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Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the sun's missing silver

Scientists say the sun has a little more silver than we thought.

Space · Jul 23

NASA's retired astronauts are hitting the road to get young people to vote: 'one small step for you, and one giant leap for our country.'

"We have to do what we can to ensure that the country makes it through the challenges that we're dealing with here, and that is the message that we're going to be taking to colleges and universities."

Space · Jul 23

Satellite spots a 'hummingbird' in Antarctica | Space photo of the day for July 23, 2026

A hummingbird shape in satellite data from NISAR is actually a mountaintop spotted in Antarctica.

Space · Jul 23

Key to treating insomnia may be in stool of healthy sleepers

There seemed to be ‘sustained improvement’ in treatment’s benefits over six months, researchers say

The Independent UK · Jul 23

The James Webb Space Telescope's disappearing 'Little Red Dots' may lead to another cosmic puzzle

Just as the dinosaurs didn't disappear but rather evolved into birds, cosmic dinosaurs in the form of the JWST's Little Red Dots may fade away completely.

Space · Jul 23

DNA study challenges key assumption about Viking burials

People buried together in old Scandinavian graves were not always related

The Independent UK · Jul 23

Scientists reveal maximum age humans could live to if we can cure ageing

Study finds DNA mutations impose a hard limit on human lifespan even if all other contributing factors of ageing are eliminated

The Independent UK · Jul 23

Orcas spotted ramming into giant fish carcasses and watching them explode for fun

Behaviour may also be strategy to portion food for juveniles, researchers say

The Independent UK · Jul 23

Weight loss drugs linked to loss of hair in major new study

The study looked at 50,000 people on GLP-1 agonist drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro

The Independent UK · Jul 22

China's record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket launches 9 satellites from a ship at sea (video)

Orienspace's Gravity-1, the world's most powerful solid rocket, aced its third-ever mission on Tuesday (July 21), launching nine satellites to orbit from a ship at sea.

Space · Jul 22