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Hubble telescope spots 'blue lurker' star feeding off of its conjoined siblings
A rare breed of star recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope spins faster by feeding on its stellar siblings.
By Sascha Pare published
USGS researchers have unveiled the first map of prospective locations for hydrogen gas in the contiguous United States — and there's a lot more than they previously thought.
By Harry Baker published
New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.
By Anna Gora published
Reviews It could be one of the best value smart bikes to come out in 2025.
By Olivia Ferrari published
People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen group social bonds.
By Patrick Pester published
A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.
By Olivia Ferrari published
The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.
By Emily Cooke published
Parents are more likely to favor daughters and more-agreeable children, new research suggests, although the findings may only apply to people from certain demographics.
By Andrey Feldman published
New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion.
By Ben Turner published
Physicists have long-suspected that the building blocks of protons experienced quantum entanglement. Now, researchers have the first direct evidence — after using a trick to infer subatomic particles' entropy.
By Ben Turner published
Scientists in Japan have demonstrated a new method to create hydrogen fuel without emitting greenhouse gases. But key steps to improve its efficiency remain for it to be commercially viable.
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