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Comet C/2025 R3 is already drawing attention—and offers a rare chance to understand what separates an ordinary comet from a truly “great” one. Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) hangs above Bietschhorn in ...

A newly discovered comet, C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), could be the brightest of its kind visible from Earth in 2026. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun on April 19 and its closest approach ...

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From coffee and green tea to bananas and pecans, new research on everyday ingredients revealed surprising connections between what we eat and how our bodies function. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning ...

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Scientists at the Very Large Array pick up the hivemind recipe from an extraterrestrial signal in Pluribus episode 1 Image: Apple These TV shows all grapple with this question in one way or another ...

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