One of Saturn’s Moons Could Support Life—And It Might Be Easy to Find - Nautilus

Two new studies are giving planetary scientists hope

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Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality? | Quanta Magazine

The biggest breakthrough in modern theoretical physics is the discovery that gravity can collapse the dimensions of space. Physicists don’t yet understand the implications.

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An autumn stargazing forecast: how to make the best of our night sky

A look at the night sky forecast to motivate you to dust off your telescope for the darker nights of autumn.

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How to Explain Complicated Things

Whether schools kill creativity, the mechanics of procrastination, what happens when you reply to spam e-mail: these are just a few of the subjects that most aggressively captivated the minds of the s...

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How to restore your online sanity, one random webcam at a time

The world webcam map, a defunct format from Web 1.0, is back — as a foil to today’s algorithmic internet.

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A huge chunk of our sky has been 'missing', unable to be seen. Here's the genius science behind how humanity got its sky back | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Observations and analysis of how our Galaxy moves revealed that there must be clusters of galaxies in the so-called 'zone of avoidance'.

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Earth's magnetic poles may be about to flip again. Here's how it could affect our climate | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Variations in the flux of cosmic rays into Earth’s atmosphere may influence our climate and be significant when its magnetic field reverses.

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There's an enormous black hole pointing its jet at Earth – and scientists only found it because of a strange flash in deep space | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Hidden away behind vast clouds of dust, IRAS 18293-0941 is a binary system with a black hole orbiting a massive, hot star.

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Mercury is shrinking faster than anyone thought | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Wrinkles on the surface are clues as to the planet’s previous size

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The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

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Could a spinning spacecraft generate artificial gravity? Here's what the science says

We've seen it in science fiction, but could artificial gravity actually be generated for future space travellers via a spinning spacecraft?

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Radio signals detected from a planet beyond our Solar System. Landmark discovery could help us search for habitable worlds | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Radio signals have been detected coming from a planet beyond our Solar System, giving astronomers insight into exoplanets' magnetic fields.

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Spectacular image from the surface of Mars – and scientists get a big surprise while searching for signs of ancient life | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Perseverance rover makes a discovery at Margin Unit on Mars giving scientists clues about the planet's wet history and conditions for life.

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The Moon might soon host the craziest experiment in human history | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Scientists have considered putting a super-collider on the Moon. What benefits would this have over the Large Hadron Collider at CERN?

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These are the only Earth creatures tough enough to survive on Mars | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Scientists have conducted a variety of experiments to find out what, if anything, could survive the harsh conditions of Mars.

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New krypton-88 data narrow a key gap in stellar strontium models

An international research team has reported the first experimental investigation of a nuclear physics reaction essential for understanding how the element strontium is produced in stars—specifically i...

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How Do You Read Ancient Charred Scrolls? Make Your Own - Nautilus

A new technique could unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls

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Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar Over Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots.’ | Quanta Magazine

The James Webb Space Telescope spots mysterious “little red dots” everywhere. A bold new theory suggests they’re suns dozens of times larger than our entire solar system.

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How firelight may have shaped the origins of spoken language

New study suggests ancient campfires may have encouraged our ancestors to develop language.

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One blip isn’t enough to declare “dark matter has been detected”

In 1982, an experiment showed unprecedented evidence for exotic matter: magnetic monopoles. But without reproducibility, it didn't hold up.

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How Reading Changes the Way Your Brain Works

Reading is unnatural. This will hardly come as a surprise to any child trying to put off his homework for just one more hour of watching other kids play Minecraft.

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Scientists have found 40,000 asteroids that could hit Earth. But it's just the tip of the iceberg | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Scientists have found 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, providing greater insight into the potential threat to Earth from space.

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If you stood on Mars, you could see Earth pass in front of the Sun. This is what it would look like | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

If a human being were standing on Mars, would it be possible to see a transit of Earth, passing in front of the Sun as silhouette?

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Footprint on Mars? A NASA rover has been studying mysterious pits on the Red Planet. Here's what's really going on | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Curiosity rover sees shallow pits in Martian bedrock caused when pebbles weather out of their host rock and leave behind a void in the dust.

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The best images of space you'll ever see. Here are the winners of the world's biggest astrophotography competition | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

See all the winning images of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in 2026 – world's biggest astro imaging awards.

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‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’

The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover

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The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star - Nautilus

A light show that will get even more dramatic in time

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Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar Over Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots.’ | Quanta Magazine

The James Webb Space Telescope spots mysterious “little red dots” everywhere. A bold new theory suggests they’re suns dozens of times larger than our entire solar system.

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The Genius Logic of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet: How It Was Created & How It Works

Most of us can rattle off the first few words-that-stand-for-letters of the NATO phonetic alphabet. Alfa, Bravo, and Charlie no doubt come right to mind, and depending on how many war movies you've se...

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