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- [Industrial fishing has been depleting midwater fish for decades](https://www.argo.net/industrial-fishing-has-been-depleting-midwater-fish-for-decades/index.html.md): 2026-07-25 - A study in Global Change Biology led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers reports that industrial fisheries have been taking large midwater fishes from the ocean's twilight zone...
- [Satellite view reveals tide-fed biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau](https://www.argo.net/satellite-view-reveals-tide-fed-biodiversity-in-guinea-bissau/index.html.md): 2026-07-25 - Eighty-eight islands and islets spread across Guinea-Bissau's coast, then seem to enlarge as the sea pulls back. A July 17 NASA Earth Observatory release uses a Landsat 8...
- [Sea level shifts north of Greenland may redirect Arctic freshwater](https://www.argo.net/sea-level-shifts-north-of-greenland-may-redirect-arctic-freshwater/index.html.md): 2026-07-25 - A 2026 study in Nature Communications finds signs that the Arctic's freshwater routes are changing. The observed signal is a rise in dynamic sea level north of Greenland,...
- [Southern Ocean surface waters are getting saltier as subtropical gyres expand](https://www.argo.net/southern-ocean-surface-waters-are-getting-saltier-as-subtropical-gyres-expand/index.html.md): 2026-07-25 - A study in Nature Communications reports a clear rise in sea-surface salinity across a broad belt of the Southern Ocean. From 2004 through 2024, the water between 40°S...
- [First close-up images reveal Shackleton’s last ship on the Labrador seafloor](https://www.argo.net/first-close-up-images-reveal-shackletons-last-ship-on-the-labrador-seafloor/index.html.md): 2026-07-25 - The stakes of a century-old expedition story have come into focus on the floor of the Labrador Sea. A July 8 announcement from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society...
- [Summer marine heatwaves sharpen ocean productivity divide in the Southern Hemisphere](https://www.argo.net/summer-marine-heatwaves-sharpen-ocean-productivity-divide-in-the-southern-hemisphere/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - Researchers at the Second Institute of Oceanography report that the season of a marine heatwave can strongly shape the ocean's productivity response. Their study, published July 9 in...
- [NOAA opens a new pathway to deep-sea records](https://www.argo.net/noaa-opens-a-new-pathway-to-deep-sea-records/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - NOAA Ocean Exploration's July 9 announcement opens a larger window onto life far below the ocean surface. The agency has placed biological occurrence annotations from NOAA Ship Okeanos...
- [Thousands of idle ships in Hormuz raise a global bioinvasion warning](https://www.argo.net/thousands-of-idle-ships-in-hormuz-raise-a-global-bioinvasion-warning/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - A July 2026 study in Biological Invasions warns that the long lay-up of commercial ships after the Strait of Hormuz closure could create a rare chance for marine...
- [The Greenland shark can live for nearly 400 years, longer than any known vertebrate and a 96.7%-complete genome reveals expanded longevity-related gene families, unusual histone H1.0 changes and DNA-protection pathways that may keep sharks born centuries ago alive in Arctic waters through an extraordinary lifespan](https://www.argo.net/the-greenland-shark-can-live-for-nearly-400-years-longer-than-any-known-vertebrate-and-a-96-7-complete-genome-reveals-expanded-longevity-related-gene-families-unusual-histone-h1-0-changes-and-dna-pr/index.html.md): 2026-07-20 - A PNAS study led by researchers at The University of Tokyo has produced a nearly complete genome for the Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebrate known to science. The...
- [Earth’s strange space dust may come from an asteroid scientists have never found](https://www.argo.net/earths-strange-space-dust-may-come-from-an-asteroid-scientists-have-never-found/index.html.md): 2026-07-20 - A study in Science Advances has identified a strange class of cosmic dust that may come from a near-Earth asteroid unlike anything represented in meteorite collections. The particles,...
- [Astronomers found tiny space junk hiding near Earth’s most valuable satellites](https://www.argo.net/astronomers-found-tiny-space-junk-hiding-near-earths-most-valuable-satellites/index.html.md): 2026-07-20 - A study in The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences has uncovered some of the faintest debris ever detected in geosynchronous orbit. Led by researchers at the University of...
- [Earth’s radiation belts could expose nuclear weapons hidden in orbit](https://www.argo.net/earths-radiation-belts-could-expose-nuclear-weapons-hidden-in-orbit/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - A Nature study by MIT nuclear physicist Areg Danagoulian proposes a striking way to check whether satellites are carrying nuclear weapons. The idea uses high-energy protons already trapped...
- [Retractable Mars tunnels could let astronauts cross the red planet in minutes](https://www.argo.net/retractable-mars-tunnels-could-let-astronauts-cross-the-red-planet-in-minutes/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - Researchers at the University of Michigan have proposed a retractable, pressurized tunnel system that could change how future astronauts move around on Mars. The 2026 concept, called LATCH,...
- [Nearby super-Earth may sit in the sweet spot for life](https://www.argo.net/nearby-super-earth-may-sit-in-the-sweet-spot-for-life/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - A study in The Astrophysical Journal has refined the picture of GJ 3378 b, a nearby rocky super-Earth that receives about 90% as much stellar radiation as Earth...
- [Vanished super-Earths may have reshaped Uranus, Neptune and their moons](https://www.argo.net/vanished-super-earths-may-have-reshaped-uranus-neptune-and-their-moons/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - A study in Icarus study used computer simulations to replay the early outer solar system and it points to a startling possibility. One or two extra giant planets...
- [China’s Tianwen-2 reveals Earth’s strange quasi-moon up close for the first time](https://www.argo.net/chinas-tianwen-2-reveals-earths-strange-quasi-moon-up-close-for-the-first-time/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - China's Tianwen-2 mission has reached the near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa and returned the first close-up image of the tiny object, according to a July 6 announcement from the China...
- [A giant space airbag could blunt the next solar superstorm](https://www.argo.net/a-giant-space-airbag-could-blunt-the-next-solar-superstorm/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - A study in Space Weather proposes a bold planetary defense concept for one of modern civilization's largest natural hazards. The system, called StormWall, would use spacecraft to release...
- [A tiny X-ray telescope could reveal the Moon’s hidden chemistry](https://www.argo.net/a-tiny-x-ray-telescope-could-reveal-the-moons-hidden-chemistry/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University and collaborating Japanese institutions have used numerical simulations to show that a small X-ray telescope in lunar orbit could map key elements across...
- [Machine learning puts dark matter back in the Milky Way glow mystery](https://www.argo.net/machine-learning-puts-dark-matter-back-in-the-milky-way-glow-mystery/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - Researchers at the University of Vienna and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have used machine learning to revisit a mysterious gamma-ray glow near the center of the Milky Way....
- [A solar gravity telescope could turn white dwarfs and black holes into detailed maps](https://www.argo.net/a-solar-gravity-telescope-could-turn-white-dwarfs-and-black-holes-into-detailed-maps/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - A 2026 arXiv study by Slava G. Turyshev argues that the Sun's own gravity could become the heart of an ultra-powerful space observatory. The proposed solar gravitational lens,...
- [New Horizons detects the solar wind losing speed at the edge of the solar system](https://www.argo.net/new-horizons-detects-the-solar-wind-losing-speed-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - Researchers at Southwest Research Institute have used NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to measure how the solar wind weakens as it travels toward the edge of the solar system....
- [NASA’s New Horizons wakes up nearly 6 billion miles from Earth](https://www.argo.net/nasas-new-horizons-wakes-up-nearly-6-billion-miles-from-earth/index.html.md): 2026-07-19 - NASA's official New Horizons announcement marks a quiet milestone from one of the most remote spacecraft ever operated. After its longest hibernation period yet, the probe has awakened...
- [NASA’s CAPSTONE just proved spacecraft can navigate the Moon with fewer calls home](https://www.argo.net/nasas-capstone-just-proved-spacecraft-can-navigate-the-moon-with-fewer-calls-home/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - NASA's CAPSTONE announcement closes a small spacecraft mission with large implications for the Moon. The microwave-sized spacecraft tested navigation and communications tools that could help future missions operate...
- [Dark energy survives a major challenge as the universe keeps accelerating](https://www.argo.net/dark-energy-survives-a-major-challenge-as-the-universe-keeps-accelerating/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - Researchers at the University of Southampton have reexamined a recent challenge to dark energy and found that the universe is still expanding at an accelerating rate. The work,...
- [A strange LIGO signal could point to black holes born before the first stars](https://www.argo.net/a-strange-ligo-signal-could-point-to-black-holes-born-before-the-first-stars/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A study in The Astrophysical Journal has placed one unusual number at the center of a cosmic mystery. Researchers at the University of Miami argue that a gravitational-wave...
- [Mars life search faces a surprising warning from a famous meteorite](https://www.argo.net/mars-life-search-faces-a-surprising-warning-from-a-famous-meteorite/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A study in Earth and Planetary Science Letters has turned the famous Murchison meteorite into a cautionary tale for the search for ancient life on Mars. Researchers found...
- [Scientists revisited a famous neutron star collision and found a sharper clue to the universe’s expansion](https://www.argo.net/scientists-revisited-a-famous-neutron-star-collision-and-found-a-sharper-clue-to-the-universes-expansion/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A study in The Astrophysical Journal has revisited the famous 2017 GW170817 analysis and produced the most precise measurement yet of the Hubble constant from that single gravitational-wave...
- [Rare super-Jupiter spotted on a six-month orbit](https://www.argo.net/rare-super-jupiter-spotted-on-a-six-month-orbit/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A study in Monthly Notices has identified NGTS-38 b, a rare giant world that takes about 180 days to circle its star. Led by scientists at Queen's University...
- [Seven-dimensional geometry may solve Stephen Hawking’s black hole paradox](https://www.argo.net/seven-dimensional-geometry-may-solve-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A study in General Relativity and Gravitation proposes that a seven-dimensional form of spacetime geometry could leave black holes with tiny stable remnants, giving quantum information a place...
- [South Pole Telescope uncovers more than 7,000 galaxy clusters hidden in cosmic afterglow](https://www.argo.net/south-pole-telescope-uncovers-more-than-7000-galaxy-clusters-hidden-in-cosmic-afterglow/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A new arXiv study from the South Pole Telescope collaboration reports a catalog of 7,190 confirmed galaxy clusters found in five years of observations from Antarctica. The survey...
- [James Webb spots a mysterious missing wavelength on Pluto and Titan](https://www.argo.net/james-webb-spots-a-mysterious-missing-wavelength-on-pluto-and-titan/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A preprint study using James Webb Space Telescope data has identified the same unexplained infrared signal on two very different worlds, Saturn's moon Titan and the dwarf planet...
- [Webb found a lava planet’s atmosphere is being remade from the inside](https://www.argo.net/webb-found-a-lava-planets-atmosphere-is-being-remade-from-the-inside/index.html.md): 2026-07-18 - A 2026 arXiv preprint reports that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted strong and changing carbon monoxide emission from 55 Cancri e, a scorching lava planet about...
