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Curiosity finds evidence that Mars may have harbored life in ancient times

Until recently, neither orbiters nor rovers had found direct evidence of the carbon cycle on Mars. Finding it would mean…

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China achieves full cycle of world’s first thorium reactor

Chinese sources reported reaching an important milestone in the country's nuclear energy industry. An experimental thorium molten salt reactor built…

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James Webb detects signs of life on distant planet – but there are nuances

The sensational news about obtaining the most convincing evidence of biological life on the exoplanet K2-18b has become one of…

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Something strange is happening at the core of the Milky Way — a new form of dark matter is involved, scientists have decided

Astronomers are looking for answers to the mysteries of the universe in the depths of the Universe, but some important…

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Our Universe Is Rotating, Simulation Shows, and That Explains a Lot

Galileo Galilei's legendary phrase "And yet it moves!", allegedly said after his trial by the Inquisition for refuting the geocentric…

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Scientists Create Stretchable Lithium Battery That’s Safe to Bend, Cut, and Puncture

A group of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has made progress toward creating a safe…

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Three months to Mars: British invent space tug with thermonuclear propulsion

British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled the concept of the Sunbird space tug powered by fusion. A small rocket powered…

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Newly awakened black hole reveals ‘wild’ appetite that stuns scientists

A supermassive black hole in the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light years from Earth, has recently been under continuous…

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The Small Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy close to us, is being torn apart right now, Japanese scientists have discovered

A group of scientists from Nagoya University studied over 7,000 massive stars in the dwarf galaxy Small Magellanic Cloud and…

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NASA’s Juno Probe ‘Fainted’ Twice During Flybys of Jupiter, But Is Now All Right

On April 4, 2025, NASA's Juno probe went into safe mode twice, where all scientific instruments stop working. On that…

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