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What goes up must come down: How megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink network pose a grave safety threat to us on Earth

Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they're fireballs of pollution — and what doesn't burn up hits the ground.

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Giant 'senior citizen' sunspot on 3rd trip around the sun could break a century-old record

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The unusually old dark patch remains stable and could be on course to become the longest-lived sunspot on record, experts claim.

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'No radio astronomy from the ground would be possible anymore': Satellite mega-swarms are blinding us to the cosmos — and a critical 'inflection point' is approaching

Invisible radiation leaking out of private satellites, like SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft, is disrupting radio astronomers' ability to detect important signals from across the universe. If left unchecked, we could reach an "inflection point" beyond which we can no longer properly study the cosmos, researchers warn.

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Physicists capture 'second sound' for the first time — after nearly 100 years of searching

First theorized in 1938, heat's wave-like flow through superfluids, known as "second sound", has proven difficult to directly observe. Now, a new technique has finally done it, and could be used to study neutron stars and high-temperature superconductors.

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NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard astronomy from satellite "megaconstellations" — and help scientists unravel more of the radio spectrum.

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How many satellites could fit in Earth orbit? And how many do we really need?

The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will these "megaconstellations" become? And what problems might they cause?

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Kilimanjaro's giant groundsels: The strange plants that thrive on Africa's tallest mountain

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.

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Newly discovered 'ghost' lineage linked to ancient mystery population in Tibet, DNA study finds

A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

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Combo of cancer therapy drugs increases mice lifespan by 30% — but anti-aging benefits in humans remain unknown

A cocktail of FDA-approved cancer drugs, trametinib and rapamycin, boosts the lifespan of lab mice by 30% and might help humans age better, new study finds.

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Not 'Little Red Dots' or roaring quasars: James Webb telescope uncovers new kind of 'hidden' black hole never seen before

By combining data from the Subaru Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered distant quasars that are obscured by dust but which may shed light on Little Red Dots.

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Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the Mesozoic — the age of dinosaurs.

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2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.

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Single gene may help explain the plague's persistence throughout human history

Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and spread through the ages.

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Sleep: Facts about how and why we sleep

Learn facts about sleep, during which the body rests, recuperates and performs essential repairs.

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China has developed the largest drone carrier in the world — and it's getting ready for takeoff

The world’s largest drone "mothership" is getting ready for deployment in June. It’s designed to carry and launch up to 100 drones in a swarm, including kamikaze drones.

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The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.

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2 billion people could face chaotic and 'irreversible' shift in rainfall patterns if warming continues

Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath of humanity, according to new research.

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Hold the syrup: Weirdly perfect 'pancakes' on Venus may prove the planet is buckling

A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This could explain a decades-old mystery.

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Moebius syndrome: The rare condition that makes people unable to smile

Moebius syndrome is a rare condition that affects several cranial nerves, impairing the muscles that control facial expressions and eye movements.

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Scientists build 3D 'audio dome' with such high-fidelity speakers it tricks your ears that you're at the source

New research has revealed that a domed array of loudspeakers can create virtual soundscapes capable of blurring human perception.

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43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.

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Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years

The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in the 1980s. But while the lava is mesmerizing, officials warn that the volcano is also producing toxic gases and other hazards.

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'Previously unimaginable': James Webb telescope breaks its own record again, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has broken its own record once again, spotting the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender is MoM-z14, a galaxy visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

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Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago

Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

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Earth's core is 'leaking' gold, study finds

Our planet's core is rich in gold that can leak out into the mantle, and in some cases, end up in volcanos on the surface, according to a new study.

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