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A faster way to estimate AI power consumption

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12 percent of total U.S. electricity by 2028, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National...

Watch comet PANSTARRS ‘switch on’ its second tail as it makes closest approach to Earth

A sungazing spacecraft captured spectacular views of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) as its ion tail appeared to "switch on" and swing away from the sun during a close approach to Earth on April 26....

Artemis 2 heat shield is a sunken treasure in the ocean | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2026

The Artemis 2 heat shield looks like a sunken treasure from the Titanic in an underwater shot following splashdown. The mission's Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of San Diego on April 10,...

Aurora expert captures rare pulsating northern lights in remarkable detail: ‘One of the most profound sightings of my career’

When Tom Kerss, chief aurora chaser for the Norwegian coastal voyage operator Hurtigruten, was looking back through footage from his latest season of northern lights voyages, he stumbled upon...

Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz

The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region between the moon and our planet. Think...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he’s fighting for Pluto: ‘I am very much in the camp of ‘make Pluto a planet again’

NASA chief Jared Isaacman wants to restore Pluto to its former glory. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) stripped Pluto of its planethood, reclassifying the icy world as a "dwarf...

NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars — the ‘most diverse collection’ ever seen

A rock discovered by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contains "the most diverse collection" of the building blocks of life ever seen on the Red Planet, including seven never found there before, new...

Hubble and Euclid capture the final act of a dying star — and it’s glorious: Space photo of the week

Mar 16, 2026

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The government is very serious about UFOs. So why are researchers being stymied?

Mar 16, 2026

In a significant move, President Donald Trump mandated the declassification of government records...

The appendix evolved at least 32 times across 361 species, so it’s ‘unlikely to be a useless evolutionary accident,’ research finds

Mar 16, 2026

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GTA 6 and everything else: What to watch in video games in 2026

Jan 2, 2026

The video games industry is unpredictable. If you'd told us this time last year that a previously...

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NASA’s DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling ‘cosmic snowballs’ at each other

Mar 11, 2026

**New NASA DART Images Reveal Asteroids Slowly Reshaping Themselves Through Rock and Dust...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is ‘bursting with methanol,’ new study finds

Mar 11, 2026

Astronomers studying the enigmatic interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS have uncovered a surprising find:...

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A baby suddenly started to smell of rotting fish

Oct 30, 2025

The patient is a one-year-old boy residing in Portugal. A striking and potent symptom emerged in a...

Gene on the X chromosome may help explain high multiple sclerosis rates in women

Oct 30, 2025

A new study conducted in mice suggests that a specific gene located on the X chromosome could play...

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