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International Space Station often visible from Earth. How to spot it - Yahoo News UK
science 2026/05/06 12:37:26

International Space Station often visible from Earth. How to spot it - Yahoo News UK

The International Space Station has been in orbit for more than 25 years. Here’s how to regularly spot the outpost from Earth.

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Movement Triggers a Hidden 'Brain Cleaning' Mechanism, Study Shows - ScienceAlert
science 2026/05/06 11:01:49

Movement Triggers a Hidden 'Brain Cleaning' Mechanism, Study Shows - ScienceAlert

We already know that moving your body is important for brain health, but a new study reveals a possible reason why: It could be triggering a kind of hydraulic pump that flushes out fluid in the brain.

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Physicists Propose Strange Experiment Where Time Goes Quantum - SciTechDaily
science 2026/05/06 08:15:35

Physicists Propose Strange Experiment Where Time Goes Quantum - SciTechDaily

Cutting-edge atomic clocks may soon reveal a strange possibility: time itself behaving like a quantum object, existing in multiple states at once.

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This nearby planet is like Earth, it could be habitable... And we very nearly missed it - BBC Sky at Night Magazine
science 2026/05/06 06:50:17

This nearby planet is like Earth, it could be habitable... And we very nearly missed it - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

A forgotten signal found by citizen scientists could be a habitable Earth-like planet, named HD 137010 b. Here’s how astronomers found it.

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Space junk falls to Earth faster when sunspots peak, reshaping satellite collision forecasts - Phys.org
science 2026/05/06 05:00:01

Space junk falls to Earth faster when sunspots peak, reshaping satellite collision forecasts - Phys.org

Solar emissions exert ‘drag’ on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, researchers have now shown that space junk begins to fall down much faster once the sun’s activity across the solar cycle reaches approximatel…

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Scientists Flip Immune System “Switch,” Uncover Surprising Path To Stop Gut Inflammation - SciTechDaily
science 2026/05/06 04:23:52

Scientists Flip Immune System “Switch,” Uncover Surprising Path To Stop Gut Inflammation - SciTechDaily

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected mechanism by which the gut’s immune system maintains balance, challenging long-standing assumptions about how immune tolerance is regulated.

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