- [Scientists just released the biggest gravitational wave catalog ever, with 390 cosmic collisions](https://www.argo.net/scientists-just-released-the-biggest-gravitational-wave-catalog-ever-with-390-cosmic-collisions/index.html.md): 2026-07-17 - The LIGO - Virgo - KAGRA Collaboration has released GWTC-5.0, the largest gravitational wave catalog assembled so far. The new release adds 161 newly detected events and brings...
- [Hubble spots record-breaking ultraviolet light escaping an ancient galaxy](https://www.argo.net/hubble-spots-record-breaking-ultraviolet-light-escaping-an-ancient-galaxy/index.html.md): 2026-07-17 - A study in The Astrophysical Journal reports the most distant detection yet of ionizing ultraviolet light escaping from a galaxy, offering a rare look at how young galaxies...
- [A nearby galaxy is being torn open by its larger sibling](https://www.argo.net/a-nearby-galaxy-is-being-torn-open-by-its-larger-sibling/index.html.md): 2026-07-17 - Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam have uncovered a strange motion pattern inside the Small Magellanic Cloud. A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics found that...
- [Milky Way’s outer arms may stretch farther than astronomers thought](https://www.argo.net/milky-ways-outer-arms-may-stretch-farther-than-astronomers-thought/index.html.md): 2026-07-17 - A study in Astronomy & Astrophysics has used echoes from distant cosmic explosions to redraw part of the Milky Way, finding that two outer spiral arms sit farther...
- [NASA says July’s night sky will bring Venus, meteors, the Milky Way and a returning comet](https://www.argo.net/nasa-says-julys-night-sky-will-bring-venus-meteors-the-milky-way-and-a-returning-comet/index.html.md): 2026-07-17 - NASA's July 2026 skywatching guide points to a month when familiar objects take on new arrangements. The Moon moves past bright planets, the Milky Way gains a darker...
- [Webb reveals a collision-scarred galaxy with a hidden, restless heart](https://www.argo.net/webb-reveals-a-collision-scarred-galaxy-with-a-hidden-restless-heart/index.html.md): 2026-07-16 - NASA's official Webb announcement shows how near- and mid-infrared vision can peel back the dusty center of Centaurus A, a nearby galaxy reshaped by a major cosmic collision....
- [Euclid finds the oldest monster black holes ever seen, blazing with a trillion suns](https://www.argo.net/euclid-finds-the-oldest-monster-black-holes-ever-seen-blazing-with-a-trillion-suns/index.html.md): 2026-07-16 - The European Space Agency's Euclid announcement reports that the space telescope has discovered 31 ancient quasars from the universe's earliest era, including two record-setting objects seen as they...
- [3D-printed seawall tiles in Miami could give marine life a foothold on concrete shores](https://www.argo.net/3d-printed-seawall-tiles-in-miami-could-give-marine-life-a-foothold-on-concrete-shores/index.html.md): 2026-07-16 - Researchers at Florida International University have installed a new set of 3D-printed seawall tiles at Morningside Park in Miami, launching a real-world test of coastal infrastructure that can...
- [Scientists thickened Arctic sea ice with pumped seawater and it stayed brighter as it melted](https://www.argo.net/scientists-thickened-arctic-sea-ice-with-pumped-seawater-and-it-stayed-brighter-as-it-melted/index.html.md): 2026-07-16 - A study in Earth's Future found that pumping seawater onto Arctic sea ice during winter made test areas in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, up to 32 centimeters thicker by...
- [Automated seafloor search reveals 73 hidden volcanic calderas](https://www.argo.net/automated-seafloor-search-reveals-73-hidden-volcanic-calderas/index.html.md): 2026-07-16 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment reports 73 previously unknown volcanic calderas on the ocean floor, found through a semi-automated search of global seafloor maps. The work,...
- [NASA’s Landsat 8 reveals painting-like ripples on an ancient Bahamas seafloor](https://www.argo.net/nasas-landsat-8-reveals-painting-like-ripples-on-an-ancient-bahamas-seafloor/index.html.md): 2026-07-16 - NASA Earth Observatory has revisited a mysterious stretch of shallow ocean where the seafloor looks almost painted from space. In a Landsat 8 view of the Great Bahama...
- [Record-breaking ocean drilling uncovers a hidden trigger behind Japan’s deadly 2011 tsunami](https://www.argo.net/record-breaking-ocean-drilling-uncovers-a-hidden-trigger-behind-japans-deadly-2011-tsunami/index.html.md): 2026-07-15 - A Science study reports that a thin, weak layer of clay beneath the Japan Trench helped the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake rupture toward the seafloor. That shallow break allowed...
- [James Webb’s largest survey reveals the universe’s hidden cosmic web](https://www.argo.net/james-webbs-largest-survey-reveals-the-universes-hidden-cosmic-web/index.html.md): 2026-07-15 - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to produce the most detailed map yet of the cosmic web, the vast structure...
- [JWST finds a mature barred spiral galaxy in the infant universe](https://www.argo.net/jwst-finds-a-mature-barred-spiral-galaxy-in-the-infant-universe/index.html.md): 2026-07-15 - A study posted to arXiv pushes one of galaxy evolution's most important milestones deep into cosmic history. Researchers led by Xiaohan Wang of Tsinghua University report that JWST,...
- [Jupiter’s clouds may hide far more oxygen than the Sun](https://www.argo.net/jupiters-clouds-may-hide-far-more-oxygen-than-the-sun/index.html.md): 2026-07-15 - Researchers at the University of Chicago and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have sharpened one of planetary science's biggest origin clues with a Jupiter study in The Planetary Science...
- [Scientists found a dinosaur with 500 teeth that replaced them every two weeks](https://www.argo.net/scientists-found-a-dinosaur-with-500-teeth-that-replaced-them-every-two-weeks/index.html.md): 2026-07-15 - A study in PLOS One found that the plant-eating dinosaur Nigersaurus taqueti had one of the most extreme dental systems ever identified in a dinosaur. Its mouth held...
- [BepiColombo’s blue ion glow goes dark as Mercury arrival begins](https://www.argo.net/bepicolombos-blue-ion-glow-goes-dark-as-mercury-arrival-begins-2/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - The European Space Agency has announced that ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo spacecraft has permanently switched off its solar electric propulsion system, ending the long ion-powered cruise that carried...
- [Chile’s first floating solar salmon pen is projected to supply 57% of a remote fish farm’s energy while cutting diesel use](https://www.argo.net/chiles-first-floating-solar-salmon-pen-is-projected-to-supply-57-of-a-remote-fish-farms-energy-while-cutting-diesel-use/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - Mowi Chile has launched the country's first floating solar pen at its Huar Norte salmon farm. The marine energy system combines photovoltaic panels with batteries and power controls....
- [NOAA says El Niño could become very strong and last into spring 2027. What could it mean for California?](https://www.argo.net/noaa-says-el-nino-could-become-very-strong-and-last-into-spring-2027-what-could-it-mean-for-california/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - NOAA's latest assessment describes a climate pattern that is still gathering strength across the Pacific, leaving California's coming winter surrounded by consequential questions. The agency gives El Niño...
- [Google’s San Jose research facility faces questions over 250-megawatt plan](https://www.argo.net/googles-san-jose-research-facility-faces-questions-over-250-megawatt-plan/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - The City of San José has placed a proposed Google research complex on its list of large energy-use projects, bringing fresh attention to a facility designed around electrical...
- [Earthquake damage may reach 60 miles beyond fault lines](https://www.argo.net/earthquake-damage-may-reach-60-miles-beyond-fault-lines/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - Researchers at UCLA have found evidence that active faults may weaken rocks across distances of up to about 100 kilometers. The study, published in Science on May 21,...
- [Fossil mussels reveal dinosaur-age babies still tucked inside their mothers’ gills](https://www.argo.net/fossil-mussels-reveal-dinosaur-age-babies-still-tucked-inside-their-mothers-gills/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - A study in Scientific Reports has uncovered fossil evidence of maternal care in freshwater mussels from the Early Cretaceous. The fossils, found on the Isle of Wight, preserve...
- [Chinese spaceplane releases unknown object in orbit, intensifying scrutiny of Shenlong](https://www.argo.net/chinese-spaceplane-releases-unknown-object-in-orbit-intensifying-scrutiny-of-shenlong/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - LeoLabs has reported a new detection near China's Shenlong reusable spaceplane, after the commercial space surveillance company identified an object in the spacecraft's orbital neighborhood on June 22,...
- [Einstein Probe caught a cosmic explosion that refuses to fit the known playbook](https://www.argo.net/einstein-probe-caught-a-cosmic-explosion-that-refuses-to-fit-the-known-playbook/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - A study in Monthly Notices reports that China's Einstein Probe detected a strange double X-ray flash from a cosmic source called EP240305a. The event behaved in ways that...
- [NIH clears a kratom compound for its first human safety test in opioid use disorder](https://www.argo.net/nih-clears-a-kratom-compound-for-its-first-human-safety-test-in-opioid-use-disorder/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - The National Institutes of Health has opened a long-awaited clinical question: can a purified compound from kratom be studied safely in people as a possible treatment for opioid...
- [DNA’s jumping genes are getting one open map for scientists worldwide](https://www.argo.net/dnas-jumping-genes-are-getting-one-open-map-for-scientists-worldwide/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - A study in Mobile DNA reports that two foundational genome resources, Repbase and Dfam, are being unified into a single open framework for studying transposable elements. The move...
- [Scientists gave AlphaFold a new way to see proteins in motion](https://www.argo.net/scientists-gave-alphafold-a-new-way-to-see-proteins-in-motion/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria have developed a way to guide AlphaFold3 with real experimental measurements, a step that could make protein prediction more...
- [Greenland sharks can live for roughly 400 years, longer than any other known vertebrate and a near-complete genome mapped in 2026 reveals DNA repair and chromatin stability alongside immune defenses and cancer resistance, molecular systems that may keep individuals born around Shakespeare’s lifetime still swimming in cold Arctic waters after nearly four centuries of life](https://www.argo.net/greenland-sharks-can-live-for-roughly-400-years-longer-than-any-other-known-vertebrate-and-a-near-complete-genome-mapped-in-2026-reveals-dna-repair-and-chromatin-stability-alongside-immune-defenses-a/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - A PNAS study led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has produced a chromosome-scale map of the Greenland shark genome. The assembly covers an estimated 96.7 percent...
- [31 strange new species discovered in just two weeks off Brazil](https://www.argo.net/31-strange-new-species-discovered-in-just-two-weeks-off-brazil/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - Schmidt Ocean Institute announced 31 previously undescribed marine species from a two-week expedition off Brazil, a rapid burst of discovery from one of Earth's least familiar habitats. The...
- [Astronomers spot a record-size black hole pair that may have hollowed out a galaxy’s heart](https://www.argo.net/astronomers-spot-a-record-size-black-hole-pair-that-may-have-hollowed-out-a-galaxys-heart/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - A study in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reports that a vast starless cavity in the distant galaxy Abell 402-BCG may have been carved by an ultramassive black hole...
