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Longest-period young transiting exoplanets discovered
- Jun 1, 2026
It's 2234, you're on your annual class field trip touring exoplanets, and your teacher informs everyone they can pick one more exoplanetary system to...
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New study has shone a new light on searching for habitable worlds
- Jun 1, 2026
When astronomers discovered the first planet outside our solar system, it was orbiting a pulsar, one of the most extreme, radiation-blasted environmen...
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Atmospheric wave theory falls short in explaining rising extreme weather, study suggests
- Jun 1, 2026
Across much of the northern hemisphere, extreme weather events like heat waves and heavy precipitation have increased in frequency and severity over t...
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Bad for health and the environment: Lung experts highlight environmental impact of tobacco product waste
- Jun 1, 2026
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day May 31, the American Thoracic Society and our Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) partners reiterate the...
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One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does
- Jun 1, 2026
Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus, th...
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Researchers use phylogenomics to identify cyanobacteria in Shenandoah River
- Jun 1, 2026
You've probably seen slimy mats of brownish green clinging to rocks in streams or on lake beds, and perhaps not given it another thought. But George M...
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Ancient land plant reveals the evolution of a 400‑million‑year‑old UV‑B protection system
- Jun 1, 2026
Sunlight provides the energy necessary for photosynthesis and growth, but it also exposes plants to harmful ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation. Plants mus...
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Ancient oceans began suffocating millions of years before Triassic mass extinction, geologists discover
- Jun 1, 2026
One of the most devastating extinctions in Earth's history is best known for what didn't die—dinosaurs. But the end-Triassic extinction 201 million ye...
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Hubble captures M88 on journey to center of Virgo cluster
- Jun 1, 2026
The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Mess...
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Teachers' emotions can make or break student learning
- Jun 1, 2026
Teachers' emotions in the classroom play a critical role in how students learn, according to research published in the Journal of Educational Psycholo...
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Nanoengineered materials can store and release hydrogen at room temperature
- Jun 1, 2026
Energy engineers worldwide are working on various new technologies that could help to limit greenhouse gas emissions on Earth and address climate chan...
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A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the universe's rarest explosions
- Jun 1, 2026
Astronomers may have discovered one of the clearest examples yet of a rare "pair-instability" supernova. It is a catastrophic explosion thought to com...