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Astronomers just found the youngest known planet ever
Astronomers have confirmed a Jupiter-size planet less than a million years old, making Elias 2-24 b the youngest known planet
JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be black holes growing at incredible speeds
New supercomputer simulations suggest JWST’s puzzling Little Red Dots are rapidly growing black holes from the early Universe. Extreme radiation
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Just a couple of minutes of walking around or stretching every hour can improve memory and attention span
Ancient skeleton shows woman in imperial China had her nose amputated
Texts from imperial China suggest that some crimes were punishable with unusual amputations and a 700-year-old skeleton appears to offer
Predictive and instructive cerebellar encoding of dopamine reward drives motivated behavior
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02449-z Cerebellar neurons encode abstract dopamine rewards using activity patterns that reinforce reward-seeking
NASA’s TEMPO satellite enables better monitoring of bad air days
From 22,000 miles above, the new instrument lets researchers and regulators track airborne health threats in near real time, on