- [Webb finds hidden merger scars in galaxies that suddenly stopped making stars](https://www.argo.net/webb-finds-hidden-merger-scars-in-galaxies-that-suddenly-stopped-making-stars/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - A study in Monthly Notices used deep Webb observations to reveal faint structural scars in galaxies that had recently stopped forming stars. The work points to violent galactic...
- [Scientists say consciousness may arise in minds built from alien materials](https://www.argo.net/scientists-say-consciousness-may-arise-in-minds-built-from-alien-materials/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Lisbon have proposed a bold new argument in a 2026 working paper: consciousness may be able to...
- [Scientists found a hidden brain signal that may make GLP-1 weight loss last longer](https://www.argo.net/scientists-found-a-hidden-brain-signal-that-may-make-glp-1-weight-loss-last-longer/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a brain-cell signaling pathway that helps explain how semaglutide drives weight loss in mice, according to an official announcement...
- [Hidden Oropouche outbreak may have infected 9.4 million people](https://www.argo.net/hidden-oropouche-outbreak-may-have-infected-9-4-million-people/index.html.md): 2026-07-13 - A study in Nature Medicine warns that Oropouche virus has likely spread far more widely than reported across Latin America and the Caribbean. By combining mathematical modeling, historical...
- [Scientists mapped how bacteria live on light humans can barely see](https://www.argo.net/scientists-mapped-how-bacteria-live-on-light-humans-can-barely-see/index.html.md): 2026-07-12 - A study in Nature Communications has mapped how certain cyanobacteria run oxygen-producing photosynthesis on far-red light, a dim glow near the edge of human vision. The research, led...
- [Stanford scientists discover an immune cell that explodes to kill threats](https://www.argo.net/stanford-scientists-discover-an-immune-cell-that-explodes-to-kill-threats/index.html.md): 2026-07-12 - Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a previously unknown immune cell in regenerative flatworms that destroys nearby threats by exploding within minutes. The study, published in Cell on...
- [Tuberculosis can spread at home without the warning cough](https://www.argo.net/tuberculosis-can-spread-at-home-without-the-warning-cough/index.html.md): 2026-07-12 - A study in Nature Communications found that people with tuberculosis who have few or no recognized symptoms may still spread Mycobacterium tuberculosis inside their homes. The finding comes...
- [Scientists discover a biological clock unlike anything seen before](https://www.argo.net/scientists-discover-a-biological-clock-unlike-anything-seen-before/index.html.md): 2026-07-12 - Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified a master developmental clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, revealing how cells coordinate timed bursts of gene activity that...
- [Scientists find a cleaner way to measure gravitational waves in a shifting universe](https://www.argo.net/scientists-find-a-cleaner-way-to-measure-gravitational-waves-in-a-shifting-universe/index.html.md): 2026-07-12 - A study in Physical Review Letters has introduced a detector-based way to define gravitational waves in an expanding universe, giving researchers a clearer route from cosmic theory to...
- [Roman helmets pulled from the sea were hiding a medieval secret](https://www.argo.net/roman-helmets-pulled-from-the-sea-were-hiding-a-medieval-secret/index.html.md): 2026-07-12 - Researchers at University of Alicante have reclassified 43 iron helmets recovered from waters off eastern Spain, showing that the famous underwater cache belongs to the Late Middle Ages....
- [Experimental drug blocks a hidden Alzheimer’s trigger in mice](https://www.argo.net/experimental-drug-blocks-a-hidden-alzheimers-trigger-in-mice/index.html.md): 2026-07-11 - Researchers at ETH Zurich have identified a new Alzheimer's disease target and developed an experimental compound that slowed nerve cell loss in mice. The work centers on GRK2,...
- [Scientists found ancient brain cells that help the mind ignore distractions](https://www.argo.net/scientists-found-ancient-brain-cells-that-help-the-mind-ignore-distractions/index.html.md): 2026-07-11 - Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have identified a set of ancient brainstem neurons that helps mice focus on important visual information while suppressing distractions. The discovery, reported in...
- [A hidden galaxy may turn star birth into a high-energy neutrino engine](https://www.argo.net/a-hidden-galaxy-may-turn-star-birth-into-a-high-energy-neutrino-engine/index.html.md): 2026-07-11 - The ALMA Observatory has announced a finding that could widen the search for the engines behind some of the Universe's most elusive particles. Using ALMA observations, astronomers studied...
- [Oldest fossils of humans’ closest invertebrate relatives found in China](https://www.argo.net/oldest-fossils-of-humans-closest-invertebrate-relatives-found-in-china/index.html.md): 2026-07-11 - A study in Science has opened a rare window into one of evolution's deepest mysteries: how complex animals began to take over Earth's oceans before the famous Cambrian...
- [Million-year-old cave fossils reveal a lost New Zealand world](https://www.argo.net/million-year-old-cave-fossils-reveal-a-lost-new-zealand-world/index.html.md): 2026-07-11 - A study in Alcheringa has opened a rare window into a hidden New Zealand ecosystem that vanished long before people reached the islands. The fossil cache, found in...
- [Plastic bottles could become high-quality graphite for EV batteries](https://www.argo.net/plastic-bottles-could-become-high-quality-graphite-for-ev-batteries/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - A study in Diamond and Related Materials found that discarded PET plastic can be converted into highly crystalline synthetic graphite using graphenic additives. The Penn State research points...
- [The blood pressure diet linked to sharper aging brains](https://www.argo.net/the-blood-pressure-diet-linked-to-sharper-aging-brains/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - A study in JAMA Neurology found that several healthy eating patterns were linked to better brain aging, with one familiar heart-health plan standing out. In a long-running analysis...
- [China’s sodium battery just matched Tesla on key performance tests](https://www.argo.net/chinas-sodium-battery-just-matched-tesla-on-key-performance-tests/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - A study in Cell Reports Physical Science found that a commercial sodium-ion battery from China has reached manufacturing quality and power performance comparable to leading lithium-ion cells used...
- [Common laxative drug may sharpen memory after depression](https://www.argo.net/common-laxative-drug-may-sharpen-memory-after-depression/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - A study in Psychological Medicine has found that prucalopride, a drug used to treat chronic constipation, improved several cognitive test results in adults with a history of depression....
- [FDA-approved drug may help immunotherapy break through rare liver cancer’s defenses](https://www.argo.net/fda-approved-drug-may-help-immunotherapy-break-through-rare-liver-cancers-defenses/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - Researchers at Cornell University and the University of Washington have identified a potential way to help immunotherapy reach a rare liver cancer that often affects young people. Their...
- [Europe’s first TES spectrometer can catch X-ray signals scientists used to miss](https://www.argo.net/europes-first-tes-spectrometer-can-catch-x-ray-signals-scientists-used-to-miss/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - A new study in Review of Scientific Instruments describes Europe's first synchrotron-based TES spectrometer, now operating at BESSY II in Berlin. The instrument gives scientists a far more...
- [Earth was born without a Moon, then a Mars-size world struck 4.5 billion years ago, creating the companion that drives our tides, steadies the planet’s tilt and may have helped shape conditions for complex life](https://www.argo.net/earth-was-born-without-a-moon-then-a-mars-size-world-struck-4-5-billion-years-ago-creating-the-companion-that-drives-our-tides-steadies-the-planets-tilt-and-may-have-helped-shape-conditions-for-c/index.html.md): 2026-07-10 - NASA has brought together decades of evidence in an official Moon formation overview that traces our satellite to one of the most violent events in Solar System history....
- [Slow breathing changes brain activity and makes choices bolder](https://www.argo.net/slow-breathing-changes-brain-activity-and-makes-choices-bolder/index.html.md): 2026-07-09 - A study in Neuron involving 41 healthy volunteers found that slow breathing with a longer exhale can shift heart activity, change reward processing in the brain and make...
- [Common pesticide rewires bumblebee genes and may weaken future pollination](https://www.argo.net/common-pesticide-rewires-bumblebee-genes-and-may-weaken-future-pollination/index.html.md): 2026-07-09 - A study in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety found that chronic exposure to low doses of sulfoxaflor can alter gene activity, reduce reproduction and change behavior in the common...
- [Climate change pushed Europe’s June heat wave into record territory](https://www.argo.net/climate-change-pushed-europes-june-heat-wave-into-record-territory/index.html.md): 2026-07-09 - Researchers with World Weather Attribution have found that human-caused climate change sharply intensified Europe's record-breaking June 2026 heat wave. Their rapid analysis concluded that the extreme daytime and...
- [A museum drawer skull reveals a lost chapter in saber-toothed cat evolution](https://www.argo.net/a-museum-drawer-skull-reveals-a-lost-chapter-in-saber-toothed-cat-evolution/index.html.md): 2026-07-09 - Researchers at UC Berkeley have identified a nearly complete museum skull as Adelphailurus kansensis, an early saber-toothed cat that lived in North America more than 5 million years...
- [Scientists slash the cost of test-tube protein factories by 96%](https://www.argo.net/scientists-slash-the-cost-of-test-tube-protein-factories-by-96/index.html.md): 2026-07-08 - A 96% cost reduction could make advanced cell-free protein synthesis far more practical for synthetic biology labs. A study in Trends in Biotechnology reports that researchers led by...
- [Fructose sends a weaker fullness signal to the brain than glucose](https://www.argo.net/fructose-sends-a-weaker-fullness-signal-to-the-brain-than-glucose/index.html.md): 2026-07-08 - A study in Neuron found that two sugars with the same calories can send very different messages to the brain. Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center showed...
- [Fossil jaws reveal a 62-foot Cretaceous predator that may have ruled ancient seas](https://www.argo.net/fossil-jaws-reveal-a-62-foot-cretaceous-predator-that-may-have-ruled-ancient-seas/index.html.md): 2026-07-08 - A study in Science has put a surprising new contender near the top of the Cretaceous ocean food chain. Researchers studying fossilized jaws from Japan and Canada report...
- [Scientists reconstructed movies from mouse brain activity with surprising accuracy](https://www.argo.net/scientists-reconstructed-movies-from-mouse-brain-activity-with-surprising-accuracy/index.html.md): 2026-07-08 - Researchers at University College London report in an eLife study that activity from the visual cortex of mice can be used to reconstruct short movies the animals had...
- [Astronomers found a 24-millisecond pulsar locked in an unusually long orbit](https://www.argo.net/astronomers-found-a-24-millisecond-pulsar-locked-in-an-unusually-long-orbit/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - A study accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reports the discovery of PSR J0125−5854, a fast-spinning pulsar found with the Murchison Widefield Array during the ongoing SMART survey...
- [NASA’s daring rescue mission could save a falling space telescope](https://www.argo.net/nasas-daring-rescue-mission-could-save-a-falling-space-telescope/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - NASA's Swift Boost mission is targeting a strange kind of space emergency, a working observatory that is slowly losing its grip on orbit. The agency has contracted Katalyst...
