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Webb Telescope Finds Chemistry Where None Should Survive
Spectra from a scorched exoplanet atmosphere show molecules that current models say should have been torn apart long ago.
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Discovery, from the deep sea to deep space.
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Astronomers Map a River of Stars Flowing Through the Milky Way’s Halo
The stream — 27,000 light-years long — is the fossil of a dwarf galaxy our own devoured billions of years ago.
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Coral Nurseries Report a Season of Cautious Hope
Heat-tolerant fragments planted three years ago are not just surviving — they are spawning.
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Glacier Monitors Log the Quietest Melt Season in a Decade
One cool, wet summer does not reverse a trend — but it gives scientists a rare controlled experiment in how ice recovers.
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Curiosity’s Long Drive Turns Up a Mineral Surprise
Twelve years in, the rover’s newest samples suggest water lingered on Mars far longer than the textbooks allow.
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Under the Microscope: The Cell Atlas Reaches a Milestone
A decade-long effort to map every human cell type has crossed the halfway mark — and is already redrawing disease research.