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Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on Mars And Discovered a Huge Surprise

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A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the fragile lump of mineral in May last year the deposit broke open, revealing yellow crystals of elemental sulfur: brimstone. Although sulfates are fairly common on Mars, this represents the first […]

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Astronomers Just Discovered The Biggest Explosions Since The Big Bang

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A never-before-seen type of giant space explosion – the biggest bangs since the Big Bang – has been accidentally captured by the Gaia space telescope. From the hearts of distant galaxies, the mapping telescope recorded sudden, extreme increases in brightness – colossal flares of light that lingered far longer than any such flares had been known to

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Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Finds

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Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published this year pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes and uncovered how they behave during brain development. The US team found that many of these variants remain active for extended periods, potentially influencing multiple developmental stages – and offering

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Stunning Direct Images of Alien Worlds Are Detailed Enough to Reveal Clouds

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New images from the JWST are about as close as we’ve ever come to seeing the sky of an alien world outside the Solar System. Direct images of a gas giant exoplanet orbiting a star called YSES-1 have revealed clouds of fine sand drifting high up in its atmosphere. What’s more, similar observations of a

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Scientists Found Cancer in a Dinosaur – And It Might Help Save Human Lives

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At first glance, dinosaur fossils and modern cancer research may seem worlds apart. But a new study suggests that soft tissue preserved for millions of years inside ancient bones could offer valuable insights into how cancer works – and how we might treat it today. Researchers from the UK and Romania examined the fossilized remains of a Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus dinosaur, a

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History Crashes to Earth: The Long Journey of Venus Probe Kosmos 482

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During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet scientists call Earth’s “twin sister“. Three flew past Venus, and went into orbit around the Sun. Sixteen orbited or landed on Venus, where they experienced a climate often described as “hellish”.Ten got stuck in Earth orbit. All

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World’s Richest 10% Caused Two-Thirds of Global Heating, Study Finds

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The world’s wealthiest 10 percent of individuals are responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990, researchers said on Wednesday. How the rich consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of deadly heatwaves and drought, they reported in the first study to quantify the impact of concentrated private wealth on extreme climate events.”We link the carbon

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Scientists Discover New Bacteria That Conduct Electricity Like a Wire

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A newly discovered bacterium wiggling about in the mudflats of the Oregon coast could advance a new era of bioelectric devices. It’s been named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, in honor of the First Nations Yaqo’n people local to the area it was found, and it conducts electricity just like a wire does. This is not unique, but Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis has

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JWST Helps Decipher Mysterious Nature of Hot Alien World

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The idea that our Solar System is representative of other solar systems hasn’t survived the age of exoplanet discovery. Kepler and TESS have shown us that our system doesn’t even contain the most common type of planet: sub-Neptunes. These planets pose a mystery to planetary scientists, and the JWST is helping unravel the mystery.Sub-Neptunes are

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The Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Is Just About to Peak

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It’s time to get outside and look at the night sky: the Eta Aquariid meteor shower is about to peak. Over May 5 to 6, the sky over the southern tropics will rain the most cosmic dust of the annual event, glittering with light as it burns up on atmospheric entry..The shower itself will continue to late May,

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