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dark energy

Space

We’ve discovered the most massive black hole yet

A galaxy billions of light years from Earth houses what may be the most massive black hole in the universe, equivalent to cramming the full mass of a small galaxy into a single object

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Environment

We can repurpose retired coal plants to produce green energy

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Environment

Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time

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Environment

California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

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Environment

AI demand could drive up US electricity bills – even if it fizzles

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

Environment

Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Environment

Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2

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What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

Environment

What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

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Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Earth

The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift

A gaggle of companies are searching the US Midwest for underground hydrogen fuel produced by a billion-year-old split in the continent – 51¶¯Âþ visited one of the first to start drilling

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Space

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to totally transform astronomy

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Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

Culture

Space

'Impossible' particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter

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Space

We may have discovered the first-ever stars powered by dark matter

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