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Astronomers Capture Clearest Direct Image of Betelgeuse's Companion

Published July 28, 2026, VLT/SPHERE images point to a 2.6–3.1 solar-mass star named Siwarha that will be checked for orbital motion in late 2027.

Voyager 1 Nears One‑Light‑Day Mark as It Continues to Send Data

Journal Removes Two 1940s Max Planck Essays and Replaces Them With Blank Pages

ERC Awards €838 Million to 319 Researchers in Latest Advanced Grants

Scientists Recover Cold‑Adapted Yeast From Ötzi and Use It to Bake Sourdough

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

New Québec Fossil Narrows Late‑Cambrian Furongian Gap

Museum ‘Mammoth’ Bones Reidentified as Ancient Whales

Scientists Name Labrujasuchus expectatus, a Two‑Legged, Beaked Croc Relative from Ghost Ranch

Isolated Tail Bone Provides Clearest Evidence of Ostrich‑Like Dinosaur on Ancient Pacific Coast

Stromatolites Found in South Korean Impact Crater Point to Post‑Impact ‘Oxygen Oases’

Tooth Proteins Link East Asian Homo Erectus to Denisovans and Modern Peoples

Antarctic Ice Cores Reveal Supernova Dust Tracing 80,000 Years of the Solar System’s Route

New Dinosaur Xiangyunloong Fengming Illuminates Early Path to Giant Sauropods

Dark Energy Camera Reveals Vast Halo and Stellar Stream Around Sombrero Galaxy

Curiosity Uncovers 21 Organic Molecules in Ancient Martian Rock, Seven Firsts for Mars

Digital Fossil Mining Reveals Giant Cretaceous Octopuses

DECam Image Reveals Sombrero Galaxy’s Giant Halo and Stellar Stream

Lyrids Peak Overnight, Visible Across Brazil

New 70-Million-Year-Old Lizard in Patagonia Extends Scincomorph Record to South America