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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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A mysterious, 100-year solar cycle may have just restarted — and it could mean decades of dangerous space weather

New research suggests that the unexpected intensity of the ongoing solar maximum may be partly tied to a lesser-known, 100-year solar cycle. If true, solar activity could spike further in the coming decades. But some experts are skeptical.

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'Quiet Chernobyl' changed Earth's surface so much the planet's mantle is still moving 80 years later

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists have an explanation that involves the sea drying up.

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Scientists reveal 'most promising yet' signs of alien life on planet K2-18b

Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals — only known to be made by life on Earth — on an exoplanet more than 100 light-years away. It could be the most promising sign yet of alien life.

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Scientists observe new quantum phase that could have major implications for quantum computing

The exotic quantum phase, predicted over half a century ago, could lead to advances in quantum computing, sensors and communication technology.

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'Richly decorated' antler from Stone Age Sweden was used as battle ax and fishing harpoon

A 7,500-year-old antler unearthed in Sweden had characteristic breakage patterns that suggest it was the handle for a battle ax.

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Massive circular tomb filled with battle-scarred people unearthed in Peru

Human skeletons from a large stone tomb may help archaeologists understand a mysterious pre-Inca population in Peru.

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This rare disease causes people to move uncontrollably and unintentionally self-harm

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is an extremely rare disease that affects patients' behavior and cognitive skills.

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Watch Yellowstone wolf pack hunting bison after death of one-eyed alpha 'queen'

Yellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack failed in a recent attempt to kill a bison, but the pack appears to be thriving again after the death of its former alpha female, Wolf 907F.

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James Webb telescope spots Milky Way's long-lost 'twin' — and it is 'fundamentally changing our view of the early universe'

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The perplexing Milky Way 'twin' dates to 1 billion years after the Big Bang, and appears too big to explain.

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100% fatal brain disease strikes 3 people in Oregon

Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to "mad cow."

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An ocean of magma formed early in Earth's history and it may still influence our planet today, study finds

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, may still persist today as odd anomalies in the mantle.

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Some people are 'wired to connect with music on a deeper level,' study of 9,000 twins finds

Genes affect different aspects of music enjoyment — from the emotional reactions that compositions evoke to the social connection music can foster.

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Northern lights ignite night sky after rare double solar eruption, and more are forecast for tonight

Solar eruptions created a northern lights display in North America and Europe overnight, with more auroras expected through Thursday.

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Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny

A colossal squid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time ever, a century after it was first identified by scientists.

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Newly 'awakened' black hole is releasing 100 times more energy than scientists have ever seen before

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever seen before.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A man who couldn't pee had been infected by one of the largest known human parasites

A 35-year-old man who couldn't pass urine learned that the cause of his obstruction was a giant worm living in his kidney.

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The James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star

Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest something very different, but equally rare, may have happened instead.

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Primates: Facts about the group that includes humans, apes, monkeys and other close relatives

Discover interesting facts about the origins of primates, what they eat, and if they have thumbs.

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