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New Mars Mineral Found in Ancient Sulfur Deposits Science

New Mars Mineral Found in Ancient Sulfur Deposits

Scientists have identified ferric hydroxysulfate, a potentially brand-new mineral, in ancient sulfate-rich sediments on Mars. The discovery, published...

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What Are Quadruple Star Systems and How They Work Science

What Are Quadruple Star Systems and How They Work

Most stars are not alone in space. Multiple star systems — pairs, triples, and quartets locked in gravitational embrace — are surprisingly common, and...

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What Is a Megamaser? How Galaxies Create Space Lasers Science

What Is a Megamaser? How Galaxies Create Space Lasers

Megamasers are among the most powerful natural phenomena in the universe — radio beams billions of times brighter than ordinary cosmic masers, born fr...

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What Are Cosmic Voids and How They Shape the Universe Science

What Are Cosmic Voids and How They Shape the Universe

Cosmic voids are the vast, near-empty bubbles that make up most of the universe's volume. Far from being irrelevant, these giant hollows are key to un...

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What Is Dark Matter and Why Can't We See It? Science

What Is Dark Matter and Why Can't We See It?

Dark matter makes up 27% of the universe but emits no light and defies direct detection. Here is what scientists know about it, how they proved it exi...

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Webb Telescope Spots Most Distant Jellyfish Galaxy Yet Science

Webb Telescope Spots Most Distant Jellyfish Galaxy Yet

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the galaxy COSMOS2020-635829 at a distance of 8.5 billion light-years — the most distant "jellyfish galaxy...

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How the Northern Lights Form and Why They Glow Science

How the Northern Lights Form and Why They Glow

The aurora borealis is one of Earth's most spectacular natural phenomena — but the physics behind those shimmering curtains of color is equally remark...

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What Is China's Xuntian Space Telescope? Science

What Is China's Xuntian Space Telescope?

China's Xuntian telescope — a 2.5-billion-pixel cosmic surveyor set to launch in late 2026 — promises to map 40% of the sky and reshape our understand...

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Japan's HTV-X1 Departs ISS After Delivering 5.5 Tons Science

Japan's HTV-X1 Departs ISS After Delivering 5.5 Tons

JAXA's next-generation HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on March 6, 2026, after delivering roughly 5,470 kilogram...

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Blood Moon Tonight: Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2028 Science

Blood Moon Tonight: Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2028

Tonight's total lunar eclipse — visible to over 3.3 billion people across the Pacific, Americas, and Asia — will turn the Moon a deep reddish-orange f...

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Blood Moon on March 3: Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2029 Science

Blood Moon on March 3: Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2029

A total lunar eclipse – a 'blood moon' – will occur on the night of March 2-3, 2026, visible from Asia, Australia, and the Americas. The total phase w...

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Blood Moon on March 3, 2026: Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2028 Science

Blood Moon on March 3, 2026: Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2028

In the early hours of March 3, 2026, the Moon will turn a deep red for 59 minutes during a total eclipse visible from the Americas, East Asia, and the...

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