A rose made of galaxies... This is Arp 273, where two galaxies are transforming one another from 300 million light-years away. Their gravitational encounter has pulled the larger galaxy into a remarkable rose-like shape. (Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team, STSc/IAURA)

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Everything you never wanted to know about bed bugs, and more

If some insects could save the world, others do their best to seriously complicate life on Earth. Among them the prize perhaps goes to the bed bug, which after decades of absence has returned to our h...

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Fascinating: A shadowy filament in Ophiuchus, DN 1768, cocoons embryonic stars. These protostars emit a soft submillimeter glow as they edge toward the moment of nuclear ignition. (Credit: ESO)

A stunning view of supernova remnant DEM L 190 shows colourful filaments of debris from a massive star’s explosion. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu)

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Research suggests that rye is a better option than wheat if you aim to lose weight

In the most extensive study to date on the impact of different grain types on body weight, researchers determined that consuming rye over refined wheat comes with several health and weight-loss advant...

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Spectacular: This towering pillar of gas and dust stretches three light-years through space, slowly sculpted by the fierce radiation of nearby stars. Captured in near-infrared light by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (Credit: NASA, ESA, Mario Livio, Hubble 20th Anniversary Team - STScI)

In the vast expanse of space, NGC 5410 stands out with its sprawling spiral arms contrasting with the smaller, irregular-shaped UGC 8932, both connected by a delicate stream of stars Credit: NASA/ESA/D. Bowen (Princeton University)/Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

This stunning image of the Omega Nebula, captured by ESO's VLT, is among the sharpest ground-based views ever obtained of this celestial marvel. It reveals the intricate, dusty, and rosy central regions of the renowned star-forming area in great detail. (Credit: ESO)

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How long has gravity existed?

Gravity is a force between two masses, so gravity exists wherever there is mass. To discover when gravity started to exist, we need to understand what mass is, and when it started to exist.

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Hubble’s stunning image of Hydra highlights nearby Milky Way stars and a distant galaxy warped into a nearly perfect Einstein ring. We’re seeing that ring as it looked when the Universe was just 2.5 billion years old. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Erb)

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Why Swiping Through Short Online Videos Is Making You More Bored

It turns out that constantly switching between online videos can actually make us more bored and less satisfied with the content we're consuming. In this article, we will go over why.

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This gorgeous view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures colourful, intricate patterns in a jet stream region of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere known as “Jet N3.” (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS)

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Why Using Noise-Cancelling Too Often Can Be Bad for You

Noise-cancelling headphones have become increasingly popular for people seeking peace and quiet, whether in a bustling office or on a noisy airplane. But how exactly do they work, and can using them b...

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The spectacular faint afterglow of nearby stellar explosion, called N132D, against a backdrop of thousands of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a nearby galaxy). (Credit: X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team - STScI/AURA)

Stunning: Cep OB 3b, a young star cluster in Cepheus. Credit: WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) & T. Allen (University of Toledo)

Like a jellyfish adrift in a cosmic current, spiral galaxy NGC 3312 drifts through the Hydra I cluster. Its gas is stripped by hot intergalactic matter in a process called ram pressure stripping, signalling a slow decline in star formation… (Credit: ESO/INAF/M. Spavone, E. Iodice)

A spectacular view of the Ring Nebula (M57) (Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow/University College London, N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson/Cardiff University)

A cosmic hourglass... CVMP 1 is a striking planetary nebula located around 6,500 light-years away. Its glowing shape formed when a red giant star released its outer layers, now illuminated by an exposed stellar core (Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

A stellar nursery captured in extraordinary detail. At the centre lies the young star cluster NGC 6193, while the glowing nebula NGC 6188 shines under the intense radiation of nearby stars.] (Credit: ESO)

A powerful stellar jet bursts through the glowing clouds of the Carina Nebula in this remarkable Hubble image. (Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)

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Explainer: the mysterious dark energy that speeds the universe’s rate of expansion

The nature of dark energy is one of the most important unsolved problems in all of science. But what, exactly, is dark energy, and why do we even believe that it exists?

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A spectacular view of NGC 2264, home to the sparkling blue stars of the Christmas Tree Cluster and the dramatic Cone Nebula, spanning about 30 light-years of space. (Credit: ESO)

Three planets, one spectacular morning. Venus, Saturn, and Mars appear together above Maunakea as the first light approaches. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

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Health Check: how can I make it easier to wake up in the morning?

Getting a good sleep can be tough, and this can lead to feeling less than refreshed when you wake up in the morning. Falling asleep and waking up are brain processes we don’t fully understand, but res...

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Stunning: Sculpted by radiation from a nearby massive star, the Elephant Trunk Nebula is a dark cloud of gas embedded within the enormous IC 1396 nebula. Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Spectacular: The curved edge of Earth seen from space during a nighttime pass, with stars visible in the background. (Credit: NASA Johnson)

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Remarkable solar-driven system allows for agriculture in the desert by drawing in water from the air

Scientists devised an ingenious low-cost system that pulls water from the air, allowing crop development in arid areas around the globe.

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Which is better for your health: longer workouts or shorter, heavier ones?

For years, the standard advice on exercise has sounded simple: move more. But a large new study suggests that message may be missing something important.

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“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos