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Original Collagen Discovered in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones Challenges Fossilization Assumptions

A team of researchers has uncovered compelling evidence that original collagen—the primary protein in bone and connective tissue—can persist inside dinosaur fossils for tens of millions of years. This finding upends a long-standing assumption in paleontology that such organic molecules would degrade completely over geological timescales. The discovery,

SDSS-V Expands Cosmic Census to Southern Sky with 3 Million New Stellar Spectra

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey's fifth iteration (SDSS-V) has completed a major expansion, bringing its optical spectroscopic coverage to the entire sky for the first time by extending into the Southern Hemisphere. This release adds more than three million new spectra to the survey's database, dramatically

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Radiation-Blocking Vest Successfully Tested on Lunar Round-Trip Mission

A radiation-blocking vest designed to protect astronauts from harmful space radiation has successfully completed a round-trip journey to the Moon and back, demonstrating effective shielding capabilities in deep space conditions. The vest represents a notable shift in approach: rather than relying entirely on heavy spacecraft-level shielding to protect crew members,

New Cosmic Object Discovery: The Black Hole 'Star'

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new kind of cosmic object that appears to blur the traditional boundaries between black holes and stars. According to reports, this hybrid entity, described as a "black hole star," represents a category of astronomical object that had not been previously documented.

Evidence Suggests Life May Have Originated Twice on Early Earth

Study Reshapes Understanding of Life's Beginning Scientists investigating life's deepest origins have uncovered evidence suggesting that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice on Earth. The findings challenge the long-held assumption that all life descended from a single common ancestor and point

Astronomers Nearly Double Known Cosmic X-Ray Sources, Spotting 2 Million Active Black Holes

A breakthrough sky survey has dramatically expanded our view of the high-energy universe. Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources, cataloging roughly 2 million active black holes, along with supernova remnants, neutron stars, and other intensely energetic objects. The findings come from a deep X-ray survey

Physicists Celebrate Confirmation of Pure Gluonic Matter: China’s Glueball Discovery Hailed as a Triumph

A collaboration at the Beijing Electron‑Positron Collider (BEPCII) has reported a narrow resonance with a mass of about 2.3 GeV that matches lattice QCD predictions for the lightest glueball—a hypothetical particle composed solely of gluons, the force carriers of the strong interaction. The signal emerged from high‑