60 million stars: Euclid space telescope snaps largest-ever close-up photo of the Milky Way's center - Planet hunters and stargazers will both benefit from the Euclid space telescope's newest image, which was released after 26 hours of deep-space observations.

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'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years -- A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old. -- Sascha Pare

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Drug-induced 'brain freeze' may help protect the brain after a stroke, early study suggests -- By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated brain injury, scientists report. -- Lauren Schneider

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NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Ni o -- This year's El Ni o is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded. -- Skyler Ware

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Something in space is changing alien signals before they can reach Earth, new paper claims -- New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars - and scientists on Earth could be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence. -- Sarah Wild

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One underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease pinpointed in new study -- Autoantibodies may be disabling one of the body's anti-inflammatory brakes in some IBD patients, a new study finds. -- Christoph Schwaiger

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Never-before-seen shark that 'walks' on land discovered off Papua New Guinea -- Divers in Papua New Guinea recently discovered a new species of carpet shark that can traverse low-lying reefs. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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James Webb telescope detects 'galaxy-killing wind' near the dawn of time -- New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, collision-driven winds. -- Ivan Farkas

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'You kill the bacteria and heal the wound at the same time': Emerging nanotech could be the future of wound healing -- Slow-healing lesions - common in diabetics and burn victims - can lead to lingering infections that resist antibiotic treatment. A new approach using light-activated therapies may offer a solution. -- Zunnash Khan

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Rare animals spotted, California due a major quake, photon split into infinite others, and China 'tames nature.' -- Science news this week -- June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. -- Ben Turner

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Watch bison herd defend a newborn calf from wolf attack in a primeval Polish forest -- Researchers have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a wolf attack on European bison in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest. The recording shifts our understanding of predator-prey interactions in this region. -- Sascha Pare

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Estrogen levels in both the male and female brain may shape memory's resilience in face of stress -- Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against such stressors, a mouse study finds. -- Nicoletta Lanese

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'A completely different story': 300 million-year-old fossils reveal the first vertebrate land dwellers weren't what we thought, researchers claim -- Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a new study of rare fossils found near Chicago. -- Patrick Pester

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Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians - but researchers aren't sure why -- Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania. -- Sophie Berdugo

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Wildlife inside Chernobyl exclusion zone acted differently during Russia's invasion, camera traps reveal -- Camera footage in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone revealed that mammals became less active - especially at night - during the Russian occupation, highlighting the war's immediate impact on wildlife. -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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5,000-year-old 'prototype' Stonehenge aligning with solstices discovered near the famous Stone Age monument -- The discovery of two ancient holes at Stonehenge suggests people placed posts there to help observe the summer and winter solstices around 5,000 years ago. -- Tom Metcalfe

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'It's a huge deal': Archaeologists discover second cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo, and it was likely fired by Texans -- Archaeologists have discovered a second cannonball from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, and now they have one from each side. -- Kristina Killgrove

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'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon - and unleashed an improbable swarm of particles -- Physicists have found that splitting a photon would lead to a complex state that may change the way we think of particles. -- Rory Harris

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Oldest known plague victims found in a 5,500-year-old burial ground in Siberia - and many of them were children -- The oldest known evidence of the plague killing people has been found in Siberia, and it carried a gene that may have made it particularly deadly for children. -- Sophie Berdugo

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China's secretive Tianwen-2 mission arrives at Earth's 'quasi-moon' ahead of historic landing -- Analysis -- China's Tianwen-2 mission has arrived at the quasi-moon Kamo'oalewa, which orbits the sun alongside Earth. The secretive probe will scoop up samples from our temporary companion to help uncover its mysterious origin, experts say. -- Harry Baker

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