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In Science, ECOnews reports on new discoveries in geology, paleontology, physics, space, health and the natural world. We explain the latest studies from universities and labs worldwide in plain language.

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”

By ECONEWS

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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

By ECONEWS

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March 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Vintage clock face illustrating a study on quantum time, electron transitions, and attosecond delays in different materials

Time is not the same in all materials, and an experiment shows that an electron can take between 26 and more than 200 attoseconds, depending on where it is located

By Adrian Villellas

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March 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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

By ECONEWS

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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”

By ECONEWS

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March 30, 2026 at 4:47 AM

Stephen Hawking seated in front of a chalkboard filled with equations, illustrating his warning about knowledge, certainty, and scientific curiosity

Stephen Hawking, scientist: “The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge”

By Adrian Villellas

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March 29, 2026 at 5:00 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

By ECONEWS

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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?

By ECONEWS

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March 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Historic portrait of Albert Einstein, whose theory of gravity predicted the orbital decay now being measured in a pair of dense stars

Einstein predicted it a century ago… and now they are measuring it live: two stars approaching each other like a cosmic clock

By Adrian Villellas

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March 29, 2026 at 8:15 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

By ECONEWS

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March 29, 2026 at 7:06 AM

Map of Antarctica showing the Antarctic Geoid Low, the strange gravitational anomaly scientists say was formed by deep mantle movements

The strange “gravitational hole” in Antarctica had been baffling scientists for 70 million years, and now an explanation has finally been found

By Adrian Villellas

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March 29, 2026 at 6:30 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

By ECONEWS

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March 28, 2026 at 6:33 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

By ECONEWS

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March 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Tyrannosaurus rex bone cross section showing growth rings under polarized light

Science delved into a T. rex bone as if reading tree rings, and in 2026 dropped the bombshell: it didn’t stop growing at 25 years old, but continued to do so until almost 40, leaving Jurassic Park speechless once again

By Adrian Villellas

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March 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM

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

By ECONEWS

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March 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Fossilized vertebrae of Palaeophis colossaeus, a giant extinct marine snake, shown alongside a modern sea snake bone for scale comparison.

In 2018, giant vertebrae were found, and now science boldly reveals that 56 million years ago there was a sea serpent over 12 meters long capable of swallowing sharks

By Adrian Villellas

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March 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Artist’s illustration of two planets colliding in space and blasting fiery debris

It is believed that a violent collision between two planets located 11,000 light-years away has created a gigantic dust cloud… and astronomers believe they have witnessed it almost in real time

By Adrian Villellas

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March 28, 2026 at 5:26 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

By ECONEWS

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March 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Fossil remains of an ancient rhinoceros discovered on Devon Island in the High Arctic

A 23-million-year-old “polar rhino” has been discovered in the far north of Canada, and the find is rewriting its migratory routes

By Adrian Villellas

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March 27, 2026 at 5:00 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

By ECONEWS

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March 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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

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

Time is not the same in all materials, and an experiment shows that an electron can take between 26 and more than 200 attoseconds, depending on where it is located

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

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

Stephen Hawking, scientist: “The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge”

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

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

Einstein predicted it a century ago… and now they are measuring it live: two stars approaching each other like a cosmic clock

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

The strange “gravitational hole” in Antarctica had been baffling scientists for 70 million years, and now an explanation has finally been found

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

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

Science delved into a T. rex bone as if reading tree rings, and in 2026 dropped the bombshell: it didn’t stop growing at 25 years old, but continued to do so until almost 40, leaving Jurassic Park speechless once again

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

In 2018, giant vertebrae were found, and now science boldly reveals that 56 million years ago there was a sea serpent over 12 meters long capable of swallowing sharks

It is believed that a violent collision between two planets located 11,000 light-years away has created a gigantic dust cloud… and astronomers believe they have witnessed it almost in real time

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

A 23-million-year-old “polar rhino” has been discovered in the far north of Canada, and the find is rewriting its migratory routes

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

In Romania’s Brașov County, brown bears number about 1,329 by a national genetic estimate, the highest density of any county, and one bear relocated from Poiana Brașov was back within 3 days

More than 40 Magellanic penguins born in captivity arrived by court order from Mar del Plata at a river island in Argentina’s Río Negro province, and at first they had not explored even a third of their new home

In Japan, researchers led by Tohoku University used an inexpensive blue pigment to turn carbon dioxide into methane with 79.5% Faradaic efficiency, and methane selectivity stayed above 60% for about 80 hours

At 8.2 feet on Oct. 13, the Lake Constance water level in Konstanz, Germany, fell below a 1947 record for the date, and it now sits 10 inches under last winter’s low

A simulated AMOC collapse in an unreviewed preprint cut wheat, corn and rice harvests in Germany and Ukraine by roughly 16 to 19 percent, and cereal prices could climb up to 40 percent in the worst case

A landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord sent a tsunami 1,578 feet up the opposite wall, and a Science study found small tremors striking every 30 to 60 seconds in the hours before the collapse

A company won a mining license for a magnesium deposit it estimates at more than 50 million metric tons near Rășinari, in Romania’s Sibiu County, and the EU gets 97 percent of its magnesium from China

Leap seconds will end on May 20, 2027, under a rule the General Conference on Weights and Measures adopted in Versailles, France, and a new study finds Earth’s solid surface turning slightly rounder as polar ground rises

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