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Galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, is seen as it was 13.4 billion years in the past, just 400 million years after the big bang, when the universe was only three percent of its current age.
A strange helium glow near GN-z11 may be the strongest sign yet of the universe’s first stars.
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Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, giving scientists a rare chance to watch gravity reshape an asteroid.
Space‘God of chaos’ asteroid Apophis will pass very close to Earth in 2029Joseph Shavit
A vanished inland sea larger than the Great Lakes combined helped reshape North America’s land, rivers, and climate.
Green ImpactThe lost inland sea that dwarfed the Great Lakes and reshaped North AmericaRebecca Shavit
New research suggests nicotine-exposed lung cells may send signals that disrupt brain iron balance and trigger neurodegenerative stress.
HealthNew research finds clear link between smoking and dementiaHannah Shavit-Weiner
Warmer springs make bees and wasps emerge earlier, but many lose crucial body mass before adulthood.
Green ImpactThe hidden costs of climate change for bees and waspsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Artist impression of Artemis II: Orion and its European Service Module as they separate from the second stage of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS).
SpaceArtemis II isn’t the farthest human spaceflight, and it’s not even closeJoseph Shavit
CMS measured the W boson mass with high precision, backing the Standard Model and challenging the 2022 CDF anomaly.
DiscoveriesPhysicists achieve most accurate measurement yet of the W bosonJoshua Shavit
After fieldwork, genomic samples were analyzed at the molecular laboratories of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito. The results demonstrated that the population found represented a new species.
DiscoveriesNew glassfrog species named in honor of Equadorian Olympic champion Neisi DajomesAmyn Bhai
New modeling suggests Yellowstone’s magma comes from shallow mantle flow, not a deep plume.
Green ImpactThe hidden mantle flow shaping Yellowstone’s supervolcanoRebecca Shavit
A famous 300-million-year-old “octopus” fossil was actually a nautiloid, hidden by decay before fossilization.
Discoveries300-million-year-old sea creature mistaken for the world’s oldest octopusHannah Shavit-Weiner
Review finds nicotine e-cigarettes are likely to cause lung and oral cancers, based on human, animal and lab evidence.
HealthStudy finds surprising new link between vaping and cancerMac Oliveau
SuperCDMS reaches base temperature deep underground, opening a new search for ultralight dark matter particles.
SpaceThe coldest ever hunt for dark matter has begun deep undergroundShy Cohen
Southern California hybrid honeybees carry far fewer Varroa mites, offering clues for healthier colonies.
Green ImpactSouthern California bees are keeping deadly mites in checkHannah Shavit-Weiner
Artist’s interpretation of the cosmic distance ladder — a succession of overlapping methods used to measure distances across the Universe, where each rung of the ladder provides information that can be used to determine the distances at the next higher rung.
SpaceOur local universe’s expansion rate doesn’t add up, astronomers findJoshua Shavit
SpaceFrozen ocean world found lurking between Mars and JupiterJoseph Shavit
New research links oxygen sensing to why frog tadpoles regrow limbs while mammals fail to do so.
HealthThe missing ingredient in limb regeneration may be oxygenRebecca Shavit
A striking reconstruction of an Asgard archaeon, drawn from cryo-electron tomography, reveals a cell laced with thread-like internal scaffolding—structures that echo the architectural complexity seen in nucleus-bearing cells.
DiscoveriesNewly discovered Asgard microbe could explain the origins of complex life on EarthJoshua Shavit