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Astrophotographer snaps 'absolutely preposterous' photo of skydiver 'falling' past the sun's surface

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has snapped a striking shot of a skydiving YouTuber perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun. The unlikely image, dubbed "The Fall of Icarus," required meticulous planning to pull off.

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Mammoth RNA sequenced for the first time, marking a giant leap toward understanding prehistoric life

Scientists successfully sequence the RNA from woolly mammoths found in Siberia that lived up between 10,000 thousand and 50,000 years ago.

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IBM unveils two new quantum processors — including one that offers a blueprint for fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2029

IBM has released two new complex quantum processors alongside a new framework that would allow us to track the first demonstration of quantum advantage.

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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 annual meeting.

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Eruptions of ocean volcanoes may be the echoes of ancient continental breakups

Waves in Earth's mantle created by the rifting of continents may peel the planet's crust from below, feeding volcanoes in the middle of the ocean.

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Chinese astronauts are back on Earth after suspected 'space junk' strike left them stranded in space

The Shenzhou-20 crew of Chen Dong, Wang Jie and Chen Zhongrui have landed back on Earth after a suspected piece of space junk left them stranded on China's Tiangong space station.

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Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old reindeer trap and other artifacts 'melting out of the ice' in Norway's mountains

The well-preserved reindeer trap may be unique in Europe.

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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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New image of 'other comet ATLAS' reveals it's breaking apart ahead of close approach to Earth

New images show that comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has fragmented after passing its closest point to the sun, ahead of its close approach to Earth later this month. This is not the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

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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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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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New 'Dragon Hatchling' AI architecture modeled after the human brain could be a key step toward AGI, researchers claim

Scientists say a new kind of AI could bridge the gap between current systems and machines that learn and think more like us.

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Parts of Arizona are being sucked dry, with areas of land sinking 6 inches per year, satellite data reveals

Groundwater extraction has caused parts of the Willcox Basin to subside by up to 12 feet since the 1950s. New research reveals that some areas sunk by 3 feet in just 4 years.

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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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Underwater volcano off Oregon coast likely won't erupt until mid-to-late 2026

Researchers thought that Axial Seamount might erupt in 2025, but recent data suggest the underwater volcano could take a bit longer to blow its top.

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Scientists detect monster blast from nearby star powerful enough to rip the atmosphere off a planet

In a small blow to the search for extraterrestrial life, a nearby star shot out a strong enough coronal mass ejection to strip away the atmosphere of any rocky planets that could have been in the way.

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'Stranded' astronauts aboard Chinese space station are preparing to come home — but no date has been announced

Three astronauts remain stuck on China's Tiangong space station after errant debris struck their return capsule last week. But their return vessel has already arrived, meaning a flight home will come sooner rather than later.

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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket: New launch window for historic Mars mission after solar storm delay

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 Thursday (Nov. 13).

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Brain benefits of exercise come from the bloodstream — and they may be transferrable, mouse study finds

Exercise strengthens both the body and the mind, and researchers are uncovering the molecular messengers that make the connection. The messengers can also be transferred from an active mouse to a sedentary one.

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Ancient DNA reveals mysterious Indigenous lineage that lived in Argentina for nearly 8,500 years — but rarely interacted with others

A previously unknown Indigenous population lived in central Argentina for nearly 8,500 years, a new genetic study finds.

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New antivenom works against 17 dangerous African snake species, study suggests

Scientists have developed a nanobody-based antivenom that neutralizes toxins from most African cobras, mambas and the rinkhals, which could offer safer, scalable protection beyond existing snakebite treatments.

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Exotic 'time crystals' could be used as memory in quantum computers, promising research finds

Experiments show that a time crystal based on magnons can interact with mechanical waves without being destroyed.

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James Webb telescope may have found the first stars in the universe, new study claims

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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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman's homemade juice led to life-threatening 'toxic squash syndrome'

In the first reported case of its kind in Canada, a woman fell violently ill after consuming the juice of a bitter gourd.

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Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines

Researchers have documented the strange antics of two tropical spider species that build giant, arachnid-shaped decoys out of silk, plant matter and prey remains in their webs.

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