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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its five-year mission to build the largest 3D map of the cosmos ever constructed in order to investigate dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the…

Researchers may have found a new way to locate deposits of rare earth elements that are vital to the tech and energy industries.

Rare earth elements crystallize in Earth’s mantle inside blobs of magma that are rich in alkali metals, such as…

Scientists have cracked a major mystery about mammal evolution after discovering a 250 million-year-old fossilized egg from before the time of the dinosaurs. Researchers say the specimen, which holds a curled-up embryo of the plant-eating…

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NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are back home. Hear reactions from the Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—as they returned to Earth. 

For more information about Artemis II,…

The interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying enough water into space to fill 70 Olympic swimming pools each day. The discovery gives scientists a remarkable opportunity to study the elements present during the formation of planets around…

A quiet cemetery might seem like an unlikely place for a scientific discovery. Yet, beneath the grass, millions of tiny ground-nesting bees are busy shaping their underground world.

This story reveals how one peaceful place turned into a buzzing…

NASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the White House plan to get it

DESI has now measured cosmological data for six times as many galaxies and quasars as all previous measurements combined. The collaboration will immediately begin processing the completed dataset, with the first dark energy results from…