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‘Ghost Particles‘ Detected at Large Hadron Collider in Breakthrough
Neutrinos are a fundamental yet elusive part of our reality. Now, physicists have detected them in a particle collider for the first time.
NASA Plans to Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon Within a Decade
The agency put out a request for proposals for a lunar nuclear power plant that can power surface exploration.
Government Scientists Recover Hypothesized Crystal From Deep Within Earth
The rare mineral, long hypothesized but never seen, was recovered from a diamond that emerged from the Earth's lower mantle.
Scientists Discover Unexplained Barrier at Our Galaxy's Center
Something mysterious is blocking cosmic rays in the Central Molecular Zone, according to a new study.
Ancient Gold Burial Mask Found to Be Painted With Human Blood
The use of human blood may have allowed an ancient society's elite to maintain their status as cosmically privileged deities even in the afterlife, researchers say.
Rampant Poaching Forces Elephants to Evolve to Not Have Tusks, Study Finds
The population of tuskless female elephants in Mozambique increased significantly after decades of ivory poaching, a sobering new study concludes.
Scientists Have Discovered Traces of Stars From the Dawn of Time
The first stars formed using products from the Big Bang, and learning more about them can teach us about how the universe as we know it came to be.
The Earth Is Inside an Enormous Cosmic Tunnel, New Research Proposes
The new model proposes a filament-like magnetic tunnel encompassing the entire solar system, explaining two mysterious features of the sky.
Scientists Detect 1,652 Radio Signals From Mysterious Source in Space
Fast radio bursts are a huge cosmic mystery, and now scientists have detected an unprecedented number of signals from one source in just 47 days.
Scientists Detect Radio Signals From Galaxy's Center, Have No Clue What It Is
“It seems different to all types of astronomical objects we know, it may be a new type of object,” said the study's lead author.
SpaceX’s Satellite Megaconstellations Are Astrocolonialism, Indigenous Advocates Say
Satellite companies such as SpaceX and Amazon aim to provide global broadband, but their networks threaten dark skies and Indigenous traditions that depend on them.
Scientists Are Hunting for ‘Ghost’ Particles from Space Under the South Pole
Physicists Marcos Santander and Lu Lu discuss IceCube (not the rapper) in a new episode of Motherboard’s “Space Show.”