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A researcher shows a sample of ocean-degradable plastic is immersed in saltywater is seen during a demonstration at the Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) of Japanese research institution Riken in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan May 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Manami Yamada

Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours

While scientists have long experimented with biodegradable plastics, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo say their new material breaks down...

The location (circled) of a star residing near the edge of a supernova remnant situated 15,000 light-years from Earth, that cycles in radio wave intensity every 44 minutes, placing it into the category of celestial objects called long period radio transients, is seen in this image released on May 28, 2025. X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/CalTech/IPAC; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk/Handout via REUTERS

Astronomers discover mysterious star flashing signals at Earth every 44 minutes

Cutout images of all 19 detections of the newly identified trans-Neptunian object named 2017 OF201 are seen, from the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the 4-meter Victor M. Blanco Telescope, released by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, on May 22, 2025. Photo: Jiaxuan Li and Sihao Cheng/Handout via REUTERS

Possible new dwarf planet spotted near the edge of the solar system

Photo: Philip Drury/University of Sheffield

Mysterious explosion in space leaves scientists stunned

Tim Friede, a man from the United States who helped to create antivenom against deadly snakes. Photo: UNB

Man bitten by snakes over 200 times helps create breakthrough antivenom

Data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter is used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. Photo: Reuters

Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus

A triple conjunction between two planets and a crescent moon has the appearance of a smiley face in the sky. (Image credit: Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images)

For the stargazers: How 2 planets will form 'smiley face' with moon on 25 April 

MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts to dilate and constrict the pupil. Image: MIT

MIT engineers create artificial muscle that mimics real tissue

A ski lift at the Kalavrita ski centre on Mount Helmos is silhouetted as the moon rises near the town of Kalavrita, Greece, August 14, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo

A micromoon will grace the night skies this weekend

Shown here are two of three wolves genetically edited by scientists to have traits of a dire wolf, a prehistoric animal that went extinct about 12,500 years ago. Photo: Colossal Biosciences/Press Release

Meet the dire wolf puppies: How a Texas lab brought an extinct species back to life after 12,500 years

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Scientists discover 'vast city' underneath Egypt's Giza pyramid, reveal new details about mysterious structures

Photo: Courtesy

Bangladesh Astronomical Association, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka hosts astronomy event on Einstein's birthday

A formation is seen from SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft's launch atop its Super Heavy booster on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, US, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean