in space with a cut out for Pablo's Galaxy

A Dead Galaxy From the Early Universe Succumbed to Starvation Due to its Own Black Hole

Illustration of ancient whale hunters in a boat, spearing whales in the ocean

5,000-Year-Old Evidence Shows Humans Hunted Whales Earlier Than Previously Thought

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“Modern humans may have lived along side an extinct human species in ancient Indonesia.”

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Archaeological site with human remains

Modern Humans May Have Lived Alongside an Extinct Human Species in Ancient Indonesia

Einiosaurus standing in water

84-Million-Year-Old Horned-Dinosaur Fossils Rewrite Europe’s Prehistoric Record

Woolly mammoth bones

Youngest Mammoth Fossils Identified as Whale Bones in Surprise Discovery

International space station

A Medical Emergency 250 Miles Above Earth Forces NASA to Make a Rare Decision

Illustration of Bothriolepis, post-extinction jawed fish

Mass Extinction 445 Million Years Ago Paved the Way for Jawed Fishes to Take Over

a lunar vehicle on the moon

Methane from Lunar Landers May Contaminate Ancient Organic Molecules at the Moon’s Poles

portrait of leonardo da vinci

Could Leonardo da Vinci’s Art Contain Traces of the Artist’s DNA?

Mandible from Thomas Quarry in Morocco

773,000-Year-Old Fossils Capture a Moment Before Human Lineages Split

Man hunting in Stone Age with arrow

60,000-Year-Old Arrowheads Contain the Oldest Evidence of Poisoned Weapons

Mars, the Red Planet, in space

Thin Ice May Have Helped Ancient Lakes Survive on Mars

Artist’s concept of Betelgeuse and an orbiting companion star. the large red-orange star has a swirling shadow around it

Betelgeuse’s Brightness Wavers Due to a Companion Star and Its Swirling Trail of Gas

Medieval human remains in archaeological excavation

Ancient Teeth Record Climate Change and Medieval Migration Into England

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“This 7-million-year-old fossil may reveal when ancient humans started walking upright.”

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fossilized Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull in a museum

This 7-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Reveal When Ancient Humans Started Walking Upright

cave painting of pot bellied warty pig from Indonesia

50,000 Years of Island-Hopping Pigs Reveal Ancient Human Migration

Hubble space telescope orbiting around Earth

Hubble Discovers Dracula’s Chivito, the Largest-Known Chaotic Planet Nursery

what planet is most like earth? Exoplanets, similar to the one pictured here, could one day host life

Kepler 452b and Several Exoplanets Are Similar to Earth, but There’s Not an Exact Twin

electrical neurons firing in the brain

Engineered Protein Reveals Our Brain’s Hidden Language

snow fall on the mountains of the Atacama desert

Unusual Snowfall Shuts Down One of Earth’s Most Advanced Telescopes in the Atacama Desert

Aerial view of the Iberian Peninsula

New Models Reveal If Neanderthals and Modern Humans Ever Met on the Iberian Peninsula During the Old Stone Age

Supermoon rising from 2019

Wolf Supermoon, Fiery Meteors, and a Planet Parade Make Early 2026 an Astronomical Feast

Cladosporium mold in a petri dish

Mold Is Feasting on Radiation in Chernobyl’s Abandoned Nuclear Plants

Illustration of the Sun's magnetic field and Earth

What Is the Sun’s Magnetic Field and Why Is It Important?

illustration of gray Archaeopteryx with wings spread in a prehistoric jungle

Top 9 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025 — From the Oldest Ankylosaur to Mongolia’s Dragon Prince

two replica Viking helmets

No, Vikings Didn’t Have Horns On Their Helmets — Here’s The True Origins of the Myth

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