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Nebra Sky Disc: The world's oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the Pleiades - Live Science
science 2026/01/19 11:00:00

Nebra Sky Disc: The world's oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the Pleiades - Live Science

The unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago.

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Quantum 'alchemy' made feasible with excitons - Phys.org
science 2026/01/19 10:00:06

Quantum 'alchemy' made feasible with excitons - Phys.org

What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or alchemy, but to physicists investigating the burgeoning field of Floquet engineering, this is the goal. With a periodic drive, like light, sci…

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James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a black hole — and it could solve a major galactic mystery - Live Science
science 2026/01/19 10:00:00

James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a black hole — and it could solve a major galactic mystery - Live Science

The James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic mystery.

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Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria - Live Science
science 2026/01/18 19:00:00

Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria - Live Science

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal interactions in ways that could help us treat drug-resistant infections.

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Experiments bring Enceladus' subsurface ocean into the lab - Phys.org
science 2026/01/18 18:30:01

Experiments bring Enceladus' subsurface ocean into the lab - Phys.org

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. Published in Icarus, the results show that these conditions can readily produce many of the organic com…

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Frozen Chemical Once Feared by Scientists May Have Ignited Life on Earth - Indian Defence Review
science 2026/01/18 18:05:00

Frozen Chemical Once Feared by Scientists May Have Ignited Life on Earth - Indian Defence Review

A frozen chemical thought to be deadly is now revealing unexpected powers, scientists didn’t see this one coming.

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