Scientists detect gargantuan ‘pimple’ that has plagued a star for at least 7 years
A transiting exoplanet has revealed a huge “spot” near the pole of its tiny M-dwarf parent star. The spot has been around at least 7
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Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: ‘Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song’
Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice giant Neptune.
Why is heart cancer so rare?
Studying why heart cells are less likely to become cancerous can provide clues to improving heart regeneration and treatments for heart disease.
Could we ever build a transatlantic tunnel?
Will we ever have an underwater tunnel between New York and London?
AI could soon think in ways we don’t even understand — evading our efforts to keep it aligned — top AI scientists warn
Researchers at Google and OpenAI, among other companies, have warned that we may not be able to monitor AI’s decision-making process for much longer.
Scientists scan famous ‘Earthrise’ crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system
A large lunar crater featured in the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.
Quantum Scientists Have Built a New Math of Cryptography
Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any
25th Anniversary Cupola Photo
The 25th anniversary logo is visible in the cupola of the space station in this July 17, 2025, image. The central astronaut figure is representative
Science news this week: Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen
July 26, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
Scientists gave mice flu vaccines by flossing their tiny teeth — and it worked
In a proof-of-concept study, scientists have shown that flossing your teeth could be a way to deliver vaccinations that protect you against viruses.
A doomed exoplanet is caught in a ‘death spiral’ around its star. Can it survive?
A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.
New report details one of the biggest raw milk-related outbreaks in recent US history
A new report authored by California health officials describes a raw-milk-related outbreak of Salmonella that sickened dozens in 2023 and 2024.
2 stars in ‘serpent god of destruction’ system are hurling their blazing guts at each other, James Webb telescope reveals
Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars spewing their innards at each
Building blocks of life may be far more common in space than we thought, study claims
Complex organic molecules found floating around a distant protostar could mean that space is far richer in life’s precursors than scientists assumed.