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Astronomers caught a supernova exploding just days after it ignited, an event that happened when the universe was only one-tenth its current age. The discovery shows us what stellar explosions looked like over 12 billion years ago.
Researchers left AI agents alone on a virtual desert island for 30 hours with no instructions. The agents started playing, exploring, and setting their own creative goals.
A fossil that sat unidentified in London's Natural History Museum for nearly a century has finally been revealed as Europe's first megaraptoran dinosaur. Modern CT scanning technology cracked the case on this 120-million-year-old predator.
A dinosaur fossil sat forgotten in a London museum drawer for nearly a century before scientists discovered it belonged to an entirely new species. The two-legged carnivore, named Invictibellatrix amberina, was a cousin of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex.
The James Webb Space Telescope was built to study ancient galaxies, but scientists say its greatest achievement isn't what it was designed to find. The discovery has reshaped how we understand our place in the cosmos.
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A casual vacation photo from Colombia helped scientists identify one of the world's largest waterlily species. The chance discovery shows how social media can unlock scientific breakthroughs.
Scientists testing new DNA tech on a pond organism accidentally discovered it rewrites biology's rulebook. The tiny creature uses genetic "stop signs" to build proteins instead, revealing nature is far more flexible than we thought.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed images ever taken of the Horsehead Nebula, revealing secrets of this iconic star-forming region 1,300 light-years from Earth. These breathtaking new views show cosmic structures never seen before.
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Researchers discovered a treasure trove of fossils from our mysterious extinct cousins, the Denisovans, in a Chinese cave along with thousands of their tools. The find offers the clearest picture yet of how these ancient humans lived and thrived tens of thousands of years ago.
A Colorado schoolteacher led scientists to an incredible discovery: the first continuous footprints of a running T-Rex, captured 66 million years ago in what's now North Dakota. The rare trackway shows a moment frozen in time as a massive predator moved across an ancient landscape.
A high school science teacher discovered the first ever sequence of adult T. rex footprints in North Dakota, capturing a moment frozen in time 66.5 million years ago. The four massive footprints reveal how the iconic predator moved across an ancient landscape.
Scientists scanning a golf ball-sized chunk of fossilized dinosaur poop found a perfectly preserved feather from an extinct bird, opening a whole new window into prehistoric life. The accidental discovery could explain why some birds survived while dinosaurs vanished.