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Astronomers have observed a pair of stars locked in a death spiral, and their dance of doom is revealing more about how gravity works.

#gravity #space #einstein

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Two stars spiraling toward catastrophe are putting Einstein's gravity to the test
The two stars in the nearby system ZTF J2130 are spiraling toward a catastrophic supernova. In the meantime, scientists are using the pair's slow orbital decay to put Einstein's theory of gravity to t...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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A mysterious fossilized foot found years ago in Ethiopia belongs to a controversial and enigmatic human relative that lived at the same time as our ancestor "Lucy," a new study finds.

#humanancestors #lucy #archaeology #fossils

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A fossilized foot found 15 years ago belonged to enigmatic human relative that lived alongside Lucy, scientists say
Freshly unearthed jaw bones and teeth that were found close to a previously discovered foot suggest human relatives tried several ways of walking before honing in on one strategy.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Three Chinese astronauts who were marooned in space for more than a week now have a safe way of returning to Earth after an unmanned "lifeboat" spacecraft was sent to meet them 🧑‍🚀🚀

#astronauts #space #spacenews

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Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned 'lifeboat'
China has launched an unmanned "lifeboat" to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will eventually ferry home the marooned Shenzhou-21 crew, who have been stuck withou...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Archaeologists uncover a knight with a skull unlike any other they have seen before! 💀

#skeletons #medieval #knight

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'I had never seen a skull like this before': Medieval Spanish knight who died in battle had a rare genetic condition, study finds
The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Footage of a hungry wolf performing a complex sequence of behaviors on the coast of British Columbia could potentially mark the first case of tool use in wild canids.

#animals #wolves #animalbehavior

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Wolf stealing underwater crab traps caught on camera for the first time — signalling 'new dimension' in their behavior
A video has revealed never-before-seen behaviors in wolves that could mark the first case of tool use in a wild member of the wolf and dog family — and it was all for some crab bait.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have discovered the most distant supermassive black hole ever seen.

#blackholes #space #sciencenews

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James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant supermassive black hole ever seen
The James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million ye...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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More than 50 years ago, two anthropologists were digging in Hadar, Ethiopia, when they spotted something glinting in a gully. What they found would transform the story of human evolution.

#onthisday #sciencehistory #history

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Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974
On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor. The iconic "Lucy" fossil would reveal much about our species' tangle...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Rare tusked whales have been identified and photographed alive at sea for the first time following a herculean research effort off the shores of Mexico, a new study finds.

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Scientists find rare tusked whale alive at sea for the first time — and shoot it with a crossbow
Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in doing so solved the mystery of an odd echolocation pulse in the North Pacific.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Insect populations are plummeting almost everywhere they've been studied.
Bees, butterflies, ants — the foundation of our food systems — are declining faster than ever.
But there are things we can do to reverse it 🐝🌱

#biodiversity #wildlifeconservation #insects

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A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it's too late?
Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Scientists have discovered a new type of lion roar — the intermediate roar — which is shorter and lower-pitched than the animal's iconic, full-throated roar.

#lions #animals #lionroar #conservation

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Scientists discover new type of lion roar
Researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze more than 3,000 recordings of African lions and found that the animals have an "intermediate" roar as well as a "full-throated" roar.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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NASA has finally released a cache of previously unseen images of comet 3I/ATLAS, as the space agency stresses that the interstellar visitor is a natural object... not alien.

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'3I/ATLAS is a comet': NASA finally releases new 3I/ATLAS images and addresses alien rumors
NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors and stressing that the interstellar visitor is a comet.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A metal detectorist in central Norway recently discovered a Viking Age metal brooch. But when he led archaeologists to the site, they found much more: a burial with evidence of an unusual ritual they had never seen before.

#archaeology #metaldetectorist #viking

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Viking Age woman found buried with scallop shells on her mouth, and archaeologists are mystified
A ninth-century grave discovered in Norway held the remains of a Viking Age woman whose mouth was covered with two large scallop shells.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Scientists have traced the origins of the most massive black hole merger ever observed, revealing how two "impossible" giants may have formed despite long-standing assumptions that such objects should not exist.

