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Artist’s impression of a hypervelocity star ejected from the Large Magellanic Cloud (shown on right). When a binary star system ventures too close to a supermassive black hole, the intense gravitational forces tear the pair apart. One star is captured into a tight orbit around the black hole, while the other is flung outward at extreme velocities—often exceeding thousands of kilometers per second—becoming a hypervelocity star. The inset illustration depicts this process: the original binary’s orbital path is shown as interwoven lines, with one star being captured by the black hole (near center of inset) while the other is ejected into space (lower right).

Runaway Stars Reveal Hidden Black Hole in Milky Way’s Nearest Neighbor

Scanned electron micrograph image of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which can cause gonorrhea.

Post-Exposure Antibiotic Shows Major Impact on STI Prevention, Study Finds

The massive, yet invisible halo of dark matter of a galaxy cluster works as a "macrolens,", while lone, unbound stars drifting through the cluster act as additional "microlenses, multiplying the factor of magnification.

Webb Telescope Discovers Over 40 Ancient Stars in Distant “Dragon Arc” Galaxy

Portrait of Beautiful Lonely Young Woman Drinking from a Wine Glass in the Dark Kitchen. Depressed and Sad Adult Girl with Alcohol Problem Drinks Alone, Bad Relationships, Work Stress, Other Problems

Scientists Discover How Estrogen Drives Binge Drinking in Females

Microscopic view of cells in the inferior colliculus region of the brain

How Deaf Musicians Can ‘Hear’ Through Touch

Eating chocolate may decrease risk of irregular heartbeat

Dark Chocolate May Lower Diabetes Risk While Milk Chocolate Linked to Weight Gain

The team’s overall goal was to be able to compare the amounts of α-synuclein protein contained in extracellular vesicles (right side) relative to α-synuclein contained in total plasma (left side). To achieve the former, they innovated an already validated EV-isolation and analysis process with a critical “protein protection assay.”

Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Disease Detection: New Blood Test Method Shows Promise

Artist's illustration of filaments extending from a supernova witnessed in the year 1181.

Ancient Supernova’s ‘Dandelion Petals’ Mapped in 3D for First Time

Sea robin (Prionotus carolinus).

This Fish Has Legs: Sea Robins Reveal Evolutionary Secrets

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AI Model Identifies Potential Treatments for Thousands of Rare Diseases

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New AI Tool Rivals Human Experts in Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

Side-by-side simulated images of M87* show the improvement in clarity and resolution from 230 GHz to 345 GHz. These improvements are allowing scientists to measure the size and shape of black holes more precisely.

Event horizon telescope makes highest-resolution black hole detections from Earth

A 3D representation of a herpes simplex virus enzyme involved in viral replication. Credit: Abraham Lab/HMS

What enables herpes simplex virus to become impervious to drugs?

illustration of one neuron lighting up

Thyroid Hormone Rewires Brain to Fuel Exploratory Behavior, Harvard Study Reveals

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