- [Ancient life left wrinkles in deep ocean rocks where sunlight could not reach](https://www.argo.net/ancient-life-left-wrinkles-in-deep-ocean-rocks-where-sunlight-could-not-reach/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - Researchers at UT Austin have reported fossilized microbial wrinkle structures in 180-million-year-old deep-water rocks from Morocco, pointing to ancient life that may have flourished in darkness. The finding,...
- [Scientists trigger sleep’s restorative power inside an awake brain](https://www.argo.net/scientists-trigger-sleeps-restorative-power-inside-an-awake-brain/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have triggered sleep's restorative effects in selected parts of the awake mouse brain. The animal study, published in Nature Neuroscience,...
- [Scientists turn ordinary sunlight into ultraviolet light with a new solid material](https://www.argo.net/scientists-turn-ordinary-sunlight-into-ultraviolet-light-with-a-new-solid-material/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a solid molecular material that converts visible sunlight into ultraviolet light under natural outdoor conditions. Reported in Nature Communications, the material reached...
- [Scientists turn blank protein barrels into working enzymes](https://www.argo.net/scientists-turn-blank-protein-barrels-into-working-enzymes/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - A study in Nature Chemical Biology reports that researchers at the University of Bayreuth and the University of Ottawa have transformed inactive artificial protein scaffolds into working enzymes....
- [Giant fire tornadoes could burn oil spills faster and cleaner, scientists say](https://www.argo.net/giant-fire-tornadoes-could-burn-oil-spills-faster-and-cleaner-scientists-say/index.html.md): 2026-07-07 - Researchers at Texas A&M have tested a dramatic way to improve oil-spill cleanup, controlled fire whirls that burn upward like giant rotating flames. In large-scale field experiments, the...
- [Seawater carbon removal can backfire when alkalinity is pushed too far](https://www.argo.net/seawater-carbon-removal-can-backfire-when-alkalinity-is-pushed-too-far/index.html.md): 2026-07-06 - A study in Frontiers tested three levels of added alkalinity in seawater and found a sharp chemical boundary for a proposed ocean-based carbon removal method. Researchers led by...
- [Hawaii’s ocean plastic may soon pave stronger roads](https://www.argo.net/hawaiis-ocean-plastic-may-soon-pave-stronger-roads/index.html.md): 2026-07-06 - Researchers at the Center for Marine Debris Research at Hawaiʻi Pacific University have presented early results showing that discarded fishing nets and household plastic waste can be blended...
- [Earth may survive the Sun’s death, new models suggest](https://www.argo.net/earth-may-survive-the-suns-death-new-models-suggest/index.html.md): 2026-07-06 - A study in Astronomy & Astrophysics has reopened a dramatic question about Earth's far future. Researchers led by Mats Esseldeurs at KU Leuven used updated stellar and orbital...
- [Yellowstone’s supervolcano may be powered by a hidden mantle wind](https://www.argo.net/yellowstones-supervolcano-may-be-powered-by-a-hidden-mantle-wind/index.html.md): 2026-07-06 - Researchers at the IGGCAS announcement have traced Yellowstone's vast magma system to a surprising driver deep beneath western North America. Their three-dimensional geodynamic model points to an eastward...
- [Neutron stars become dark matter traps in new FAST telescope search](https://www.argo.net/neutron-stars-become-dark-matter-traps-in-new-fast-telescope-search/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - Researchers using China's FAST telescope have searched two nearby neutron stars for one of physics' most elusive suspects, axion dark matter. The study turned the magnetic environments around...
- [CERN is shutting down the world’s largest particle smasher to supercharge the hunt for dark matter](https://www.argo.net/cern-is-shutting-down-the-worlds-largest-particle-smasher-to-supercharge-the-hunt-for-dark-matter/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - CERN has brought the Large Hadron Collider's latest physics run to a close, according to an official CERN announcement, as the world's most powerful particle accelerator prepares for...
- [Lithium turns a carbon nanoring into a powerful light-bending molecule](https://www.argo.net/lithium-turns-a-carbon-nanoring-into-a-powerful-light-bending-molecule/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - A study in Chemical Physics reports that adding a lithium atom to the outside of a hoop-shaped carbon molecule can dramatically strengthen its response to light. Using computer...
- [Webb finds the most chemically primitive star-forming galaxy ever seen](https://www.argo.net/webb-finds-the-most-chemically-primitive-star-forming-galaxy-ever-seen/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - A study in Nature reports that JWST observations of the tiny galaxy LAP1-B have revealed the most chemically primitive star-forming galaxy discovered so far. Seen as it existed...
- [A star cluster may have drilled a round hole beside the Milky Way’s black hole](https://www.argo.net/a-star-cluster-may-have-drilled-a-round-hole-beside-the-milky-ways-black-hole/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - A study posted on arXiv suggests that about 300 years ago, a compact swarm of massive stars may have carved a nearly round hole in the glowing gas...
- [Mysterious cosmic radio signal traced to a feeding dead star](https://www.argo.net/mysterious-cosmic-radio-signal-traced-to-a-feeding-dead-star/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - A study in Nature Astronomy has traced a puzzling repeating radio signal to a white dwarf binary, giving astronomers one of their clearest identifications yet for a rare...
- [NASA moon base could become Earth’s first defense against alien microbes](https://www.argo.net/nasa-moon-base-could-become-earths-first-defense-against-alien-microbes/index.html.md): 2026-07-05 - Researchers at McGill University and Strategic Threat Analysis and Research Laboratories have raised a startling question for the next era of space exploration. If future missions bring samples...
- [Scientists find a hidden freshwater system beneath the Great Salt Lake](https://www.argo.net/scientists-find-a-hidden-freshwater-system-beneath-the-great-salt-lake/index.html.md): 2026-07-04 - A study in Scientific Reports has brought a hidden water puzzle beneath Utah's Great Salt Lake into sharper view. Researchers led by University of Utah geophysicists used airborne...
- [A giant asteroid is safely sweeping past Earth today](https://www.argo.net/a-giant-asteroid-is-safely-sweeping-past-earth-today/index.html.md): 2026-07-04 - ESA's Planetary Defence team has released a close-approach fact sheet for asteroid 1997 NC1, a large near-Earth object making a safe pass by our planet on June 27,...
- [NASA’s Roman telescope reaches Florida with a promise to reveal thousands of new worlds](https://www.argo.net/nasas-roman-telescope-reaches-florida-with-a-promise-to-reveal-thousands-of-new-worlds/index.html.md): 2026-07-04 - A major question in astronomy moved closer to a new flood of evidence when NASA announced that the Roman telescope had arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida....
- [Astronomers discover two cotton candy giants in the same star system](https://www.argo.net/astronomers-discover-two-cotton-candy-giants-in-the-same-star-system/index.html.md): 2026-07-04 - A study in Monthly Notices has confirmed a rare pair of giant planets orbiting the star TOI-791 and both worlds appear so swollen and light that astronomers classify...
- [Scientists detect a hidden gravitational-wave signal at a black hole’s edge](https://www.argo.net/scientists-detect-a-hidden-gravitational-wave-signal-at-a-black-holes-edge/index.html.md): 2026-07-04 - A study in Nature has reported observational evidence of a hidden gravitational-wave component in GW250114, the loudest binary black hole merger detected so far. By pulling out this...
- [America’s lithium boom may hit a water wall, study warns](https://www.argo.net/americas-lithium-boom-may-hit-a-water-wall-study-warns/index.html.md): 2026-07-03 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment has found that water scarcity could limit the United States' effort to expand domestic lithium mining by mid-century. The research examined...
- [Thousands of tiny Alaska earthquakes reveal a razor-sharp hidden microplate](https://www.argo.net/thousands-of-tiny-alaska-earthquakes-reveal-a-razor-sharp-hidden-microplate/index.html.md): 2026-07-03 - A study in The Seismic Record has revealed a striking underground feature in south-central Alaska. Researchers led by Meghan Miller of the Australian National University used machine learning...
- [Scientists discover a new shark that walks across shallow reefs](https://www.argo.net/scientists-discover-a-new-shark-that-walks-across-shallow-reefs/index.html.md): 2026-07-03 - Researchers led by the University of the Sunshine Coast have identified a new species of walking shark from shallow reefs in southeastern Papua New Guinea, according to a...
- [Scientists are decoding Arctic permafrost inside a Pennsylvania lab](https://www.argo.net/scientists-are-decoding-arctic-permafrost-inside-a-pennsylvania-lab/index.html.md): 2026-07-03 - Researchers at Penn State are recreating Arctic permafrost inside a Pennsylvania lab to learn how frozen soil responds to microwave signals. Their work could help scientists read satellite...
- [Webb watched a giant exoplanet get roasted by its star](https://www.argo.net/webb-watched-a-giant-exoplanet-get-roasted-by-its-star/index.html.md): 2026-07-03 - Researchers analyzing NASA's Webb observations have watched the giant exoplanet HD 80606 b heat up as its stretched orbit carried it close to a Sun-like star. The planet...
- [Two humpback whales shattered migration records between Australia and Brazil](https://www.argo.net/two-humpback-whales-shattered-migration-records-between-australia-and-brazil/index.html.md): 2026-07-02 - A study in Royal Society Open Science has found that two humpback whales made extraordinary journeys between breeding grounds in eastern Australia and Brazil. The whales were recognized...
- [NASA’s Chandra catches the first photographed black hole firing a changing X-ray jet](https://www.argo.net/nasas-chandra-catches-the-first-photographed-black-hole-firing-a-changing-x-ray-jet/index.html.md): 2026-07-02 - NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has delivered the sharpest X-ray view yet of the jet launched by the supermassive black hole in Messier 87, the galaxy that became famous...
- [Webb and Hubble reveal Terzan 5 as a fossil from the Milky Way’s birth](https://www.argo.net/webb-and-hubble-reveal-terzan-5-as-a-fossil-from-the-milky-ways-birth/index.html.md): 2026-07-02 - A study in Astronomy & Astrophysics combines Webb's infrared vision with more than a decade of Hubble observations to reveal a layered history inside Terzan 5. The crowded...
- [Released goldfish can push entire lake ecosystems into trouble](https://www.argo.net/released-goldfish-can-push-entire-lake-ecosystems-into-trouble/index.html.md): 2026-07-02 - A study in the Journal of Animal Ecology warns that released goldfish can rapidly damage freshwater ecosystems, with effects that reach from murky water to shrinking populations of...
- [NASA picks Rocket Lab for three launches to track the Sun and tropical ice clouds](https://www.argo.net/nasa-picks-rocket-lab-for-three-launches-to-track-the-sun-and-tropical-ice-clouds/index.html.md): 2026-07-02 - NASA's latest launch selection points to a quiet puzzle at the heart of climate science: how the Sun's changing energy and Earth's high ice clouds shape the planet...
- [A passing star may have sent a comet shower through the Solar System](https://www.argo.net/a-passing-star-may-have-sent-a-comet-shower-through-the-solar-system/index.html.md): 2026-07-01 - A new arXiv study by Nathan A. Kaib and Sean N. Raymond suggests that the star HD 7977 may have passed close enough to the Sun about 2.5...
- [A ghost great white shark reopens a 160-year Mediterranean mystery](https://www.argo.net/a-ghost-great-white-shark-reopens-a-160-year-mediterranean-mystery/index.html.md): 2026-07-01 - A 2026 study in Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria has turned one accidental catch into a renewed scientific search for one of the Mediterranean Sea's most elusive predators. Researchers...
- [Sperm whales in the Mediterranean are evolving two dialects](https://www.argo.net/sperm-whales-in-the-mediterranean-are-evolving-two-dialects/index.html.md): 2026-07-01 - A study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found that sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea appear to be splitting into two vocal dialect groups, offering...
- [China’s secretive space plane releases a new mystery object over Earth](https://www.argo.net/chinas-secretive-space-plane-releases-a-new-mystery-object-over-earth/index.html.md): 2026-07-01 - LeoLabs announced that its radar network detected a new unknown object near China's Shenlong reusable space plane on June 22, 2026. The finding adds another clue to one...
- [Euclid reveals 60 million stars in the Milky Way’s crowded heart](https://www.argo.net/euclid-reveals-60-million-stars-in-the-milky-ways-crowded-heart/index.html.md): 2026-07-01 - ESA's Euclid mission has revealed the largest and most detailed visible-light image ever made of the Milky Way's center, giving astronomers a packed new view of more than...
- [NASA tested a new space refueling device that could turn orbit into a launch pad](https://www.argo.net/nasa-tested-a-new-space-refueling-device-that-could-turn-orbit-into-a-launch-pad/index.html.md): 2026-06-30 - NASA has tested a developmental cryocoupler that could help future spacecraft refuel in Earth orbit before setting out for deeper destinations. The work, conducted by engineers at NASA's...
- [Earth fueled the May 2024 superstorm more than the sun, satellite data reveal](https://www.argo.net/earth-fueled-the-may-2024-superstorm-more-than-the-sun-satellite-data-reveal/index.html.md): 2026-06-30 - A study in Science Advances found that Earth's own upper atmosphere supplied most of the charged particles driving the May 2024 super geomagnetic storm. Using direct satellite measurements...
- [Invasive fish may win by holding onto omega-3](https://www.argo.net/invasive-fish-may-win-by-holding-onto-omega-3/index.html.md): 2026-06-30 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment found that invasive cichlids in southern China can shift toward poorer food while keeping key omega-3 fatty acids in their tissues...
- [NASA is about to send a robotic spacecraft to rescue a falling space telescope](https://www.argo.net/nasa-is-about-to-send-a-robotic-spacecraft-to-rescue-a-falling-space-telescope/index.html.md): 2026-06-30 - NASA is preparing a rare orbital rescue through its Swift Boost mission, sending a robotic spacecraft to raise the altitude of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before atmospheric...
- [Frozen Arctic rivers could power hundreds of remote communities](https://www.argo.net/frozen-arctic-rivers-could-power-hundreds-of-remote-communities/index.html.md): 2026-06-30 - A study in Nature Communications found that river turbines could help remote northern communities cut diesel use, even where long winters and frozen channels make renewable energy planning...
- [Seismic rumbles reveal a vast ancient magma system inside Mars](https://www.argo.net/seismic-rumbles-reveal-a-vast-ancient-magma-system-inside-mars/index.html.md): 2026-06-29 - A study in Nature Astronomy reports a roughly 14-kilometer-thick layer deep in the Martian crust that may be the leftover base of a vast ancient magma system. Using...
- [A hidden galaxy called Shadow Blaster may reveal a new source of cosmic neutrinos](https://www.argo.net/a-hidden-galaxy-called-shadow-blaster-may-reveal-a-new-source-of-cosmic-neutrinos/index.html.md): 2026-06-29 - A study in Nature Astronomy has linked a high-energy neutrino detected by IceCube to a dust-hidden galaxy about 11 billion light-years away. The galaxy, formally known as JCMT0402−0424...
- [Hubble reveals a sparkling ancient star cluster with a hidden two-part past](https://www.argo.net/hubble-reveals-a-sparkling-ancient-star-cluster-with-a-hidden-two-part-past/index.html.md): 2026-06-29 - ESA/Hubble has released a new Hubble image of NGC 6723, a glittering globular cluster in Sagittarius that sits about 27,000 light-years from Earth. The scene looks delicate, but...
- [Webb finds an ancient interstellar comet with chemistry unlike our Solar System](https://www.argo.net/webb-finds-an-ancient-interstellar-comet-with-chemistry-unlike-our-solar-system/index.html.md): 2026-06-29 - Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope report in a Nature study that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical signature unseen in Solar System comets. The finding...
- [Ocean warming crossed 1.5°C and marine life was disrupted all year](https://www.argo.net/ocean-warming-crossed-1-5c-and-marine-life-was-disrupted-all-year/index.html.md): 2026-06-29 - A study in One Earth led by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has captured a troubling global picture of marine life during the first...
- [Artificial light is stealing sleep from coral reef fish](https://www.argo.net/artificial-light-is-stealing-sleep-from-coral-reef-fish/index.html.md): 2026-06-29 - A study in Current Biology has found that artificial light spilling into coastal waters can disrupt sleep in coral reef fish, change their nighttime behavior and leave biological...
- [Researchers find evidence that liquid water switches between two hidden structures](https://www.argo.net/researchers-find-evidence-that-liquid-water-switches-between-two-hidden-structures/index.html.md): 2026-06-28 - A study in Nature Physics has found molecular-level evidence that liquid water can shift between two local structures, giving scientists a fresh clue to one of chemistry's oldest...
- [NASA’s upgraded space station lab is creating a strange fifth state of matter](https://www.argo.net/nasas-upgraded-space-station-lab-is-creating-a-strange-fifth-state-of-matter/index.html.md): 2026-06-28 - NASA's official Cold Atom Lab announcement points to one of the strangest laboratories ever flown in orbit. A compact quantum physics facility aboard the International Space Station is...
- [A new Mars study shows terraforming would take centuries of planet-size industry](https://www.argo.net/a-new-mars-study-shows-terraforming-would-take-centuries-of-planet-size-industry/index.html.md): 2026-06-28 - A study in APS Open Science tackles one of space exploration's biggest questions with blunt arithmetic: making Mars broadly habitable would require planet-scale stores of gas, heat, water...
- [Antarctica’s ice loss just became easier to predict](https://www.argo.net/antarcticas-ice-loss-just-became-easier-to-predict/index.html.md): 2026-06-28 - Researchers at Monash University have found that Antarctica's current ice loss can reveal how much the continent is likely to add to sea levels over the next 30...
- [Future Artemis astronauts may walk across rocks from deep inside the Moon](https://www.argo.net/future-artemis-astronauts-may-walk-across-rocks-from-deep-inside-the-moon/index.html.md): 2026-06-28 - A study in Science Advances has found that the Moon's enormous South Pole-Aitken basin may have been carved by a 260-kilometer differentiated impactor that struck from north to...
- [Rare meteorite reveals a vanished world from the solar system’s first days](https://www.argo.net/rare-meteorite-reveals-a-vanished-world-from-the-solar-systems-first-days/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - A study in Earth and Planetary Science Letters has found evidence that a rare meteorite from the Sahara Desert came from a shattered protoplanet that may have been...
- [Uranus and Neptune may hide vast magma oceans beneath their clouds](https://www.argo.net/uranus-and-neptune-may-hide-vast-magma-oceans-beneath-their-clouds/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles used computer models to test a hotter view of the solar system's two outer planets. Their arXiv study, submitted to...
- [Brown lakes are shifting the balance between trout, bass, pike and walleye](https://www.argo.net/brown-lakes-are-shifting-the-balance-between-trout-bass-pike-and-walleye/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - A study in Biological Reviews has found that freshwater browning is reshaping fish communities in northern lakes. The research links darker water with slower growth in many fish...
- [Melting Arctic icebergs are seeding the deep sea with rocky homes](https://www.argo.net/melting-arctic-icebergs-are-seeding-the-deep-sea-with-rocky-homes/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - A study in Nature has uncovered a hidden Arctic chain reaction: debris-filled icebergs are carrying rocks away from melting glaciers and dropping them onto the deep seafloor, where...
- [Earth may have sent living cells into Venus’ clouds for billions of years](https://www.argo.net/earth-may-have-sent-living-cells-into-venus-clouds-for-billions-of-years/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - Researchers presenting a 2026 conference study have proposed a startling path for life in the inner Solar System. Their model suggests that impacts on Earth may have launched...
- [Einstein Probe may have caught a black hole shredding a white dwarf](https://www.argo.net/einstein-probe-may-have-caught-a-black-hole-shredding-a-white-dwarf/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - A study in Science Bulletin reports that China's Einstein Probe detected an extraordinary X-ray outburst called EP250702a, a fast and brilliant event that may reveal an intermediate-mass black...
- [NASA trained Artemis II astronauts to read the Moon like geologists](https://www.argo.net/nasa-trained-artemis-ii-astronauts-to-read-the-moon-like-geologists/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - NASA is now examining the thousands of images and spoken observations gathered during Artemis II, after the crew used months of geology training to study the Moon during...
- [NASA satellite spots a giant Pacific wave as El Niño gathers strength](https://www.argo.net/nasa-satellite-spots-a-giant-pacific-wave-as-el-nino-gathers-strength/index.html.md): 2026-06-27 - NASA Earth Observatory has revealed a striking ocean signal in the equatorial Pacific, where the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite detected a vast band of higher sea level tied...
- [Alien planet spins reveal a hidden clue to how worlds are born](https://www.argo.net/alien-planet-spins-reveal-a-hidden-clue-to-how-worlds-are-born/index.html.md): 2026-06-26 - Researchers led by Northwestern University used Keck Observatory observations to uncover a striking pattern in the spins of distant worlds. Their study, published in The Astronomical Journal, found...
- [Europa’s surface is almost too clean for an icy moon bombarded for billions of years, and its missing scars point to a young crust repeatedly rewritten from below as NASA’s Europa Clipper heads to test whether Jupiter’s tides keep a hidden ocean alive](https://www.argo.net/europas-surface-is-almost-too-clean-for-an-icy-moon-bombarded-for-billions-of-years-and-its-missing-scars-point-to-a-young-crust-repeatedly-rewritten-from-below-as-nasas-europa-clip/index.html.md): 2026-06-26 - NASA's Europa Clipper mission is heading toward one of the most revealing puzzles in the outer Solar System. Jupiter's icy moon Europa has so few large impact craters...
- [In 1970, Venera 7 survived 23 minutes on Venus in 475-degree heat and crushing 90-atmosphere pressure, sent the first data from another planet’s surface, and engineers only realized weeks later that the faint signal had continued after landing while the probe’s titanium hardware may still be recognizable today](https://www.argo.net/in-1970-venera-7-survived-23-minutes-on-venus-in-475-degree-heat-and-crushing-90-atmosphere-pressure-sent-the-first-data-from-another-planets-surface-and-engineers-only-realized-weeks-late/index.html.md): 2026-06-26 - A 2026 study in Geoarchaeology has revived one of space exploration's most extreme survival stories. The study argues that several probes sent to Venus during the Cold War,...
- [Astrobotic’s 19-year, contract-built path to the Moon has ended in a $162 million Voyager deal as Peregrine’s valve failure gives way to a bigger race to scale landers, lunar power and NASA Moon Base hardware on a tightening schedule](https://www.argo.net/astrobotics-19-year-contract-built-path-to-the-moon-has-ended-in-a-162-million-voyager-deal-as-peregrines-valve-failure-gives-way-to-a-bigger-race-to-scale-landers-lunar-power-and-nasa-moon-bas/index.html.md): 2026-06-26 - Astrobotic Technology's official announcement says the Pittsburgh lunar company has entered an agreement to be acquired by Voyager Technologies, bringing a long-running commercial Moon lander developer into a...
- [Water may become space’s most valuable mined resource as lunar ice and asteroid volatiles point toward hydrogen and oxygen fuel depots for missions headed to the Moon, Mars and beyond](https://www.argo.net/water-may-become-spaces-most-valuable-mined-resource-as-lunar-ice-and-asteroid-volatiles-point-toward-hydrogen-and-oxygen-fuel-depots-for-missions-headed-to-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/index.html.md): 2026-06-25 - NASA Johnson Space Center is advancing in-situ resource utilization, the spaceflight strategy of collecting materials from the Moon, Mars, asteroids and other worlds, then turning them into essentials...
- [NASA’s Roman Space Telescope reaches Kennedy ahead of schedule as Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy launch preparations begin](https://www.argo.net/nasas-roman-space-telescope-reaches-kennedy-ahead-of-schedule-as-aug-30-falcon-heavy-launch-preparations-begin/index.html.md): 2026-06-25 - NASA's official Roman mission announcement marks a major step toward launch for the agency's next great space observatory. The NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at Kennedy...
- [Scientists Scanned an Interstellar Visitor for Alien Signals and Found Only Earth](https://www.argo.net/scientists-scanned-an-interstellar-visitor-for-alien-signals-and-found-only-earth/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - Researchers at the SETI Institute examined nearly 74 million radio detections from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and found no evidence of technology from beyond Earth. The study, published...
- [Webb reveals 16.5 million stars inside the Cigar galaxy](https://www.argo.net/webb-reveals-16-5-million-stars-inside-the-cigar-galaxy/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - Researchers using NASA's Webb observations have resolved about 16.5 million individual stars inside Messier 82, a dust-filled galaxy 12 million light-years from Earth. The new survey gives astronomers...
- [US government releases new UFO files spanning decades of unexplained sightings](https://www.argo.net/us-government-releases-new-ufo-files-spanning-decades-of-unexplained-sightings/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - The U.S. Department of War has published another batch of declassified and historical files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, bringing fresh military records and decades-old reports into a public...
- [Webb finds salty clouds swirling around the famous Pink Planet](https://www.argo.net/webb-finds-salty-clouds-swirling-around-the-famous-pink-planet/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - Researchers at Northwestern University have used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the faint light of GJ 504 b, the famous "Pink Planet," and found evidence that...
- [A NASA spacecraft no larger than a small car launched in 1977 is still racing beyond Pluto at 38,000 miles per hour, and the radio signals Voyager 1 sends home now take more than 23 hours to reach engineers on Earth as the interstellar mission outlives the era that built it](https://www.argo.net/a-nasa-spacecraft-no-larger-than-a-small-car-launched-in-1977-is-still-racing-beyond-pluto-at-38000-miles-per-hour-and-the-radio-signals-voyager-1-sends-home-now-take-more-than-23-hours-to-reach-eng/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - NASA's Voyager 1 mission remains one of the strangest success stories in spaceflight. Nearly 49 years after launch, the small car sized spacecraft is still operating in interstellar...
- [Planting Trees Could Quietly Drain Water in a Hotter World](https://www.argo.net/planting-trees-could-quietly-drain-water-in-a-hotter-world/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - A study in One Earth found that the same large-scale reforestation effort can push global water availability in opposite directions depending on future warming. Under milder warming, forests...
- [Webb has confirmed MoM-z14, a galaxy whose light left 280 million years after the Big Bang, and its brightness and nitrogen-rich chemistry suggest early star formation moved faster than models predicted](https://www.argo.net/webb-has-confirmed-mom-z14-a-galaxy-whose-light-left-280-million-years-after-the-big-bang-and-its-brightness-and-nitrogen-rich-chemistry-suggest-early-star-formation-moved-faster-than-models-predict/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - A study in The Open Journal of Astrophysics has confirmed MoM-z14, a remarkably bright galaxy seen as it was just 280 million years after the Big Bang. By...
- [As the Pentagon seeks $71 billion for Space Force, Mitchell Institute warns U.S. still lacks clear rules for jamming, satellite shadowing and conflict in orbit](https://www.argo.net/as-the-pentagon-seeks-71-billion-for-space-force-mitchell-institute-warns-u-s-still-lacks-clear-rules-for-jamming-satellite-shadowing-and-conflict-in-orbit/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - $71 billion for the U.S. Space Force is now part of a wider debate over how America should prepare for conflict in orbit. Researchers at the Mitchell Institute...
- [Webb Reveals a Blazing Black Hole Beacon Inside the Squid Galaxy](https://www.argo.net/webb-reveals-a-blazing-black-hole-beacon-inside-the-squid-galaxy/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has released a new ESA/Webb Picture of the Month showing Messier 77, a nearby barred spiral galaxy with a dazzling center powered...
- [Beavers Are Secret Carbon Hoarders, New Study Finds They Stored 26% of a Stream’s Carbon](https://www.argo.net/beavers-are-secret-carbon-hoarders-new-study-finds-they-stored-26-of-a-streams-carbon/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment found that beavers can turn a stream corridor into a persistent carbon sink, after researchers measured how carbon moved through a...
- [FDA Approves First New Sunscreen Ingredient in Decades and It Blocks Both UVA and UVB](https://www.argo.net/fda-approves-first-new-sunscreen-ingredient-in-decades-and-it-blocks-both-uva-and-uvb/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved bemotrizinol, the first new active sunscreen ingredient added to over the counter sunscreen options in the United States in more...
- [NIH Launches New Office To Speed Human-Based Research and Reduce Animal Use](https://www.argo.net/nih-launches-new-office-to-speed-human-based-research-and-reduce-animal-use/index.html.md): 2026-06-24 - The National Institutes of Health has launched a new office designed to accelerate human-based biomedical research across the agency. The Office of Research Innovation, Validation and Application, known...
- [Giant Viruses Are Quietly Rewiring Life at Earth’s Frozen Poles](https://www.argo.net/giant-viruses-are-quietly-rewiring-life-at-earths-frozen-poles/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - A study in FEMS Microbiology Ecology reports that giant viruses across Earth's polar regions may be key players in the coldest microbial ecosystems on the planet. These unusually...
- [Scientists Discover a Strange Horn-Shaped Hyperparasite Feeding on “Zombie Fungus” in Borneo](https://www.argo.net/scientists-discover-a-strange-horn-shaped-hyperparasite-feeding-on-zombie-fungus-in-borneo/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - Researchers at Universiti Malaysia Sabah have announced the discovery of a new horn-shaped fungus from Borneo's Danum Valley, a striking species named Pleurocordyceps cornusynnemata. The fungus was found...
- [Hidden Bone Rings Reveal T. rex Took 40 Years To Become a Giant](https://www.argo.net/hidden-bone-rings-reveal-t-rex-took-40-years-to-become-a-giant/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - Researchers at Oklahoma State University have reported that Tyrannosaurus rex may have needed about 40 years to reach its full adult size. The finding comes from a 2026...
- [NASA’s Lucy Reveals a Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid With Traces of Ancient Water](https://www.argo.net/nasas-lucy-reveals-a-wobbling-peanut-shaped-asteroid-with-traces-of-ancient-water/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - A study in Science has revealed that NASA's Lucy spacecraft found a far stranger asteroid than telescopes on Earth could see. During its April 20, 2025 flyby, Lucy...
- [A Sugar-Free Low-Fat Diet Triggered a Surprising Gut and Liver Shift in Mice](https://www.argo.net/a-sugar-free-low-fat-diet-triggered-a-surprising-gut-and-liver-shift-in-mice/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - Twelve mice, two low-fat diets and 16 weeks of feeding revealed an unexpected biological pattern. A study in Frontiers in Immunology found that mice eating a sucrose-free low-fat...
- [Scientists Watched Lithium Grow Inside Batteries and Found a Salt That Triggers Spikes](https://www.argo.net/scientists-watched-lithium-grow-inside-batteries-and-found-a-salt-that-triggers-spikes/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - A study in Nature Communications used live electron microscopy to watch lithium metal form inside a working battery cell. The team found that the salt dissolved in the...
- [Arctic Deltas Hold 63 Billion Tons of Frozen Carbon, Study Finds](https://www.argo.net/arctic-deltas-hold-63-billion-tons-of-frozen-carbon-study-finds/index.html.md): 2026-06-23 - A study in Nature Communications found that Arctic river deltas hold a vast frozen reservoir of organic carbon and nitrogen. The international team estimates that these low-lying landscapes...
- [NASA’s Curiosity Rover Is Climbing Through Strange Rock Bands on Mars](https://www.argo.net/nasas-curiosity-rover-is-climbing-through-strange-rock-bands-on-mars/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - NASA's Curiosity mission is surveying a puzzling sequence of exposed rock bands as the rover climbs Mount Sharp, using close-up imaging, chemistry measurements and long-distance views to track...
- [Vitamin C Levels Linked to a Younger-Looking Brain Network in Older Adults](https://www.argo.net/vitamin-c-levels-linked-to-a-younger-looking-brain-network-in-older-adults/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A study in PLOS ONE analyzed blood samples and MRI scans from 2,044 older adults in Japan and found that lower vitamin C levels were associated with smaller...
- [Webb and Hubble Reveal Massive Star Clusters Break Free Faster Than Expected](https://www.argo.net/webb-and-hubble-reveal-massive-star-clusters-break-free-faster-than-expected/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found that the most massive young star clusters clear away their birth clouds...
- [A 21-Year NIH Trial Reveals Diet and Exercise Can Slow a Cascade of Chronic Disease](https://www.argo.net/a-21-year-nih-trial-reveals-diet-and-exercise-can-slow-a-cascade-of-chronic-disease/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A 21-year follow-up reported in an NIH announcement found that adults with prediabetes who were assigned to a lifestyle program had a lower long-term risk of developing multiple...
- [Koalas Nearly Vanished 100,000 Years Ago, Long Before Humans Arrived](https://www.argo.net/koalas-nearly-vanished-100000-years-ago-long-before-humans-arrived/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A study in Molecular Biology and Evolution has uncovered a hidden chapter in koala history, showing that the species began a major population decline around 100,000 years ago....
- [Brazilian Student’s Low-Cost Orchid Formula Speeds Plant Growth by 90%](https://www.argo.net/brazilian-students-low-cost-orchid-formula-speeds-plant-growth-by-90/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - FEBRACE announced that Brazilian student Beatriz Maria Ferreira dos Santos won third place in Plant Sciences at Regeneron ISEF 2026 for an orchid cultivation project that reportedly made...
- [Scientists Identify a Crucial Factor That Helps Parents Recover From Stress](https://www.argo.net/scientists-identify-a-crucial-factor-that-helps-parents-recover-from-stress/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A study in Communications Psychology found that parents felt better and showed healthier stress hormone patterns on days when they had time for themselves. The research suggests that...
- [New AI Model Predicts Protein Interactions Atom by Atom](https://www.argo.net/new-ai-model-predicts-protein-interactions-atom-by-atom/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A study in PNAS reports that researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed Void-X, a generative AI model that predicts how...
- [Earth May Escape the Sun’s Final Expansion, New Research Suggests](https://www.argo.net/earth-may-escape-the-suns-final-expansion-new-research-suggests/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A study in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that Earth may avoid being swallowed when the Sun swells through its final giant-star phases. The result comes from updated calculations...
- [Scientists Used Math To Crack Wordle With a 99% Success Rate](https://www.argo.net/scientists-used-math-to-crack-wordle-with-a-99-success-rate/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - Using a mathematical rule for choosing guesses, researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, developed a method that solves Wordle with a reported 99% success rate....
- [Japan Just Pulled Rare Earth Mud From Nearly 6,000 Meters Under the Pacific](https://www.argo.net/japan-just-pulled-rare-earth-mud-from-nearly-6000-meters-under-the-pacific/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has reported a rare deep-sea technology test near Minamitori Island, where the scientific drilling vessel Chikyu recovered mineral-rich sediment during a...
- [300-Million-Year-Old Baby Fossils Reveal a Surprise in the First Land Animals](https://www.argo.net/300-million-year-old-baby-fossils-reveal-a-surprise-in-the-first-land-animals/index.html.md): 2026-06-22 - A study in Science reports that tiny 300-million-year-old hatchlings from Mazon Creek preserve a rare glimpse of how some early relatives of land animals began life. The fossils...
- [Tiny Moon Crystals Reveal a 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Impact Hidden in a Meteorite](https://www.argo.net/tiny-moon-crystals-reveal-a-3-5-billion-year-old-asteroid-impact-hidden-in-a-meteorite/index.html.md): 2026-06-21 - A study in Geology has traced a hidden lunar impact to tiny crystal grains inside a meteorite from the Moon. The grains point to a major asteroid collision...
- [Webb and Hubble Reveal a Rare Fossil From the Milky Way’s Birth](https://www.argo.net/webb-and-hubble-reveal-a-rare-fossil-from-the-milky-ways-birth/index.html.md): 2026-06-21 - Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed in a NASA announcement that Terzan 5 is a rare survivor from the Milky...
- [NASA’s Fermi Finds Rare Sibling Supernova Remnants Born From the Same Stellar Pair](https://www.argo.net/nasas-fermi-finds-rare-sibling-supernova-remnants-born-from-the-same-stellar-pair/index.html.md): 2026-06-21 - NASA's Fermi mission has revealed a hidden relationship between two stellar wrecks in Gemini, where a faint supernova remnant appears to share a dramatic origin story with the...
- [World’s Richest 10% May Owe Earth a $5.7 Trillion Environmental Bill](https://www.argo.net/worlds-richest-10-may-owe-earth-a-5-7-trillion-environmental-bill/index.html.md): 2026-06-21 - A study in Communications Sustainability found that the world's top 10% of consumers may be linked to $1.7 trillion to $5.7 trillion in environmental damage each year. The...
- [NASA Satellite Captures Tropical Storm Arthur as It Soaks the Gulf Coast](https://www.argo.net/nasa-satellite-captures-tropical-storm-arthur-as-it-soaks-the-gulf-coast/index.html.md): 2026-06-20 - NASA's Terra satellite captured Tropical Storm Arthur over the U.S. Gulf Coast on June 17, 2026, shortly after the official advisory from the National Hurricane Center identified the...
- [FDA Advisers Back First mRNA Flu Vaccine for Older Adults](https://www.argo.net/fda-advisers-back-first-mrna-flu-vaccine-for-older-adults/index.html.md): 2026-06-20 - Federal vaccine advisers have recommended Moderna's MFLUSIVA review, moving the first mRNA influenza vaccine closer to possible U.S. approval for adults 50 and older before the coming winter...
- [Chernobyl’s Wildlife Changed Its Nightly Routines During Russia’s Invasion, Camera Traps Reveal](https://www.argo.net/chernobyls-wildlife-changed-its-nightly-routines-during-russias-invasion-camera-traps-reveal/index.html.md): 2026-06-20 - A study in Science found that wild mammals inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone changed their daily routines during Russia's 2022 occupation of the area, giving scientists a rare...
- [Single Brain Cells Reveal How Humans Build Speech Before Words Are Spoken](https://www.argo.net/single-brain-cells-reveal-how-humans-build-speech-before-words-are-spoken/index.html.md): 2026-06-20 - A study in Nature recorded activity from hundreds of individual neurons in eight people as they took part in natural English conversations. The work, led by researchers associated...
- [NASA’s Twin-Satellite DAPHNE Mission Will Probe How Earth’s Atmosphere Drives Space Weather](https://www.argo.net/nasas-twin-satellite-daphne-mission-will-probe-how-earths-atmosphere-drives-space-weather/index.html.md): 2026-06-20 - NASA has selected the DAPHNE mission concept to enter Phase B, moving a twin-satellite investigation closer to flight as scientists work to solve a difficult space weather puzzle....
- [Ancient Black Holes May Be Cosmic Fossils From Before the Big Bang](https://www.argo.net/ancient-black-holes-may-be-cosmic-fossils-from-before-the-big-bang/index.html.md): 2026-06-20 - A study in Physical Review D proposes that ancient black holes could have survived a cosmic bounce before the Big Bang, leaving behind relics that may still shape...
- [Physicists Built a Tiny Quantum Universe Where Time Emerges Without a Clock](https://www.argo.net/physicists-built-a-tiny-quantum-universe-where-time-emerges-without-a-clock/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - A study in Physical Review Research reports that 24,000 ultracold atoms can behave like a tiny laboratory universe in which events are ordered from inside the system. The...
- [Alien Technology May Be Preserved in Moon Dust, New SETI Paper Suggests](https://www.argo.net/alien-technology-may-be-preserved-in-moon-dust-new-seti-paper-suggests/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - A 2026 SETI paper by astrophysicist Brian C. Lacki proposes a striking place to look for traces of ancient extraterrestrial technology, the dust and soil of our own...
- [Endangered Arabian Sea Humpback Whale Makes First Recorded Crossing to India](https://www.argo.net/endangered-arabian-sea-humpback-whale-makes-first-recorded-crossing-to-india/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - A study in Frontiers in Marine Science has tracked one of the world's most unusual whale populations in new detail, revealing that Arabian Sea humpback whales usually remain...
- [Deep-Sea Isopod Can Survive More Than 5 Years Without Food, and Scientists Found the Survival System](https://www.argo.net/deep-sea-isopod-can-survive-more-than-5-years-without-food-and-scientists-found-the-survival-system/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - A study in Cell has revealed how a giant deep-sea isopod can survive more than five years without eating. Researchers linked this rare endurance to a two-part survival...
- [NSF Reverses Ocean Sensor Cuts After Scientists Warned of a Climate Data Blind Spot](https://www.argo.net/nsf-reverses-ocean-sensor-cuts-after-scientists-warned-of-a-climate-data-blind-spot/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - The U.S. National Science Foundation has reversed course on a plan that would have sharply reduced parts of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a major ocean-monitoring network used by...
- [Rivers in the Sky May Be Quietly Shaping Deadly Ocean Heatwaves](https://www.argo.net/rivers-in-the-sky-may-be-quietly-shaping-deadly-ocean-heatwaves/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - A study in Nature Communications found that atmospheric rivers, long bands of moisture that stream across the sky, can help shape marine heatwaves in the North Pacific and...
- [Al Gore-Founded Climate TRACE Database Undercounted Urban Vehicle CO2 by 70%, Study Finds](https://www.argo.net/al-gore-founded-climate-trace-database-undercounted-urban-vehicle-co2-by-70-study-finds/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - Researchers at Northern Arizona University have found that a major global greenhouse gas database may be substantially undercounting carbon dioxide from cars and trucks in U.S. cities. The...
- [Ancient Denisovan DNA Still Shapes Immune Genes in People in Near Oceania](https://www.argo.net/ancient-denisovan-dna-still-shapes-immune-genes-in-people-in-near-oceania/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - Researchers at Yale University have created the largest map yet of Denisovan-inherited DNA in Near Oceanian populations, revealing thousands of ancient genetic variants that still influence gene activity...
- [Brain Enzyme Caught Building a Sugar Chain on Itself](https://www.argo.net/brain-enzyme-caught-building-a-sugar-chain-on-itself/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - Researchers at Nagoya University have identified an unexpected self-modifying behavior in a brain-related enzyme, according to a study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The enzyme, called ST8Sia5L,...
- [Mars Express Spots Dozens of Dust Devils Swirling Across an Ancient Martian Valley](https://www.argo.net/mars-express-spots-dozens-of-dust-devils-swirling-across-an-ancient-martian-valley/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - At the German Aerospace Center, DLR, researchers have released new images from ESA's Mars Express mission showing dozens of active dust devils scattered across Mamers Valles, a sprawling...
- [NASA Mars Simulations Reveal the Team Skill Astronauts May Need for Deep Space](https://www.argo.net/nasa-mars-simulations-reveal-the-team-skill-astronauts-may-need-for-deep-space/index.html.md): 2026-06-19 - A study in Personnel Psychology found that future deep-space crews may need more than technical expertise to work safely across millions of miles. The NASA-funded research points to...
- [Citizen Science Reveals How Devoted Harvestmen Dads Evolved Again and Again](https://www.argo.net/citizen-science-reveals-how-devoted-harvestmen-dads-evolved-again-and-again/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - A study in the Zoological Journal has revealed that citizen-science observations helped more than double the known evidence for parental care in harvestmen, a diverse group of arachnids...
- [Ocean Heatwaves Are Hiding a Much Longer Warm Spell, New Study Finds](https://www.argo.net/ocean-heatwaves-are-hiding-a-much-longer-warm-spell-new-study-finds/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment has revealed a hidden part of marine heatwaves along U.S. coastlines. The extreme days that appear on official charts are often...
- [ESA Extends 13 Space Missions and Clears Arrakihs for a 2030 Launch](https://www.argo.net/esa-extends-13-space-missions-and-clears-arrakihs-for-a-2030-launch/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - The European Space Agency has approved a broad new push for European space science, extending 13 missions and adopting Arrakihs as its next fast-class mission, according to an...
