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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Using ultrafast X-ray technology, researchers captured fleeting molecular structures that reveal how an enzyme builds one of medicine’s most important antibiotics.
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The medicine that saved millions still has secrets to reveal
A molecular movie of penicillin formation.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A new model suggests that uneven bursts of material from the dying Sun could gradually reshape planetary orbits, challenging long-standing estimates of the Solar System’s stability.
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A new calculation could rewrite the Solar System's ultimate fate
The assumption behind earlier predictions.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A study of 204 patients undergoing MRI scans compared three musical approaches, revealing an unexpected difference in how people experienced needle pain.
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Your favorite songs could offer comfort when medical procedures hurt
Favorite music may reduce needle pain, study finds.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A survey of 21 rare debris disks reveals unusual dust signatures that could preserve clues to the violent collisions shaping rocky worlds. @nasawebb.extwitter.link
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What happens when planets collide? NASA's Webb has a stunning answer
A rare class of dusty planetary systems.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An analysis of health records from about 165 million people points to a possible connection between statin use and better long-term eye health. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
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A common Cholesterol drug may offer unexpected hope for protecting vision
A new clue in the fight to protect vision may be hiding in an old drug.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Four decades after the disaster, tiny radioactive fragments are revealing unexpected clues about how nuclear fuel changes inside the contaminated environment.
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Chornobyl's nuclear fuel has survived 40 Years, and scientists are surprised
Chernobyl’s “hot particles”: New clues about their hidden stability.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A quantum-gravity model suggests black holes formed in the universe’s earliest moments may have inherited an extra dimension, potentially leaving detectable relics today.
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We thought we understood black holes. A new theory opens the door to a fifth dimension
A universe with an extra dimension.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ALMA's sharpest observations yet reveal hot patches, irregular edges, and clumpy gas on the famous red supergiant, raising new questions about its turbulent atmosphere.
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The giant star Betelgeuse has a wild surface, and ALMA just revealed it
An 800°C-hot patch that shouldn't have lasted this long.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A tiny nanowire device can distinguish molecular forms of amino acids in complex samples, opening a possible path toward compact life-detection instruments.
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Could electricity reveal alien life? Scientists develop a new detection method
For decades, scientists have hunted for signs of life in space by chasing elusive "biosignatures", chemical clues that might reveal whether something is
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As Canada considers ending seasonal clock changes, researchers say the choice between permanent time systems could have lasting effects on sleep and circadian rhythms.
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Which time is healthier? Scientists say the answer may be permanent standard time
The clock debate is changing.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Modern forensic analysis of century-old archaeological collections has uncovered injuries that may reveal what happened to people buried beside Egypt’s earliest rulers.
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What happened after ancient Egyptian rulers died? Forensics reveal a dark ritual
The mystery of Abydos’ mass burials.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A newly identified mitochondrial transporter responds to time, temperature and food, giving scientists a closer look at how the body adjusts its energy use.
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Your body has its own fat-burning clock, and scientists just found the switch
A hidden system inside brown fat.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A newly studied pulsar system has an unusually low combined mass and a tight orbit, giving astronomers a rare opportunity to investigate gravity.
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Astronomers find the lightest double neutron star system ever seen
The system puts Einstein’s theory to the test.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new molecular atlas lets scientists examine how closely stem-cell-derived blastoids reproduce the complex cellular changes seen during natural early development.
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They look like human embryos, but scientists say something is still missing
Blastoids give scientists a new way to study early development.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
James Webb Space Telescope observations of unusual dusty disks are giving astronomers a closer look at the violent events that may shape young planetary systems. @nasawebb.extwitter.link
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Did giant collisions create moons around distant stars? Webb finds new clues
A cosmic laboratory for planet formation
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A mouse study has traced a surprising reaction to a small group of brain cells, offering clues about why cannabinoids can sometimes intensify fear. @nupress.bsky.social
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Why can cannabis make you feel calm one moment and terrified the next?
Mouse study reveals, for the first time, brain cells that help drive anxiety after cannabinoid exposure.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A study of cancer patients and mice points to an overlooked dietary factor that could shape how the gut responds to antibiotic treatment. www.techexplorist.com/eating-sugar...
