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For some time, scientists have pondered a peculiar question: Can galaxies exist without an outer halo of dark matter? But new research flips this question around, investigating whether some dark matter haloes could exist without galaxies in…

When visual information enters the brain, it travels through two pathways that process different aspects of the input. For decades, scientists have hypothesized that one of these pathways, the ventral visual stream, is…

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The Lyrids, the first meteor shower since January and one of the oldest known is set to begin on Thursday, April 17, 2025, though the peak in the early hours of Tuesday, April 22. During that peak, about 18 “shooting stars,” some very…

Robin McKie reflects on his 40 years as science editor for the Observer and tells Madeleine Finlay about the game-changing discoveries and scientific controversies that he’s reported on during that time. He describes how the discovery of the…

Many historians agree that the fall of the Western Roman Empire, usually dated to the fall of ancient Rome in 476 CE, marked the end of classical antiquity. What they don’t always agree on, however,…

A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Algarve and the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into the mastery of pyrotechnology during the Ice Age. The study, published in Geoarchaeology, focuses on three…

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A new machine learning model has predicted that there are 44 Earth-like planets in other star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, with researchers from Switzerland claiming that the algorithm at the core of the model is 99% accurate.

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A recent coronal mass ejection will likely disrupt Earth’s magnetic field this week, which may make the northern lights visible to more states as early as Tuesday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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