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Dark Matter & Dark Energy: The Invisible Universe

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Exoplanets: Hunting for Earth 2.0

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Time Travel and Wormholes: Science or Science Fiction?

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Galaxies Beyond Imagination: Our Cosmic Neighbors

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The Big Bang: How It All Began

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Wonders of the Night Sky: A Stargazer’s Guide

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Will the Universe End? Exploring Its Ultimate Fate

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Are We Alone? The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

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The Birth and Death of Stars: Cosmic Life Cycles

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Black Holes: Portals to Another Dimension?

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Mysteries of the Journey to the Edge of Space: Exploring the Unknown

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Mysteries of the Universe: Unsolved Cosmic Enigmas

Close-up of water droplets colliding in a misty spray, representing microlightning—small but powerful electrical discharges that may have sparked life on early Earth.

Could Tiny Water Droplets Have Sparked Life on Earth? New Research Reveals the Power of Microlightning

An artist’s impression of the TOI-1453 system: two newly discovered exoplanets, a rocky super-Earth and a puffy sub-Neptune, orbit a cool, distant star in the Draco constellation.

Two New Worlds Discovered Around a Nearby Star: A Super-Earth and a Fluffy Sub-Neptune Defy Expectations

An artist's conception of the view from one of the four planets orbiting Barnard's Star. Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / R. Proctor / J. Pollard

New Planets Discovered Around the Second Closest Star to Earth

Artist's illustration of a potential Hycean world, where methyl halide gases would be detectable in the atmosphere. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted/STScI

The Gas That Could Reveal Alien Life: Methyl Halides and the Hycean Hunt

Artistic representations of early Homo sapiens suggest a world where language was beginning to shape human connection and culture, over 100,000 years ago.

The Origins of Human Language: When Did It Truly Emerge?

Astronomers using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have found 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. That puts the total at 274. Credit: K Ly

Saturn’s Moon Hoard Grows: Astronomers Discover 128 More Moons, Redefining the Solar System’s Satellite King

This Hubble image features a galaxy cluster that appears to be smiling. The two eyes are elliptical galaxies, while the arcs of the mouth and face are distant galaxies gravitationally lensed by the matter in front of them. While this image shows strong gravitational lensing, the phenomenon also exists on weaker, less noticeable scales. Credit: NASA, ESA, Michael Gladders (University of Chicago), Judy Schmidt

Peering Into the Invisible: How Cosmic Shear Maps Are Unlocking Dark Energy’s Secrets

New research suggests at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were caused by a nearby supernova. Pictured is an example of one of these stellar explosions, Supernova 1987a (center), within a neighboring galaxy to our Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation), and M. Mutchler and R. Avila (STScI)

Cosmic Catastrophes: How Supernovae May Have Triggered Two of Earth’s Most Devastating Mass Extinctions

Mars in true color, as captured by the Hope orbiter. The Tharsis Montes can be seen at the center, with Olympus Mons just to the left and Valles Marineris at the right. Credit: Wikipedia

The Hidden Waters of Mars: Unraveling the Mystery Beneath the Red Planet’s Surface

A visualization of the Milky Way's dust clouds, revealing how cosmic dust shapes our view of stars and galaxies.

Cosmic Windshield Wipers: Unveiling the Milky Way’s Hidden Dust

XMM-Newton exposure-corrected image of J1813 (2-12 keV energy band) in the quiescent state. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2503.04009

Astronomers Discover Wild X-ray Star That Flashes Brighter Than a Trillion Suns

A digital impression of a white hole. Credit: Philip Drury, University of Sheffield

Black Holes: Gateways to White Holes and New Universes?

The electric field of the incoming terahertz pulse generates extremely fast oscillating currents in the metal film. The spin Hall effect sorts the electrons according to their spin orientation. Credit: B. Schröder/HZDR

Terahertz Light Enables Ultrafast Magnetic Data Reading

Image of a live mouse embryo with and without optimized capture. Credit: APL Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1063/5.0245239

Quantum Cameras Reveal Secrets of Embryo Development

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The Cave That Changed Everything: Unveiling the Shared World of Early Humans

Photographs of dismembered remains and burial postures. Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106184

The Forgotten Mass Grave that Redefines Han Xiongnu History

Proportion of current geological resource production exceeding production capacity determined by the regional water availability for the top ten geological resources with the largest volume of water overconsumption. Credit: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

The Hidden Water Footprint of Green Technologies: Why Sustainable Resource Production Is Critical for a Decarbonized Future

Longitudinal Change in Alternative Healthy Eating Index–2010 (AHEI-2010) Score Associated With White Matter (WM) Connectivity of Fractional Anisotropy (FA), Mean Diffusivity (MD), and Axial Diffusivity (AD). The panels show familywise error–corrected, threshold-free cluster enhancement statistical maps overlaid on a standard image. Green tracts represent the mean FA skeleton. A indicates anterior; L, left; P, posterior; and R, right. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0171

How Midlife Diet and Waistline Shape Brain Health in Later Life