Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed

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A composite showing the winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.
A composite showing the winding arms of the spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.

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India's adorable, dog-sized moon rover did its first science on the moon by shooting powerful laser beams at the surface

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Image of the rover on board India's moon lander.
The Pragyaan rover will be the first robot to drive around on the lunar south pole. What will it find?

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Racist housing practices left Minneapolis with an extreme heat problem. Now, the city is rushing to reverse the lasting effects of environmental racism.

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New York has tried poison, traps, and birth control to fix its pest problem. Rat researchers say the city should focus on its people instead.

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A rat sticks its head out of a garbage can as it hunts for food in Bogardus Plaza in Tribeca on August 17, 2022, in New York City.
The prolific rat problem in New York City is caused at least in part by poor food waste disposal, experts say.

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How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic bombs

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White mushroom cloud of the first hydrogen bomb test over the Marshall Islands.
The first hydrogen bomb test, as part of Operation Ivy, detonated over the Marshall Islands in 1952.

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NASA now has an instrument orbiting Earth that can see major air pollutants across North America, tracing them down to an exact neighborhood

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A map of North America showing pollution levels measured by NASA's TEMPO instrument.
NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument now orbiting Earth is the first of its kind.

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A thief suspected of plundering treasures from the British Museum vaults for 20 years is a 'possible case of kleptomania,' police source says

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A police van is seen outside the gates of the British Museum as officers deal with a public disturbance on August 23, 2023 in London, England.
A police van is seen outside the gates of the British Museum as officers deal with a public disturbance on August 23, 2023 in London, England.

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200 monster hunters armed with drones join the biggest search in 50 years for Scotland's fabled Loch Ness creature

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Black and white image showing what looks like a creature's head and neck in the Loch Ness.
The 1934 "surgeon's photo" of the monster, now deemed a hoax

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Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found.

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Visitors walk through the world heritage listed daintree rainforest on November 14, 2012 in Mossman Gorge, Australia.

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Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.

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mosaic of square of bright yellow solar surface with dark shadowy jets shooting across
Snapshots of small jets, or "picoflares," on the sun, from the Solar Orbiter mission operated by NASA and ESA.

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