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Ancient Spain Reveals a Hidden Power in Mediterranean Culture

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The Monster Black Hole That Spins Faster Than Anything in the Universe

This new composite image made with X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and purple), radio data from the MeerKAT radio telescope (orange and yellow), and an optical image from PanSTARRS (red, green, and blue) shows PLCK G287.0+32.9. This massive galaxy cluster, located about 5 billion light-years from Earth, was first detected by astronomers in 2011. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/K. Rajpurohit et al.; Optical: PanSTARRS; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Astronomers Discover the Largest Cloud of Energetic Particles Ever Seen

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How Endocrine Disruptors Affect Human Health

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The Link Between Metabolism and Aging

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What Causes Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar)?

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Adrenal Fatigue: Myth or Medical Condition?

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What Is PCOS? A Hormonal Disorder Affecting Millions

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Understanding Insulin Resistance and Blood Sugar

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7 Best VPNs for 2026: Tested for Speed & Security

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What Is Metabolic Syndrome?

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How Obesity Contributes to Chronic Disease

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Thyroid Disorders Explained: Hypo vs Hyperthyroidism

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What Is Diabetes? Types, Causes, and Treatment

Cepheid variables are extremely luminous and can be seen at great distances, making them useful for determining the distances to galaxies. Credit: NASA

Young Stars Reveal a Hidden Map of the Milky Way’s Outer Edges

An artist's impression of the newly identified, largest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon detected to date, cyanocoronene. This molecule, composed of seven interconnected benzene rings and a cyano group (C₂₄H₁₁CN), was found in the cold, dark molecular cloud TMC-1, a region known for its rich chemistry and as a cradle for new stars. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P.Vosteen

Scientists Discover the Largest Organic Molecule Ever Found in Space

A detailed infrared view of the Galactic Center region of our Milky Way Galaxy. These infrared images are sensitive to the presently forming massive stars there as well as the emission from cool regions of dust and gas orbiting our Galactic Center's supermassive black hole (marked by the red star symbol). The star-forming regions that were studied—Sgr B1 & B2 and Sgr C—are contained in the boxes, and are shown as zoomed-in regions for a more detailed look. The study found that massive stars are indeed presently forming in the Galactic Center, but confirm recent studies suggesting that stars in general are forming there at a relative low rate. Our Sun lies 26,000 light years from our Galactic Center, but Sgr B1, B2 and C are orbiting the Galactic Center at only about 300 light years. The fast orbits of these regions and their extreme closeness to the energetic and chaotic Galactic Center negatively impacts the star formation process in these star-forming regions. In particular, they top out at a relatively lower stellar mass compared to other similar-scale star-forming regions in the rest of the Galaxy and produce fewer massive stars. Credit: These images are made from data from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Herschel Space Observatory. Image credit: J. De Buizer (SETI) / SOFIA / Spitzer / Herschel.

The Center of the Milky Way Is Strangely Quiet on Star Birth

A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/J. Maithil et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Weiss; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

11 Billion-Year-Old Black Hole Jet Seen Blazing Bright

Color composite image of the Berkeley 65 cluster region covering ∼20′ × 20′ FoV, using the W2 (4.6 µm), W3 (12 µm), and W4 (22 µm) WISE images, shown as blue, green, and red colors, respectively. The red contours are the stellar iso-density contours generated using the nearest neighbor method from the 2MASS data. The cyan color convex hull indicates the extent of the Berkeley 65 cluster. The green open stars and triangles denote the identified periodic and non-periodic variables. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2505.24240

A Star Cluster Is Dying and Astronomers Have Spent a Decade Watching It Happen

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Turtle Heads Reveal an Ancient Secret Hidden in Their Scales

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Why We Think Beautiful People Are Good, But We’re Wrong

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Why People High in This One Dark Trait Crave Uncommitted Sex

Computer simulated paths of Neanderthal dispersals demonstrate they could have reached the Altai Mountains in Siberia within 2,000 years during warm climatic conditions in one of two ancient time periods—MIS 5e (approximately 125,000 years ago) or MIS 3 (approximately 60,000 years ago)—as demonstrated by the three different possible paths shown here. These paths follow a northern route through the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia, often intersecting with known archaeological sites from the same time periods. Credit: Emily Coco and Radu Iovita

Neanderthals Crossed 2,000 Miles Through Ice Age Eurasia and Left Behind a Hidden Legacy

Using the Summing Nal Detector, a team of experimental and theoretical scientists at FRIB took another step in understanding how an atomic nucleus can have two different shapes corresponding to only slightly different energy levels. Credit: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

This Atomic Discovery Changes How We See the Building Blocks of Matter

X-ray image of the newly discovered pulsar wind nebular associated with an extreme Galactic cosmic ray source 1LHAASO J0343+5254u, obtained by the XMM-Newton space telescope (DiKerby, Zhang, et al., ApJ, 983, 21). Credit: XMM-Newton space telescope

The Milky Way’s Deepest Secrets Are Hiding in Every Breath You Take

A sketch showing how axions produced in M82 stars can propagate and finally decay to photons to be picked up after a long journey at NuSTAR. Credit: Candon et al

The Starborn Ghost That Could Solve the Universe’s Darkest Mystery

Annual number distribution of Starlink reentries and monthly-averaged F10.7 solar radio flux index data from 2000 to 2024. Reentry data was obtained from space-track.org. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2505.13752

The Sun Is Dragging Starlink Satellites Out of the Sky

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The Future of Cancer Treatment: Targeted and Personalized Therapies

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Colon Cancer: Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore

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Why Cancer Rates Are Rising Globally