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Eating sugar may worsen the gut damage caused by antibiotics
Antibiotics can disrupt the gut microbiome.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ancient bacterial genomes and historical records reveal a complex history of recurring outbreaks, shifting plague lineages and major disruptions across Europe.
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The Plague didn't end with the black death. Scientists trace what happened next
Black death was not one pandemic, but centuries of outbreaks.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A century of observations has finally sharpened the search around this nearby binary system, but astronomers still have a major question about its unseen worlds. @umich.edu
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Two Suns, one planet hunt, and no giant worlds in sight
No Jupiter-sized planets found around 70 Ophiuchi.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A newly identified protein cascade helps plants translate physical contact into rapid genetic changes, revealing how they prepare for challenges in their environment. @lunduniversity.bsky.social
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How do plants sense touch? Scientists uncover the molecular cascade behind mechanical sensing
Scientists reveal how plants turn touch into molecular signals.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Climate models reveal an unexpected shift beneath the Pacific, where warming is changing ocean circulation and producing sharply different effects across regions.
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The Pacific Ocean is losing oxygen, but not everywhere in the same way
As the climate warms, scientists warn that the oceans are steadily losing oxygen, a process known as deoxygenation that threatens marine ecosystems
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A compound produced when the body processes certain foods has shown striking effects in experimental models, raising questions about a new approach to heart failure. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Eating pomegranates improves heart function by up to 80%
Natural compound improves heart relaxation.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Canadian radio telescope has detected a faint cosmic signal using its own observations, opening an unexpected route to investigating the universe’s expansion.
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Hydrogen's ancient glow could offer a new way to probe dark energy
A new way to map the distant universe and investigate one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Evidence from muon experiments and theoretical calculations points to an unusual superconducting state that could open new avenues for studying topological quantum matter. @EduMinOfIndia @ANRFIndia @iitk.bsky.social @isisneutronmuon.bsky.social
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This superconductor behaves differently when time is reversed
A hidden symmetry break could change what we know about superconductors.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An AI-designed formulation kept experimental vaccine nanoparticles stable under warm conditions, potentially opening new possibilities for vaccine storage and delivery. @mit.edu
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Scientists find a way to keep RNA vaccines stable in the heat
A way to stabilize the lipid nanoparticles used to deliver RNA vaccines.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The discovery of BC200 inside a human poxvirus exposes an unusual evolutionary twist, raising new questions about how mobile DNA moves and what it does.
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A human gene that can jump has been found inside a virus
In a discovery that blurs the boundaries between human genetics and virology, scientists have identified a human gene embedded in a poxvirus, and it's no
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A new study links ceramides produced during high-fat feeding to a regenerative pathway that helps colorectal cancer cells invade the liver. @mit.edu
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How fat-derived molecules help colon cancer spread
A cellular “switch” may be helping colorectal cncer spread to the liver.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JWST observations reveal that young galaxies were already sending metal-enriched gas into their surroundings, hinting that cosmic recycling began remarkably early. @uarizona.bsky.social
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The universe was an infant- yet galaxies were already spreading heavy elements
JWST finds galaxies spreading heavy elements just 500 million years after the big bang.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Repeated seafloor surveys reveal how the underwater volcano collapsed during its eruption, offering new clues about how submarine eruptions can generate dangerous tsunamis.
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Hunga volcano’s seafloor collapsed 700 meters during eruption
Submarine caldera eruptions are difficult to study because their most important processes occur beneath the ocean.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A mouse study reveals a rapid mechanical link between abdominal pressure and brain veins, offering a new view of how movement shapes circulation inside the skull. @michiganstateu.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
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Your core muscles may help control blood flow to the brain
When abdominal muscles contract, pressure rises in blood vessels connected to the brain through the spinal column.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After 36 years circling Earth, NASA’s veteran telescope is watching a gravitationally lensed supernova whose changing appearance could test how fast the universe expands.
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Hubble has orbited Earth 200,000 times, and it’s still chasing a cosmic mystery
A supernova appears more than once
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new study suggests that being around other people during a meal may change how the body responds afterward, revealing an unexpected link between relationships and metabolism.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A large tissue study reveals a surprising pattern of Y chromosome loss around tumors, raising new questions about how cancer begins and spreads through tissue.
