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Scientists discover rare planet at the edge of the Milky Way using space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is only the third to be found on the outskirts of our galaxy's dense central bulge.

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The human heart: Facts about the body's hardest-working muscle

Discover interesting facts about the fist-size organ that powers the circulatory system.

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Listen to the Andromeda galaxy's stars played as musical notes in eerie NASA video

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to musical notes.

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Orcas filmed making out in the wild for first time

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.

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Why does Mars look purple, yellow and orange in ESA's stunning new satellite image?

Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface.

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'Quantum AI' algorithms already outpace the fastest supercomputers, study says

Researchers have successfully demonstrated quantum speedup in kernel-based machine learning.

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What are whole-body MRIs, and are they worth the hype?

Whole-body MRI scans have risen to prominence for their alleged ability to catch many health conditions early. But are they legit?

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'It is our obligation to future generations': Scientists want thousands of human poop samples for microbe 'doomsday vault'

The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready to grow their frozen microbe collection to 10,000 samples by 2029.

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Ancient 'female-centered' society thrived 9,000 years ago in proto-city in Turkey

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early agricultural societies.

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Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western US

The discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado.

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Scientists find new way of spotting invisible 'plasma bubbles' lurking in Earth's upper atmosphere

Researchers in China have developed a way of locating giant "equatorial plasma bubbles" in the ionosphere by analyzing the vibrant airglow that forms above them. The findings could help avoid potential disasters in air travel and emergency response situations.

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'City killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with 'bullet-like' meteors if it hits the moon in 2032

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular" meteor shower that will endanger Earth-orbiting satellites.

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Mystery behind cold blob in the Atlantic Ocean finally solved

Scientists have determined that slowing ocean currents are responsible for a cold spot south of Greenland.

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'Thriving and densely-built': Archaeologists unearth 'tower' houses and ceremonial building in ancient Egyptian city of Imet

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated to the goddess Wadjet, a granary and several stunning artifacts.

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You can see a giant 'hole' shoot across Saturn this summer — and it won't happen again until 2040

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible every 15 years.

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Threaten an AI chatbot and it will lie, cheat and 'let you die' in an effort to stop you, study warns

In goal-driven scenarios, advanced language models like Claude and Gemini would not only expose personal scandals to preserve themselves, but also consider letting you die, research from Anthropic suggests.

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Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforest

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.

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'Pulsing, like a heartbeat': Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent apart.

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Harlequin ichthyosis: The rare genetic disease that gives babies hard 'scales'

The genetic disease harlequin ichthyosis affects the transport of fats within the skin, resulting in hard, scalelike plaques and an array of other symptoms.

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Thunderstorm 'Ring of fire' erupts around 'heat dome' and Tropical Storm Andrea named in the Atlantic

The "heat dome" hovering over the eastern half of the U.S. now has a thunderstorm "ring of fire" erupting along its edge. Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, the first tropical storm of the season has been named.

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'God-king' born from incest in ancient Ireland wasn't a god or a king, new study finds

A closer look at the burial of a man born of incest 5,000 years ago reveals he was unlikely to have been a god-king.

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Mysterious 'rogue' objects discovered by James Webb telescope may not actually exist, new simulations hint

A new study lends support to the notion that JuMBOs (Jupiter-mass binary objects) discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2023 may be fiction rather than fact.

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40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang is oldest in Europe — and possibly the world

A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.

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James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation

Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.

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Fungus that may have caused 'King Tut's curse' shows promise in treating cancer

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for leukemia.

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