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Bats found glowing bright green under UV light, scientists may know why
Researchers from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources examined 60 preserved bat specimens belonging to six species, including big brown bats, eastern red bats and grey bats.
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‘Take Vacations Before October 29’: Harvard Astrophysicist’s warning fuels comet 3I/ATLAS artificial origin speculations
First detected in July, Comet 3I/ATLAS measures nearly 5.6 kilometres across and weighs an estimated 33 billion tonnes.
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Mars ice could preserve traces of ancient life for 50 million years, study finds
Researchers recreated Martian conditions in a laboratory using E. coli bacteria and pure water ice. The samples were frozen at minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit and exposed to radiation levels similar to those on Mars.
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A faint light in the Milky Way’s centre could be hidden dark matter, says study
Scientists recreated the Milky Way’s history using supercomputers to track where dark matter should collect and collide.
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Meet World’s Longest Traveller: This tiny 100-gram bird, light as a feather, circles the Earth twice each year
Over its lifespan of about 30 years, a single Arctic Tern may travel more than 2.4 million kilometres. That is the equivalent of three trips to the Moon.
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Orionid Meteor Shower 2025 at its peak: When and where to watch the dazzling fireballs for the best view
NASA reports that each meteor can travel at speeds reaching 148,000 miles per hour, leaving glowing trails that sometimes last several minutes.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS emits rare metal alloy, says Harvard expert
3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar visitor after 1I/‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. In most comets, nickel and iron appear in similar amounts, but 3I/ATLAS breaks that rule.
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New hairy snail species found in Maharashtra’s Tilari forest, named after a Japanese animator
The newly found species has been named Lagocheilus hayaomiyazakii sp. nov., honouring Japanese animator and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki.
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Giant, mysterious rippling wave detected in Milky Way by Gaia Telescope
For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.
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Mysterious mass stranding leaves 26 killer whales dead in Argentina, scientists seek answers
Killer whales, also known as orcas, are apex predators and key indicators of marine health. They are the largest members of the dolphin family and are easily recognised by their black-and-white colouring.
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World’s oldest alpaca, Wainui, dies at the age of 27 in New Zealand
Alpacas generally live for around 15 to 20 years, making Wainui’s long life extraordinary.
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Satellites track the largest ocean waves ever seen, fueled by a powerful storm
Ocean swells are not the choppy waves seen near shores. They are smoother, longer and can travel vast distances for days or even weeks.
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Aliens found humans too boring, so they quit contacting us, claims scientist
A new theory from a scientist working with NASA, raises a surprising question about extraterrestrial life and why they might have stopped reaching out to humanity altogether.
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World’s most venomous blue-ringed octopus turns yellow to warn, one bite can kill humans
Normally, the blue-ringed octopus is brown or cream in colour, blending easily with rocks and sand. But when disturbed, it flashes vivid blue rings across its body while its skin turns bright yellow.
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Joey, the world’s oldest canary, died at 34 after spending its entire life in a cage
A remarkable pet from Hull quietly made history, living an unusually long life that left experts amazed and pet lovers wondering about the secret behind its longevity.
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DNA Reveals Hippos Survived Europe’s Glacial Ice Age Against Expectations
Researchers had long assumed that central European hippos went extinct at the onset of the Weichselian glaciation.
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‘Grass Peacock’ of India, known for swayamvar dance, on brink of extinction, warns WII
Known locally as the “grass peacock”, the Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus) is famed for its leaping courtship display during the monsoon.
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Mars’ mysterious dune gullies may be the work of exploding ice blocks, say scientists
For years, scientists believed carbon dioxide ice might play a role in shaping Mars’ surface. However, no one had ever observed this process in action.
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Haunting image of rare hyena in ghost town wins 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, here's its story
The 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest received a record-breaking 60,636 entries from 113 countries. Each entry offered a glimpse into the fragile beauty of wildlife and the growing threats it faces.
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Giant weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field discovered, continues expanding, say scientists
Scientists made these observations using data from the European Space Agency’s Swarm mission, which relies on three identical satellites to measure magnetic signals from Earth’s interior and oceans.
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MIT scientists discover 4.5-billion-year-old traces of ‘proto-earth’ before the moon-forming collision
For years, scientists believed the “giant impact” that formed the Moon melted and reshaped the entire young Earth, erasing its original composition. The new MIT findings challenge that view.
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Mysterious deep-sea faceless fish found in South Pacific leaves scientists astonished
The most striking trait of this fish is the absence of visible eyes. Living in total darkness, the faceless cusk eel has evolved to survive without sight.
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One of the World’s longest: Dinosaur footprints stretching over 650 feet discovered in UK
The largest trackway, now known as the dinosaur superhighway, extends across the quarry and is believed to have been made by a sauropod similar to Cetiosaurus.
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Physicists predict the Universe will end in a reverse big bang, here’s when
For two decades, scientists believed the cosmological constant, known as λ (lambda), was positive. That meant the Universe would keep expanding indefinitely.
