


Mysterious Dark Matter ‘Ghost’ Particle May Finally Be Detected
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – In a breakthrough that could help unravel several of the most perplexing mysteries of the universe, scientists believe they have detected traces of a hypothetical dark matter particle.

Chinese Health Experts Call to Suspend Pfizer's mRNA Vaccine for Elderly after Norwegian Deaths
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Chinese health experts called on Norway and other countries to suspend the use of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines produced by companies such as Pfizer, especially among elderly people, due to the vaccines' safety uncertainties.

Astronomers Observe Death of Distant Galaxy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed the death of a distant galaxy, which they describe as a "truly extreme event."

Rocky 'Super-Earth' Planet Discovered near Milky Way’s Old Star
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists have discovered a huge 'super Earth' planet near one of the oldest stars in the galaxy.

Hydrogen Sulfide Could Guard against Alzheimer's Disease
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Typically characterized as poisonous, corrosive and smelling of rotten eggs, hydrogen sulfide's reputation may soon get a facelift, after researchers show that the foul-smelling gas may help protect aging brain cells against Alzheimer's disease.

Earth Spinning Its Fastest in Decades
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Earth must have been over 2020 because the planet spun faster last year than it has in decades, according to scientists.

New Facial Recognition System Can Identify People through Masks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new facial recognition system can verify a person’s identity even when they are masked.

Astronomers Make New, Definitive Estimate for Age of Universe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – How old is the universe? Astronomers have been homing in on an increasingly precise estimate for its age for decades. Now, a new research paper based on observational data gives of the most precise estimations yet: 13.77 billion years old.

Milky Way Black Hole Seemingly Changed Color of Nearby Stars
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* in the Milky Way galaxy seemingly changed the color of nearby stars, according to astrophysicists.

First Volunteer Injected in Iran COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The first human trial in Iran of a homegrown coronavirus vaccine began in Tehran on Tuesday.

COVID Poses Greatest Lasting Threat to Mental Health Since WWII
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The coronavirus pandemic poses the biggest threat to mental health since the Second World War, a psychiatrist warned.

Iranian COVID-19 Vaccine Outdoes Foreign Products: Health Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The coronavirus vaccine made in Iran outperforms many vaccines developed by other countries, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said.

Study Finds Evidence of Lasting Immunity after Mild COVID-19 Infection
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New research has found evidence of protective immunity in people up to four months after mild or asymptomatic COVID-19.

New Method for Imaging Exhaled Breath Could Provide Insights into COVID-19 Transmission
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new method for visualizing breath that is exhaled while someone is speaking or singing could provide important new insights into how diseases such as COVID-19 spread and the effectiveness of face masks.

Scientists Spot Farthest Galaxy in Universe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Astronomers have peered out into the vast expanse and spotted what they think is the farthest (and oldest) galaxy ever observed.

Astronomers Spot Elusive 50 Million-Light-Year-Long Thread Tied to Cosmic Web
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At the very largest scale, the Universe consists of a "cosmic web" made of enormous, tenuous filaments of gas stretching between gigantic clumps of matter.

Radio Emissions Detected from Distant Exoplanet for First Time
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists have detected what could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system, in a potential game changer in the hunt for habitable worlds ripe for colonization.

Dark Storm on Neptune Mysteriously Reverses Direction
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope watched a mysterious dark vortex on Neptune abruptly steer away from a likely death on the giant blue planet.
