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Smithsonian Magazine
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Scientists May Have Finally Detected a Hint of Dark Matter, the Mysterious, Invisible Stuff That Holds the Universe Together

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (564+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent A strange, invisible substance is thought to act as cosmic glue, holding the universe together. The stuff, called dark matter, makes up an estimated 85 percent of the universe’s matter. But scientists have never directly seen the…...

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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > a-mysterious-decagon-unexpectedly-appeared-around-saturns-south-pole-the-ten-sided-shape-seems-to-be-a-wave-in-the-atmosphere-180989449

A Mysterious Decagon Unexpectedly Appeared Around Saturn's South Pole. The Ten-Sided Shape Seems to Be a Wave in the Atmosphere

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (460+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Many people are used to envisioning the universe in terms of rounded shapes: think spherical bodies and elliptical orbits. But the geometry of the cosmos is more complex than that. In a study published yesterday in…...

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Once the Solar System's Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here's Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small Icy Body

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1596+ words) Science | August 24, 2026 1:00 p.m. Pluto is now the most well known of the outer worlds beyond Neptune—and the darling of the solar system Kayla Randall | Digital Editor, Museums A 24-year-old observatory assistant from the Midwest discovered Pluto. Clyde Tombaugh, born in…...