#blackholes #space #stars

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'Impossible' black hole collision pushed relativity to its breaking point — and scientists finally understand how
In 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The United States may lose its measles elimination status as soon as January, marking the sustained resurgence of a disease that had been eliminated from the country 25 years ago.

#measles #health #unitedstates

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US could lose its measles elimination status within months, experts say
With 45 outbreaks of measles over the past year, the United States is at risk of endemic spread within months, experts told Live Science.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large apes. Meanwhile, Homo sapiens likely emerged around 300,000 years ago.

#humanevolution #humanbehavior #archaeology

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Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds
Scientists traced kissing back to a primate ancestor that lived around 21 million years ago.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Archaeologists have discovered a drowned medieval city beneath the waters of a salt lake in northeast Kyrgyzstan.

#archaeology #lostcities #newdiscoveries

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Sunken city discovered in Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road — until an earthquake wiped it out
Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of a drowned medieval city that was once a Silk Road hotspot.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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A digital analysis of the perfectly preserved nose bones on a bizarre-looking Neanderthal skull reveals that a long-standing theory about Neanderthal noses doesn't pass the sniff test.

#neanderthal #archarology #anthropology

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'Perfectly preserved' Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn't evolve to warm air
An analysis of the only intact Neanderthal inner nose bones known to exist reveals that our ancient cousins' enormous noses did not evolve to withstand harsh climates.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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First images, revealed in June, from Vera C. Rubin Observatory contained a deep view of the Virgo cluster, the closest and best-studied cluster of galaxies.

#space #veracrubin #rubinobservatory

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First Vera Rubin Observatory image reveals hidden structure as long as the Milky Way trailing behind a nearby galaxy — Space photo of the week
First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the M61 galaxy, suggesting a violent past.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Giant North American "hell pigs" may have munched on bones around 30 million years ago, while their smaller counterparts ripped through softer material, like flesh, new research finds.

#paleontology #hellpigs #science #prehistoricanimals

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Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals
Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to preliminary research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 annu...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Researchers have unearthed a giant "warrior" lizard that stalked Brazil 240 million years ago in the Triassic period, just before the dawn of the dinosaurs.

#dinosaurs #paleontology #triassic

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240 million-year-old 'warrior' crocodile ancestor from Pangaea had plated armor — and it looked just like a dinosaur
The armor-plated lizard is an ancestor of modern crocodiles and lived just before dinosaurs took over Earth.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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On this day in 1985, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster fullerenes, after the iconic 20th-century inventor.

#science #sciencehistory #newdiscoveries

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Science history: Chemists discover buckyballs — the most perfect molecules in existence — Nov. 14, 1985
Over a feverish 10-day period, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster fullerenes, after the iconic 20th-century inventor.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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🕵️Mystery solved on the Red Planet! 🚀

A new study analyzing more than 2 million dark streaks on Mars — first spotted in the 1970s — has finally cracked how they form.

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2 million black 'streaks' on Mars finally have an explanation, solving 50-year mystery
A new analysis of data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals that the majority of the Red Planet's dark "slope streaks" did not form as most researchers previously assumed.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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We've all experienced the intense struggle to pay attention after a bad night's sleep — and a new study shows what happens in the brain as that feeling arises.

#health #healthresearch #sleep #thebrain

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Study reveals why the brain 'zones out' when you're exhausted
Your sleep-deprived brain behaves as if you were about to nod off to sleep, even when you're awake.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Astronomers using the James Webb telescope may have discovered some of the universe's first stars, and they may offer clues to how galaxies form.

#space #stars #galaxies

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James Webb telescope may have found the universe's first generation of stars
The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may tell us more about how galaxies form.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Recent solar activity has caused disappointment for Mars-mission fans. Due to the adverse space weather, they will now have to wait to see two Red Planet-bound spacecraft launch aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

#space #rocketlaunch #marsmission #blueorigin

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Severe solar outbursts delay launch of historic Mars mission aboard Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
Twin Mars spacecraft were due to launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Nov. 12, but an active sun prompted NASA to delay its mission until some time in the future.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM