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Home Science News Published Jun 7th, 2025 2:00PM EDT Image: AKKHARAT JARUSILAWONG/Shutterstock If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A study published in 2023 suggests that nearly 1 million years ago, humanity almost ceased to exist. This potential mass extinction event was discovered by researchers when they began analyzing the genetic data of 3,145 modern humans. The researchers suggest that the ancient population may...

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Home Science News Published Jun 7th, 2025 10:30AM EDT Image: cosmicvue / Adobe If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have discovered a massive black hole jet that is three times bigger than the Milky Way. The jet is known as Quasar J1601+3102, and it was first spotted by astronomers using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). Researchers estimate that the jet spans nearly 200,000 light-years, more than twice the...

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Home Science News Published Jun 7th, 2025 9:00AM EDT Image: Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. New reports out of the NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggest that the carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s atmosphere haven’t been this high in millions of years. It’s a striking discovery that raises even more questions about the current state of our ongoing fight against...

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Home Science News Published Jun 6th, 2025 5:45PM EDT Image: Chayanan/Getty Images If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Skywatchers are in for a special treat this June when the Strawberry Moon makes its annual appearance. But this year’s event comes with a rare twist, as it will be the lowest full moon visible in the Northern Hemisphere since 2006, making it an especially captivating sight. The term “Strawberry Moon” has...

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Home Science News Published Jun 6th, 2025 3:15PM EDT Image: William Edge/Shutterstock If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. For years, scientists have watched nematodes build massive superorganisms in the form of writhing towers. But, they’ve only seen it happen in the lab. Now, though, researchers write that they’ve observed these massive, disturbing towers writhing in the wild for the first time ever. Previously,...