LLMs unleash AI's potential for autonomous and explainable materials discovery

Discovering new inorganic materials is central to advancing technologies in catalysis, energy storage, semiconductors, and ...

An interstellar comet is passing by Earth tonight—here’s how to see it

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS wasn't supposed to be there — meet the astronomer who discovered it

Unlike YR4, finding earlier observations of 3I/ATLAS to model where it might have come from was easier said than done. During ...

Physicists Open a “Message in a Bottle” From Interstellar Space

Researchers have identified a distinctive ultraviolet signature of water in the interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st evidence of 'dinosaur-like' stars in the early universe

"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a ...

A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.