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Illustration of Sagittarius A at the center of the Milky Way, the massive object long believed to be a supermassive black hole.

A study suggests that a dense clump of dark matter, not a black hole, could sit at the center of the Milky Way

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March 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
A common octopus exhibiting complex camouflage and arm coordination while navigating a coral reef environment.

They would not be insects or mammals: humanity’s most likely successor lives under the sea and is smarter than you think

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March 31, 2026 at 8:15 AM
China’s record 35.6 tesla superconducting magnet developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences for extreme magnetic field research.

China has just activated a 35.6-tesla magnet, 700,000 times more powerful than the Earth’s magnetic field, and the big question is what it intends to do with such power in 2026

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March 31, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Artist’s illustration of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

NASA makes it clear: the “monster” located at the center of the Milky Way (4 million suns) has a set date for its “awakening”

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March 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Patient undergoing dialysis in a medical clinic as scientists advance artificial kidney research using human stem cells

USC researchers grow long-lasting kidney stem cells and organoids, a step toward an artificial kidney

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March 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
View of Earth from space illustrating rising global heat and oceans absorbing most of the planet’s excess energy

WMO climate report: Earth’s energy imbalance hit a record in 2025, with oceans absorbing most of the extra heat

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March 30, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Star trails above an astronomical observatory as scientists revisit the Big Crunch theory and the fate of the universe

New dark energy data from 2025 and 2026 revive the Big Crunch theory about the end of the universe

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March 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Waves break off Japan’s coast as scientists warn of unusual ocean warming and shifting marine conditions near Sanriku

Scientists concerned about ocean behavior: “I don’t even know if ‘surprised’ is the right word”

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March 30, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Aerial view of giant circular seagrass rings in shallow water off Scotland, the mysterious underwater “donuts” baffling scientists

They are called “donuts” and look like fairy circles underwater, but science is baffled because no one yet knows what mechanism draws these perfect giant rings on the seabed off the coast of Scotland

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March 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Illustration of Tongnanlong zhimingi, the giant long-necked sauropod discovered from fossils first uncovered during construction work in China

A sauropod measuring up to 28 meters has been discovered, and the most surprising thing is that it appeared “by surprise” during construction work

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March 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Color-coded geophysical map of the giant magnetic anomaly beneath Australia, showing the deep subsurface structure intriguing researchers

A gigantic anomaly detected beneath Australia intrigues geophysicists: what is happening thousands of kilometers beneath our feet?

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March 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Group of young adults taking a selfie at a party, illustrating the contrast between social connection, friendship, and loneliness

What does it mean to have no friends, according to psychology?

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March 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
View of Earth from space showing North America, Central America, clouds, and city lights against a star-filled background

When will Earth stop supporting complex life? NASA and a study of 400,000 simulations point to about 1 billion years

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March 29, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Aerial view of a scientific drilling camp on the ice in West Antarctica where researchers extracted a record 228-meter rock core

A team of scientists has drilled a massive hole in West Antarctica and extracted 228 meters of rock—the deepest sample of its kind ever obtained

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March 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Naturally mummified cheetah remains found in a cave near Arar in northern Saudi Arabia, preserving skin, teeth, and facial features

Seven naturally mummified cheetahs found in caves near Arar, Saudi Arabia, some up to 2,000 years old

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March 28, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Hybrid pig and wild boar animals in Fukushima’s exclusion zone, where escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the disaster

Fukushima surprises us once again, 15 years after the accident, with a strange hybrid of escaped pigs and wild boars, right in the middle of the exclusion zone

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March 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Meteorite sample tested with proton beam at CERN to simulate asteroid response to extreme energy impact

The crazy Armageddon plan to “drop a nuclear bomb on the asteroid” turns out not to be so crazy after all, and CERN has just tested it with a real meteorite

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March 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Interior of the newly discovered 13-meter chamber at the back of Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar, showing ancient sediment layers and rock formations.

A cave sealed in Gibraltar for 40,000 years is home to what could be the last place of residence of the Neanderthals

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March 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Ancient human bones from Poland used in isotope analysis to reconstruct diet and track the rise of millet

3,000 years of diet in Poland reconstructed bone by bone, and the turning point comes when millet appears

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March 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Underwater view of clustered fish nests on the Antarctic seafloor in the Weddell Sea

Thousands of nests under the Antarctic ice, and no one had seen them

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March 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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