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Black hole butterflies? James Webb telescope spots dozens of black hole 'cocoons' in early universe.

James Webb Space Telescope discovered mysterious "little red dots" in the early universe that puzzled scientists because they had characteristics of both galaxies and supermassive black holes but didn't fit either category. New research analyzing light spectra from 30 of these objects reveals they are actually young supermassive black holes surrounded by dense gas cocoons that trap X-ray emissions, making them...

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String Theory Can Now Describe a Universe That Has Dark Energy

String theorists have struggled to create models matching our universe since dark energy's 1998 discovery, as this positive energy causing accelerating cosmic expansion conflicts with their best-understood theories. New research...

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Does String Theory Solve the Mystery of the Brain?

Scientists at Northeastern University discovered that mathematical tools from string theory can model how brain neurons and biological networks like blood vessels and tree branches organize themselves. The research team found...

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Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power

A small Cessna Caravan flying three miles above Virginia recently accomplished something that sounds like science fiction: beaming solar energy down to Earth using an array of lasers and precision tracking systems. Overview...

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‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Scientists are challenging high-profile studies claiming to find microplastics throughout human bodies, arguing many discoveries result from contamination and false positives rather than actual plastic particles. Researchers have...

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Botox could be used to fight snakebite

Researchers have discovered that botulinum toxin, used in Botox treatments, could help combat muscle damage from venomous snakebites. In laboratory tests with rabbits injected with Chinese moccasin venom, those also given...

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Pentagon Reportedly Testing Radio Wave Device Linked to ‘Havana Syndrome’

The Pentagon is reportedly testing a radio wave device that may be connected to "Havana syndrome," the mysterious condition that has affected U.S. officials since 2014 with symptoms including headaches, dizziness, and memory...

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This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math

Archaeologists examining 8,000-year-old pottery from northern Mesopotamia's Halafian people discovered flower designs with petals following a mathematical pattern based on powers of two. Among 375 pottery fragments with flower...

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Mars Express captures powerful sandblasting on the Red Planet

Mars Express captured dramatic evidence of Martian winds acting like giant sandblasters, carving distinctive ridge formations called yardangs across a Belgium-sized area near an impact crater. The sculpted formations reveal wind...

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How Jupiter and Saturn Dictate Earth’s Oil Deposits

Jupiter and Saturn's gravitational pull periodically stretches Earth's orbit into an oval shape every 100,000 years, creating climate cycles that directly influence where oil deposits form. Chinese scientists studying ancient...

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Astronomers Discover Glowing Shock Wave Around White Dwarf Star That Shouldn’t Be There

Astronomers discovered a white dwarf star 730 light years away creating a glowing bow shock wave as it moves through space, defying current scientific understanding. The dead star RXJ0528+2838 lacks the typical accretion disk...

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Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand

Stanford researchers accidentally discovered a polymer material that can change its color and texture when exposed to water, mimicking octopus camouflage abilities. Using electron-beam lithography, they created microscopic...

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An Asteroid Impact May Explain Our Lopsided Moon

China's Chang'e-6 mission collected the first samples from the moon's far side, revealing heavy potassium isotopes that support the theory of a massive asteroid impact creating the moon's lopsided structure. The collision likely...

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Scientists study 100 possible alien radio signals from collapsed Arecibo Observatory, ending groundbreaking 21-year search

Scientists completed a groundbreaking 21-year search for alien radio signals using data from Puerto Rico's collapsed Arecibo Observatory, with over 2 million citizen volunteers helping analyze 12 billion signals through the...

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Black hole butterflies? James Webb telescope spots dozens of black hole 'cocoons' in early universe.

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String Theory Can Now Describe a Universe That Has Dark Energy

Does String Theory Solve the Mystery of the Brain?

Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Botox could be used to fight snakebite

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Pentagon Reportedly Testing Radio Wave Device Linked to ‘Havana Syndrome’

This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math

Mars Express captures powerful sandblasting on the Red Planet

How Jupiter and Saturn Dictate Earth’s Oil Deposits

Astronomers Discover Glowing Shock Wave Around White Dwarf Star That Shouldn’t Be There

Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand

An Asteroid Impact May Explain Our Lopsided Moon

Scientists study 100 possible alien radio signals from collapsed Arecibo Observatory, ending groundbreaking 21-year search

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