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Cannabis compounds are showing early promise for healthy aging, a new study has found. However, much more research is needed to learn how results might differ depending on the frequency of use and the individual. Researchers in the UK reviewed 18 different studies across 15 years of research (2008 to 2023), involving both animal models and human participants. “By synthesizing …

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a tiny new moon orbiting Uranus, a rare discovery that expands Uranus’ total known moons to 29, and the first inner one found in nearly 40 years. Provisionally named S/2025 U1, the hidden moon was first detected on February 2, 2025, and at just 10 kilometers (six miles) wide it is …

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have spotted 300 mysterious objects that may be some of the universe’s earliest galaxies. If confirmed, their existence could reshape our understanding of how galaxies first formed. (Artist’s concept). Credit: SciTechDaily.com Drawing on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers at the University of Missouri have identified 300 unusual candidates for early …

A Faroese fisherman’s extraordinary encounter with nature has left the scientific community stunned. Hallur Antoniussen was navigating his vessel Saputi through the icy waters near Carbonear when he spotted something unprecedented: a towering black iceberg rising from the North Atlantic. This massive dark formation, perfectly sculpted and gleaming with an obsidian-like surface, challenged everything experts thought they knew about Arctic ice …

A team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, using photography commissioned from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered a previously unknown moon in our solar system that’s in a “nearly circular” orbit around Uranus. Just six miles in diameter, our little neighbor is so small that no telescope has been powerful enough …

Orbiting astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured remarkable imagery of an unusual white formation in the heart of Africa’s largest desert. This conspicuous marking, visible from space, sits atop an isolated volcanic peak in northern Chad, creating a stark contrast against the surrounding dark volcanic rocks. Volcanic remnants hide ancient climate secrets The Emi Koussi stratovolcano rises more than 3,400 meters …

An international team led by Weizmann Institute of Science and Northwestern University scientists says it has discovered a never-before-seen core of a supernova, a massive exploding star, that was rich in heavy elements such as silicon, sulfur and argon. The star’s outer layers were stripped away suddenly, and the blazing inner core — the heart of the massive star, dubbed …

A Russian cosmonaut and his colleague venturing outside the International Space Station (ISS) on a spacewalk were told to ‘immediately’ leave the area after finding a ‘blob’ in space. Astronauts are trained not to panic, but we bet their hearts still skipped a beat or two. In the end, everything went well. And they eventually learned what the ‘blob’ actually …

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed that Pluto’s weather is run by a high-altitude haze, not by its thin mix of nitrogen and methane. “This is unique in the solar system,” said Tanguy Bertrand, an astronomer at the Paris Observatory who led the analysis. His team’s Webb observations show Pluto running a climate …

Jellyfish galaxies are rare cosmic sights where a spiral or disk galaxy trails a luminous tail of gas and new stars across space. That tail forms when the galaxy rams through hot cluster gas and loses its own fuel in a shimmering wake. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spotted one such creature on June 23, 2025, naming …