A newly discovered star is so large, bright, and strange that its appearance could be pointing us towards a clump of dark matter in the sky. Named Mothra by its discoverers, it seems bizarrely...
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Newly Discovered T-Cells Could Rid Late-Stage Cancer Patients of Tumors : ScienceAlert
Scientists have stumbled upon an extraordinary ‘living drug’ in the bloodwork of a late-stage cancer survivor. A year after receiving “the biggest development in cancer therapy” in over 50 years, this patient’s body was...
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Spectacular New Einstein Cross Discovered Warping Space-Time : ScienceAlert
A massive galaxy has created a rare distortion in the path of light that has traveled billions of years to reach us from a more distant galaxy. It’s called an Einstein cross – when...
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Massive, Cloud-Like Planet Discovered That’s as Fluffy as Cotton Candy : ScienceAlert
The galaxy can throw some odd curveballs, but an exoplanet discovered 1,232 light-years away is one of the oddest yet. It’s WASP-193b, and while it’s nearly 50 percent bigger than Jupiter, it’s so light...
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We Just Discovered What Actually Changes The Size of Your Pupils : ScienceAlert
Doctors have long used pupil response to gauge levels of consciousness, and those of us on common antidepressants may have noticed the saucer-eyed look in response to increased levels of serotonin floating around our...
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‘Giant’ Axes Discovered From The Ice Age, But Why Are They So Huge? : ScienceAlert
Two giant prehistoric hand axes, one of which is about a foot long, have been uncovered in deep Ice Age sediments in the south of England. The 300,000-year-old tools, slabs of flint chipped on...
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Meteor-Like ‘Shooting Stars’ Discovered in The Sun’s Atmosphere : ScienceAlert
Meteor-like fireballs in the atmosphere of the Sun rain down like showers of shooting stars during the phenomenon of coronal rain, scientists have found. However, rather than the detritus of passing comets or asteroids,...
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Astronomers Have Discovered an Outlandish New Way to Destroy Stars : ScienceAlert
If you’re an evil genius supervillain looking to freak out your enemy with a big messy space kablooie, here’s a novel way to do it. Smack a couple of ancient star remnants together right...
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‘Virgin Birth’ Ability Discovered in Crocodiles For The First Time Ever : ScienceAlert
For the first time, scientists have found evidence that female crocodiles can lay eggs without mating, using a strange reproductive strategy that may have its evolutionary roots in the age of the dinosaurs. In...
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First Signs of Rare Higgs Boson Decay Discovered by Physicists : ScienceAlert
A refined hunt for the extremely rare transformation of the Higgs boson has delivered results, providing the first evidence of a process that could hint at unknown particles. Reconciling the results of several years’...
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