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According to a study published today in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team successfully pinpointed a type of sugar called erythrulose inside a molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way galaxy ...

Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the ...

Scheduled to launch Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, NASA's Roman telescope will image far more sky than Hubble to unlock deep-space secrets.

China’s lunar missions are exploring the Moon’s far side, rare materials, and the possibility of future robotic bases. These ...

Together, the 2026 Breakthrough Prize recipients highlight the breadth of modern science — from rewriting the genetic basis of disease to testing the limits of particle physics and modeling extreme ...

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