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Photo: NASA Scientists have identified the first known landslides on Pluto using images captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby, providing new evidence that the dwarf

Photo: Unsplash Scientists have found new evidence that the earliest RNA molecules may have been able to repair themselves before complex proteins evolved, offering fresh insight into one of the key

Photo: Getty Images Whether a person becomes right- or left-handed depends largely on practice rather than being hardwired into the brain, according to a new study by researchers at the University o

Photo: NOAA Vents Program Scientists led by Andrea Verolino of Paris-Saclay University have discovered 73 previously unknown volcanic calderas on the ocean floor using artificial intelligence, accor

Photo: NASA NASA is continuing development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) , a next-generation space telescope designed to become one of the agency’s flagship astronomy missions in the co

Photo: JAXA Earth may avoid destruction when the Sun reaches the end of its life, according to new research that challenges long-standing predictions. Using advanced computer models, scientists foun

Photo: Joshua Worth via Creative Commons Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have shown that galaxies became surprisingly massive within the first billion years after the Big Bang. Yet on

Photo: EPA The June Bootids meteor shower has reached its peak, offering skywatchers a chance to witness one of the most unpredictable meteor displays of the year. Unlike most annual meteor showe

Photo: Rafael Chacón A rare dwarf fox believed to have disappeared from the wild has been rediscovered on Mexico’s Cozumel Island, giving scientists new hope for the survival of one of the region’s

Photo: Getty Images Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why mosquitoes bite some people far more often than others. The answer appears to lie in a complex chemical “cocktail” produc

Photo: Mateusz Klimek/ Jarosław Puszko Researchers have uncovered the oldest known evidence of plague infecting humans, identifying the bacterium Yersinia pestis in the remains of Stone Age hunter

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new study suggests that a long-lost planet may have once existed in the early Solar System and could have been roughly the size of Mars — or even slightly smaller — before

Photo: Unsplash/Guillaume Bassem A new study suggests that the primary cause of global sea level rise is not only melting glaciers, but the thermal expansion of the oceans themselves , according to

Photo: Illustration by Lewis LaRosa, colorized by Jão Canola Chinese scientists have discovered the partial remains of a feathered dinosaur with four wing-like limbs, shedding light on the early evo

Photo: Getty Images NASA has officially concluded the mission of the MAVEN spacecraft after losing contact with the probe in December 2025, bringing to an end more than 11 years of atmospheric resea

Photo: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a dark, scorched world that resembles Mercury or the Moon, but is about 30% larger than Earth, according to Science Alert. The exoplanet, k

Photo: Getty Images Scientists in South Korea have uncovered evidence suggesting that asteroid impacts may have played a far more complex role in the emergence of life on Earth than previously thoug

Photo: Zhanyang Li, Yuchao Zhao Technology did not evolve only in peaceful times. Scientists say ancient human relatives adapted to the harsh conditions of the Ice Age 150,000 years ago by developi

Photo: colossal/Instagram A new artificial egg technology developed in the United States has produced 26 healthy chicks, marking a major step toward the possible revival of the extinct giant moa, Reu

Photo: freepik Researchers have found that the Great Pyramid of Giza possesses several structural features that have helped it withstand vibrations and earthquakes for thousands of years, Reuters re

Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose Diego (IFCA), Jordan D'Silva (UWA), Anton Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri) Researchers from

Photo: Qiaomei Fu, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Scientists studying 400,000-year-old proteins have uncovered a surprising twist in the huma

Photo: Image generated by AI A university in Tokyo has opened a laboratory where robots carry out medical experiments that were previously performed by human researchers, Kyodo News reported on May

Photo: freepik Scientists know that the Moon formed after a massive collision between the early Earth and a planetary body called Theia. But more than 50 years after the Apollo 17 mission, astronome

Photo: Tom Bjorklund Researchers from the University of Montreal and the University of Cambridge suggest that the key factor behind the survival of modern humans over Neanderthals was not superior i

Photo: solar-system Mount Etna is over half a million years old, yet this massive stratovolcano on Sicily remains highly active — and scientists have finally explained why. Rising to about 3,400 me

Photo: European Space Agency Scientists have discovered a विशाल ring-like geological structure on Mars that resembles the residue left in a bathtub after water is drained. According to researchers,

Photo: Sophie Vrard/Benoit et al., PLOS One, 2026 Researchers studied the remains of a 250-million-year-old creature. More than 180 years ago, scientists proposed that the ancestors of modern mamma

Photo: freepik.com Our neighboring planet Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere composed of about 95% carbon dioxide, creating surface temperatures of up to 464°C and pressure around 92 times high

Photo: NASA Scientists have found that craters near the south pole of the Moon that have spent the most time in shadow are likely to contain the highest amounts of water ice. These deposits were mos

Photo: unsplash.com Scientists have discovered a previously unknown type of cell that appears only during pregnancy and may play a key role in how the placenta develops — though its exact function r

Photo: Getty Images NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth after completing their nine-day mission, with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Orion spacecraft landed off the coa

Photo: NASA The Orion spacecraft is set to approach the Moon even more closely. On Monday, April 6, astronauts of the Artemis II mission entered lunar space for the first time since 1972, following

Photo: freepik Scientists have suggested that life on Earth may have originated after asteroid impacts. Researchers have put forward a new hypothesis about the origin of life on Earth: its cradle m

Photo: Getty Images The United States has outlined an approximate timeline for the end of its military operation against Iran, which began on February 28. According to Donald Trump, key objectives

Photo: depositphotos  As global temperatures rise, scientists are finding that drought conditions can accelerate the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria , with potential consequences for hum

Photo: Nipah virus, computer model / Getty Images And that’s the concerning part. Scientists say viruses that jump from animals to humans don’t need special mutations to make that transition — whic

Photo: EPA The simultaneous expiration of patent protection for semaglutide — the active ingredient in Ozempic — in the world’s two most populous countries is paving the way for low-cost versions of

Photo: Getty Images Scientists have found that microplastics can interfere with the body’s ability to fight infections, as tiny plastic particles may accumulate inside immune cells and disrupt their

Photo: Landkreis Prignitz Fragments of a medieval firearm discovered in Brandenburg may represent the oldest portable gunpowder weapon in Europe , according to a new analysis reported by Live Scien

Photo: freepik Belgian food ingredients producer Puratos and food-tech startup California Cultured plan to bring lab-grown cocoa chocolate to commercial production by the end of 2026 . The announc

Photo: Vitor Silva Paleontologists have uncovered an unusual fossil creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-pointing teeth. According to Live Science , this species lived on Earth 275 million year

Photo: Illustrative image of a rod-shaped bacterium / Getty Images Researchers in the United States have discovered living bacteria and biofilms inside kidney stones made of calcium oxalate. This is

Photo: NASA/Dan Gallagher Scientists have found some of the most convincing evidence yet that life could have formed on Mars. The discovery comes from organic molecules detected in rock samples from

Photo: Getty Images Archaeologists have discovered that more than 7,000 years ago, people in what is now Sweden buried their dead dressed in garments decorated with fur and feathers. A new soil-anal