- [NASA Is Sending Cellphone-Like Gamma-Ray Sensors Into Orbit on a Robot Arm Test](https://www.argo.net/nasa-is-sending-cellphone-like-gamma-ray-sensors-into-orbit-on-a-robot-arm-test/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - NASA's Fly Foundational Robots mission is giving scientists a rare chance to test a hard-to-measure form of cosmic light in orbit. According to a NASA announcement, a prototype...
- [Giant Fan-Shaped Structure Discovered Beneath East Antarctica’s Ice](https://www.argo.net/giant-fan-shaped-structure-discovered-beneath-east-antarcticas-ice/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - A study in Nature Geoscience has identified a giant fan-shaped province of buried basins beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The structure connects some of the continent's best-known...
- [Brain Scans Reveal Two Biological Subtypes of Autism](https://www.argo.net/brain-scans-reveal-two-biological-subtypes-of-autism/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the Child Mind Institute have identified at least two biological subtypes of autism by combining brain scans from people with...
- [Ancient Charcoal Reveals What Kept Humanity’s Campfires Burning 780,000 Years Ago](https://www.argo.net/ancient-charcoal-reveals-what-kept-humanitys-campfires-burning-780000-years-ago/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - A study in Quaternary Science Reviews has found that rare charcoal fragments from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in northern Israel preserve a surprisingly detailed record of how early humans...
- [NIH Backs 15 Bold Ideas Linking Diet to Autoimmune Disease](https://www.argo.net/nih-backs-15-bold-ideas-linking-diet-to-autoimmune-disease/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - The National Institutes of Health has selected 15 scientific teams in a national challenge focused on one of medicine's most practical questions, how diet and nutrition may influence...
- [Oxford Physicists Create a Stranger Schrödinger’s Cat From Exotic Quantum Building Blocks](https://www.argo.net/oxford-physicists-create-a-stranger-schrodingers-cat-from-exotic-quantum-building-blocks/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new family of Schrödinger's cat-like quantum states, opening a stranger corner of quantum physics where superpositions are built from...
- [Webb Finds Neptune’s Strange Moon Nereid May Be the Sole Survivor of an Ancient Lunar Catastrophe](https://www.argo.net/webb-finds-neptunes-strange-moon-nereid-may-be-the-sole-survivor-of-an-ancient-lunar-catastrophe/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - Using the James Webb Space Telescope to probe one of the Solar System's strangest moons, Caltech researchers have found that Neptune's moon Nereid may be an original survivor...
- [Quasi-1D Quantum Material Lets Electric Gates Control Charge Waves Far Beyond Standard Limits](https://www.argo.net/quasi-1d-quantum-material-lets-electric-gates-control-charge-waves-far-beyond-standard-limits/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - Researchers at UCLA and UC Riverside have shown that a quasi-one-dimensional quantum material can amplify electrical control over charge waves by 10 to 100 times more than standard...
- [NIH Scientists Discover Gut Immune Cells That Shield Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease](https://www.argo.net/nih-scientists-discover-gut-immune-cells-that-shield-against-inflammatory-bowel-disease/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have identified a protective class of gut immune cells that helps shield the colon from chronic inflammation. The...
- [Hubble Spots a Galaxy Swarm Bending Light From the Early Universe](https://www.argo.net/hubble-spots-a-galaxy-swarm-bending-light-from-the-early-universe/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - NASA's Hubble image of the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211 reveals a crowded cosmic scene where hundreds of galaxies gather in one field of view and the cluster's gravity bends...
- [Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Left an 8-Million-Year Hot-Water World Beneath Chicxulub](https://www.argo.net/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-left-an-8-million-year-hot-water-world-beneath-chicxulub/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment found that the buried hot-water system beneath the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub crater lasted for at least 8 million years. The result pushes...
- [ESA’s New Arrakihs Mission Will Read the Hidden Fossil Record Around Nearby Galaxies](https://www.argo.net/esas-new-arrakihs-mission-will-read-the-hidden-fossil-record-around-nearby-galaxies/index.html.md): 2026-06-17 - ESA's official adoption of the Arrakihs mission has moved a new galactic archaeology spacecraft into development, with launch planned by the end of 2030. The mission will search...
- [NASA’s Chandra Spots Possible Supernova Remnant Near the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole](https://www.argo.net/nasas-chandra-spots-possible-supernova-remnant-near-the-milky-ways-central-black-hole/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has announced a possible supernova remnant buried in Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the center of the Milky Way. The finding, described in...
- [Scientists Discover a 5.3-Million-Year-Old Whale Graveyard 23,000 Feet Under the Indian Ocean](https://www.argo.net/scientists-discover-a-5-3-million-year-old-whale-graveyard-23000-feet-under-the-indian-ocean/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Nature has revealed a vast whale graveyard deep in the southeastern Indian Ocean. Researchers led by Xiaotong Peng of the Institute of Deep-sea Science and...
- [Icebergs Are Rewiring Arctic Seafloor Life as Greenland’s Glaciers Shed More Ice](https://www.argo.net/icebergs-are-rewiring-arctic-seafloor-life-as-greenlands-glaciers-shed-more-ice/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Nature found that climate-driven iceberg traffic is carrying the effects of warming glaciers into deep Arctic ecosystems. The work links glacier change near the surface...
- [Webb Spots a 50-Million-Sun Black Hole That May Have Formed Before Its Galaxy](https://www.argo.net/webb-spots-a-50-million-sun-black-hole-that-may-have-formed-before-its-galaxy/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have mapped gas orbiting a black hole in the tiny galaxy Abell2744-QSO1, finding evidence that the black hole was already...
- [Fruit Fly’s Complete Brain-to-Body Map Reveals a Distributed Nervous System](https://www.argo.net/fruit-flys-complete-brain-to-body-map-reveals-a-distributed-nervous-system/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Nature has brought neuroscience to a rare threshold, a synapse-level map that links the adult fruit fly's brain with its nerve cord. The result gives...
- [Parrots May Use Names in a Surprisingly Human-Like Way](https://www.argo.net/parrots-may-use-names-in-a-surprisingly-human-like-way/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in PLOS ONE found that companion parrots may use names in ways that resemble a basic form of social labeling. Researchers led by Lauryn Benedict at...
- [NIH Atlas Reveals Aging Cells Across the Human Body for the First Time](https://www.argo.net/nih-atlas-reveals-aging-cells-across-the-human-body-for-the-first-time/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have created a new framework for one of aging biology's most difficult puzzles, where senescent cells appear in the body...
- [Nickel Oxide Catalyst Doubles the Speed of Hydrogen-Based Steelmaking](https://www.argo.net/nickel-oxide-catalyst-doubles-the-speed-of-hydrogen-based-steelmaking/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Nature Synthesis has identified a hidden accelerator inside hydrogen-based metal production. Researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials found that adding nickel...
- [China’s Worst Soil Loss Follows a Famous 1935 Line Across the Map](https://www.argo.net/chinas-worst-soil-loss-follows-a-famous-1935-line-across-the-map/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Communications Earth & Environment has found that China's most severe water erosion clusters along the Hu Line, a famous 1935 boundary that still captures one...
- [Wild Orangutans Caught on Camera Reveal a Surprising Way They Walk on the Ground](https://www.argo.net/wild-orangutans-caught-on-camera-reveal-a-surprising-way-they-walk-on-the-ground/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - Using motion-activated cameras over five years, a study in American Journal of Biological Anthropology has captured rare details of how wild Bornean orangutans move when they leave the...
- [Scientists Have Precisely Mapped Just 28% of Earth’s Ocean Floor](https://www.argo.net/scientists-have-precisely-mapped-just-28-of-earths-ocean-floor/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has put a stark number on one of Earth science's biggest blind spots: only 28% of the ocean floor has been mapped...
- [Scientists Crack Open AI’s Black Box To Reveal How Materials Absorb Light](https://www.argo.net/scientists-crack-open-ais-black-box-to-reveal-how-materials-absorb-light/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Advanced Intelligent Discovery has revealed a way to interpret AI models used in materials research, showing how they connect atomic structure with the way materials...
- [ESA Spacecraft Catch Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Across the Solar System](https://www.argo.net/esa-spacecraft-catch-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-from-across-the-solar-system/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - The European Space Agency has mounted a Solar System-wide observing campaign for Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor discovered on July 1, 2025. After automated detection systems alerted...
- [Strange Amazon Clay Chimneys Finally Reveal Their Hidden Job: Helping Cicadas Breathe and Escape Ants](https://www.argo.net/strange-amazon-clay-chimneys-finally-reveal-their-hidden-job-helping-cicadas-breathe-and-escape-ants/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - Eight and a half times more ants appeared on ground-level baits than on baits placed atop the clay towers of an Amazonian cicada, according to a study in...
- [NIH Scientists Discover a Powerful New Opioid That Relieves Pain With Minimal Addiction Signals](https://www.argo.net/nih-scientists-discover-a-powerful-new-opioid-that-relieves-pain-with-minimal-addiction-signals/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found an experimental opioid with an unusual profile in laboratory animals, according to an official NIH announcement. The compound, called...
- [Scientists Discover Why High Altitude May Protect Against Diabetes](https://www.argo.net/scientists-discover-why-high-altitude-may-protect-against-diabetes/index.html.md): 2026-06-15 - A study in Cell Metabolism has identified a surprising way that life in thin air may improve blood sugar control. In experiments with mice, researchers found that red...
- [Warmer Oceans Are Making North Atlantic Hurricanes Wetter and Slower, Study Finds](https://www.argo.net/warmer-oceans-are-making-north-atlantic-hurricanes-wetter-and-slower-study-finds/index.html.md): 2026-06-14 - A study in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science has found that warmer North Atlantic conditions are linked to wetter tropical cyclones, broader heavy-rain areas and slower storm movement...
- [Tiny 436-Million-Year-Old Fish Reveals the Oldest Bony Fish Skeleton Ever Found](https://www.argo.net/tiny-436-million-year-old-fish-reveals-the-oldest-bony-fish-skeleton-ever-found/index.html.md): 2026-06-14 - A study in Nature led by researchers at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, describes a tiny fossil fish from South China that...
- [Early Humans Were Quarrying Stone in South Africa 220,000 Years Ago](https://www.argo.net/early-humans-were-quarrying-stone-in-south-africa-220000-years-ago/index.html.md): 2026-06-14 - A study in Nature Communications reports that human groups in South Africa were making repeated trips to obtain toolmaking stone as early as about 220,000 years ago. Led...
- [Ecuador Rainforest Study Finds Biodiversity Can Rebound Within 30 Years](https://www.argo.net/ecuador-rainforest-study-finds-biodiversity-can-rebound-within-30-years/index.html.md): 2026-06-14 - A study in Nature found that tropical rainforest biodiversity in Ecuador's Chocó region can return faster than many people might expect after farmland is left to regrow. The...