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A missing Y chromosome may be an early clue to cancer
A chromosome change linked to aging may have a bigger role.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nearly four decades after countries moved to eliminate ozone-damaging chemicals, new observations show a remarkable shift while revealing fresh challenges.
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Earth’s ozone hole was surprisingly small in 2025
The Antarctic ozone hole is showing major improvement.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A nanoscale optical device uses one light pulse to redirect another, opening new possibilities for ultrafast photonics and information processing. @caltech.edu
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Caltech device redirects light in less than a trillionth of a second
Using light to control light.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A new study traces the brain’s earliest development and reveals an unexpected split that could change how scientists grow hard-to-make neurons. @stanford
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The human brain is actually two separate organs, study
The brain may not have a single developmental starting point.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Observations of 20 stellar disruptions reveal a surprising connection between black holes of vastly different sizes and when their powerful jets switch on.
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Scientists have uncovered a universal rule for black hole "burps"
Black Holes wait for the same trigger before firing jets.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A chemical signal preserved in three #fossil teeth offers a rare glimpse into the biology of the iconic predator and its ability to generate body heat.
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T. rex teeth reveal the dinosaur's body temperature
Researchers examined enamel from three T. rex teeth recovered from Montana’s Hell Creek Formation.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A NASA spacecraft caught the subtle changes left by a recent impact, giving scientists an unusually detailed look at how the lunar surface changes over time.
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NASA's Moon Orbiter spots a rare new crater on the Moon
NASA’s Moon orbiter spots a rare new 222-meter crater.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A new NASA-led method combines satellite and ground measurements to reveal how water, ice and air subtly reshape #Earth's global reference system.
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Earth's mass is always moving. NASA just found a way to watch
Geophysicists usually regard the center of a geodetic network (CN) as a stand-in for the Earth's center of figure (CF) and consider the displacement of
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Webb's latest observations of a nearby stellar nursery reveal objects that could reshape scientists’ understanding of where star formation ends. @nasawebb.extwitter.link
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Webb discovers brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter
They look like stars, but they’re only twice the mass of Jupiter.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A new decoding technique transforms neural activity into moving images, offering a closer look at how the brain builds its internal representation of the visual world.
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Scientists looked into a mouse's brain and recreated what it saw
Turning brain signals back into vision.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A new @Stanford Medicine model gives transplanted human #brain tissue an unusually complete environment, revealing features that are difficult to reproduce in laboratory dishes. #mice
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Scientists grow human brain tissue inside mice
A new platform for studying neurological disease.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A faint object hiding inside a young star’s dusty disk has finally been confirmed as a planet, challenging ideas about how quickly giant worlds can form.
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Astronomers confirm the youngest planet ever found; Less than 1 million years old
A planet caught at the beginning of its life.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new study reveals an unexpected molecular architecture inside neurons that may help coordinate the complex process of reading exceptionally long stretches of DNA.
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The hidden trick Neurons use to read extra-long genes
Inside the genome’s longest sentences.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
By studying tiny changes in a distant world's light, astronomers uncovered recurring atmospheric patterns that reveal how its extreme weather changes over time.
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Astronomers spot Jupiter-like weather on a world 20 light-years away
Mapping the Moon’s secrets: How AI could guide humanity’s next giant leap.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A remarkable #JWST observation has revealed an unusually crowded region of young galaxies, offering a rare glimpse at how cosmic structures began taking shape.
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A dense cluster of galaxies may be creating a cosmic bubble
A cosmic crowd at dawn.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Chariklo’s two rings are changing, challenging ideas about how small-body ring systems evolve and survive. @nasawebb.extwitter.link
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James Webb spots a strange change in Chariklo's invisible rings
A cosmic surprise from the Webb.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A new optical system uses photon-counting to uncover complex behavior in bright laser light, opening an unusual route toward practical quantum information processing.
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What if ordinary light could behave like a quantum machine
Quantum power hidden in ordinary light.
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Tech Explorist @techexplorist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A new model of the Sun’s interior points to an unusual possibility, raising questions about what may have happened during the Solar System’s turbulent youth. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social
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Study suggests the Sun may have swallowed a super-Earth
The Sun may still carry the scars of a lost super-Earth.
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