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NASA's MAVEN detects first evidence of lightning-like activity on Mars
- Mar 2, 2026
While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientist...
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Get ready for the Rubin Observatory's deluge of discoveries
- Mar 2, 2026
It's been about eight months since the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) saw first light. Now the telescope is scanning the night sky to detect transient c...
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Laser-within-a-laser delivers MeV X-ray radiography in picoseconds
- Mar 2, 2026
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the hottest place on Earth for the briefest of moments during an experime...
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Paleontologists investigate how life entered and adapted to the deep sea
- Mar 2, 2026
The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed f...
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The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons
- Mar 2, 2026
If you gathered every American with a prison record into one contiguous territory and admitted it to the union, you would create the 12th-largest stat...
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How invasive house sparrows are helping scientists detect dangerous contaminants
- Mar 2, 2026
The house sparrow is a highly invasive pest in North Carolina, and bluebird enthusiasts frequently throw their eggs out and remove their nests to keep...
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Wildfire smoke silences grassland birds in New York state
- Mar 2, 2026
On a hazy day in June 2023, doctoral students Trifosa Simamora and Timothy Boycott noticed that the birds at their field site had gone quiet. Now in a...
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Rare Type Icn supernova SN 2024abvb is among the most luminous known
- Mar 2, 2026
An international team of astronomers has carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2024abvb—a recently discovered supernova of a ra...
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Nanoparticles and AI can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood
- Mar 2, 2026
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of th...
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Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats' surprising hunting strategy
- Mar 2, 2026
Deep into the Panamanian night, the forest hums with sound. Chirping insects form a steady backdrop, rain softly trickles from leaves. Somewhere above...
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Ancient Greek priestesses may have turned ergot fungus into a psychedelic brew during the Eleusinian Mysteries
- Mar 2, 2026
The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, and aimed to remove t...
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NASA adds mission to Artemis lunar program, updates architecture
- Mar 2, 2026
As part of a golden age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program...