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NASA Just Received Laser Message Beamed From A Colossal 226 Million Kilometers Away

Artist impression of the spacecraft in space solar panels fully deploy and sulight glinting on its metal body

NASA Just Received Laser Message Beamed From A Colossal 226 Million Kilometers Away

Artist impression of the spacecraft in space solar panels fully deploy and sulight glinting on its metal body

NASA Just Received Laser Message Beamed From A Colossal 226 Million Kilometers Away

The new communication system is blowing up all expectations.

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World-First mRNA Vaccine For Skin Cancer Commences Landmark Phase 3 Trial

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World-First mRNA Vaccine For Skin Cancer Commences Landmark Phase 3 Trial

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NASA Releases Gorgeous Time-Lapses Of Supernovae Showing 20 Years In 20 Seconds

Observations of Cas A and Crab Pulsar side by side.

NASA Releases Gorgeous Time-Lapses Of Supernovae Showing 20 Years In 20 Seconds

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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot Desert

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Giant 2.7-Meter-Long Prehistoric Salmon Had Tusk-Like Teeth Rather Than Massive Fangs

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Synthetic Diamonds Made In Minutes Not Days Could Upend Gemstone Economics

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Scientists Just Discovered The First-Ever Fractal Molecule In Nature

Three protein molecules - each at successive stages of self-assembly - showing the appearance of the fractal structure

Scientists Just Discovered The First-Ever Fractal Molecule In Nature

They were thought to be impossible. Turns out, they aren't.

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To Make A Human, You Probably First Need A Gravitational Wave

Illustration of a gravitational wave, an orange-red explosion surrounded by a rippling blue grid

To Make A Human, You Probably First Need A Gravitational Wave

With only a few elements, life will find a way, but something as complex as us may take all the universe’s weirdness.

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Astronomers Find Evidence Of A Massive Object Beyond The Orbit Of Neptune

A map showing the proposed orbit of Planet 9.

Astronomers Find Evidence Of A Massive Object Beyond The Orbit Of Neptune

Something gigantic appears to be stabilizing objects beyond the orbit of Neptune.

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The Once-In-An-Eon Event That Gave Earth Plants Has Happened Again

A light microscopy image shows the marine haptophyte algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii with a black arrow pointing to the nitroplast organelle

The Once-In-An-Eon Event That Gave Earth Plants Has Happened Again

The first-ever nitrogen-fixing organelle in a eukaryotic cell has been confirmed.

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