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See Venus at its 'greatest brilliancy' this week — or wait until Sept. 2026

Early on April 24, Venus will be at its brightest in the morning sky — just 67 days after it was at its brightest in the evening sky. Here's why.

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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals hidden past of the 'Crystal Ball Nebula'

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula studied since the late 1800s.

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Lviv pysanka: World's oldest Easter egg

A decorated duck egg discovered in a trash pit is the world's oldest "pysanka."

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Why is yawning contagious?

Scientists have identified some reasons why yawns spread from person to person.

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'Beauty' particle discovered at world's largest atom smasher could unlock new physics

Why matter dominates over antimatter in our universe has long been a major cosmic mystery to physicists. A new finding by the world's largest particle collider has revealed a clue.

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'Secrets of the Penguins' will take penguin observations 'to another level,' executive producer James Cameron

A three-part documentary on penguins' hidden lives will reveal a number of never-before-seen moments. Here's what executive producer James Cameron said about what to expect.

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Curiosity rover finds largest carbon chains on Mars from 3.7 billion-year-old rock

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced by biological processes.

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Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity

A new stretchable hydrogel battery can withstand extreme conditions and still operate effectively, scientists say.

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Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammal

The plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing more than 300 eggs at one time.

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What's the oldest known recipe?

Cooking is an essential part of human culture, but people haven't always written down recipes the way we do now.

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Science news this week: Possible signs of life on another planet and a 'useless' female organ

April 19, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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Universe may revolve once every 500 billion years — and that could solve a problem that threatened to break cosmology

A slowly spinning universe could resolve a puzzle in physics known as the Hubble tension, a new model suggests.

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Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.'

Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color.

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Measles has long-term health consequences for kids. Vaccines can prevent all of them.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

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The North Pole could wander nearly 90 feet west by the end of the century

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

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Student accidentally creates 'shape-recovering liquid' that's an exception to the laws of thermodynamics

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

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Is getting an IUD painful?

People experience different amounts of pain during IUD insertion, but there are a number of pain-relief options available to patients getting the contraceptive.

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Weird repeating nova explosion is one of the hottest blasts ever seen

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the hottest nova explosions ever discovered.

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Two planets will form a 'smiley face' with the moon on April 25. Here's where to look.

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

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Iran's folded rocks: The crumpled mountains at the intersection of Asia and Europe

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

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Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

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Scientists may have finally found where the 'missing half' of the universe's matter is hiding

About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say previously undetected clouds of hydrogen gas could finally reveal it.

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Ozempic in a pill? New oral drug may work as well as Ozempic-style injectables

The drugmaker Lilly announced topline results of a clinical trial of a new pill in the same drug class as injectables like Ozempic.

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Scientists reveal signs of crucial life-sustaining process on Mars: 'I knew right away how important this discovery was'

Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from orbital scans, alongside clues of how life may have been wiped out on the planet.

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'Useless' female organ discovered over a century ago may actually support ovaries, study finds

The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists initially thought.

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