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'A frankly embarrassing result': We still know hardly anything about 95% of the universe

"As yet, nobody has managed to understand what gives rise to this strange phenomenon, and explaining dark energy remains one of the most formidable challenges of modern science."

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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds

A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer to near-limitless clean energy.

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Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS' 'near-death encounter' with the sun may have blown it apart, new photos suggest

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.

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Archaeologists discover rare liquid gypsum burial of 'high-status individual' from Roman Britain

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.

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'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" that splits the Red Planet into two distinct halves.

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Cosmic voids may explain the universe's acceleration without dark energy

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion.

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'Medieval' nanotech chainmail sports 100 trillion chemical bonds per square centimeter — and could be the future of armor

Researchers unveiled a super-strong nanoscale material made from the first two-dimensional mechanically interlocked polymers. The material resembles medieval chainmail at the molecular level and could be used in body armor.

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'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars.

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World's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research

The world's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' can reach a peak performance of 2.746 exaFLOPS, making it the planet's third exascale computer.

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Scientists discover rare venom-spraying scorpion in Colombia

Newly described scorpion can spray and inject its venom — the first South American species known to do this.

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What's inside Earth quiz: Test your knowledge of our planet's hidden layers

How's your knowledge of Earth's geology? Flat, round or global?

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Earth from space: Massive field of ancient lava casts an eerie, gold-specked shadow in the Sahara

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

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'Our model of cosmology might be broken': New study reveals the universe is expanding too fast for physics to explain

Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New findings risk turning the tension into a crisis, scientists say.

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7 ancient megaliths around the world that rival Stonehenge

There are many megaliths around the world, some of which rival Stonehenge for their size and age.

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Ozempic-style drugs tied to more than 60 health benefits and risks in biggest study-of-its-kind

A large new study has shed light on the wider health impacts of taking Ozempic-style drugs.

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'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests

People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen group social bonds.

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Cheating little penguins are big on divorce, and other breeding secrets revealed

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.

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Giant reserves of 'gold' hydrogen may be lurking beneath at least 30 US states, 1st-of-its-kind map reveals

USGS researchers have unveiled the first map of prospective locations for hydrogen gas in the contiguous United States — and there's a lot more than they previously thought.

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'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest deadly funnel-web after surprise discovery

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

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Bad Dürrenberg headdress: An elaborate 9,000-year-old headpiece worn by a female shaman in Europe

A lavish 9,000-year-old grave in central Germany revealed the burial of a powerful female shaman.

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Why do we go 'weak in the knees'?

The saying "weak in the knees" may be figurative for many, but can it really happen to people?

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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time.

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Rare 'Corinthian' helmet from ancient Greece is up for auction, and stunningly preserved

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

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Scientists find hidden mechanism that could explain how earthquakes 'ignite'

How does creeping stress ignite a cataclysmic earthquake? A new study has answers.

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Space photo of the week: Look into Titan's 'eye,' 20 years after the Huygens spacecraft's historic landing on Saturn's largest moon

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched down on Titan.

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