![Scientists Suggest Remnants of Ancient Viruses May Aid in Fighting Cancer](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/27/140201271056378427410172.jpg)
![Scientists Suggest Remnants of Ancient Viruses May Aid in Fighting Cancer](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/27/140201271056378427410172.jpg)
![Ancient Structure Surrounds Earth’s Core, Study Says](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/139206261834335751181342.jpg)
Ancient Structure Surrounds Earth’s Core, Study Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists believe that Earth’s core is a massive ball of iron. However, a new discovery suggests that the Earth’s core is surrounded by an unexpected ancient structure.
![Runaway Black Hole Tears through Space, Creating Trail of New Stars](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/11/1399071115583325821351232.jpg)
Runaway Black Hole Tears through Space, Creating Trail of New Stars
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists say.
![Ancient DNA Reveals Interwoven Persian Ancestry along East Africa](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/15/1402011510481751927326022.jpg)
Ancient DNA Reveals Interwoven Persian Ancestry along East Africa
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new study has revealed the existence of interwoven African and Persian ancestry along the Swahili coast in Eastern Africa.
![Germany Might Block ChatGPT over Data Security Concerns](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/15/1402011510213784427325792.jpg)
Germany Might Block ChatGPT over Data Security Concerns
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Germany could “in principle” block access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot due to privacy concerns, a spokeswoman for the country’s data protection commissioner told the Handelsblatt newspaper on Monday.
![Moon May Contain 300 Billion Tons of Water in Glass Beads](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/08/1402010814070922827302612.jpg)
Moon May Contain 300 Billion Tons of Water in Glass Beads
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Glass beads on the moon's surface may contain nearly 300 billion tons of water, which could provide a way for astronauts on future lunar missions to get water in space, a team of 28 scientists said.
![Recently Found Exoplanet Has Atmospheric Sandstorms, Numerous Ingredients for Life](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/04/140201041617132427289942.png)
Recently Found Exoplanet Has Atmospheric Sandstorms, Numerous Ingredients for Life
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have made a remarkable discovery about a unique planet located about 40 light years from Earth.
![Earliest Stars Were Likely 10,000 Times Size of Our Sun](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/11/1399071115323239521350872.jpg)
Earliest Stars Were Likely 10,000 Times Size of Our Sun
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The very first stars in the universe may have been roughly 10,000 times the mass of the sun and about 10,000 times larger than the biggest stars today, according to a report from Space.com.
![OpenAI Releases GPT-4 AI Model with Human-Level Performance](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/12/24/1401122410094546627239082.jpg)
OpenAI Releases GPT-4 AI Model with Human-Level Performance
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - OpenAI has released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, which boasts "human-level performance" on several academic and professional benchmarks, including the US bar exam, advanced placement tests, and the SAT school exams.
![Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Produces Electricity from Air](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/12/18/1401121816082111527199362.jpg)
Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Produces Electricity from Air
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists have isolated an enzyme, Huc, which allows certain soil bacteria to consume hydrogen from the air and convert it into energy, producing electricity directly when exposed to even minute amounts of hydrogen.
![Experiment Demonstrates Solar System’s Fragility](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/09/21/1399092110263874921792732.jpg)
Experiment Demonstrates Solar System’s Fragility
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a University of California, Riverside, experiment.
![Space Organizations Want Moon to Have Its Own Time Zone](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1397/05/02/1397050215584928214840962.jpg)
Space Organizations Want Moon to Have Its Own Time Zone
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – There's been a resurgence of interest in the moon, now that we're getting closer to re-establishing a foothold on the celestial body.
![Life-Building Organic Molecules Found in Samples from Asteroid Ryugu](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/29/1399022916133979120436352.jpg)
Life-Building Organic Molecules Found in Samples from Asteroid Ryugu
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Did life originate on Earth? Or did the essential building blocks for it land on Earth from space? This is something scientists have been debating for decades.
![Supermassive Black Holes Source of Dark Energy?](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/09/27/1400092717063296524299972.jpg)
Supermassive Black Holes Source of Dark Energy?
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Earlier this week, a study made headlines claiming that the mysterious “dark energy” cosmologists believe is accelerating the expansion of the universe could arise from supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies.
![Scientists Find Clearest Evidence of Ancient Lake that Existed on Mars](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/07/16/1400071612434749823769322.jpg)
Scientists Find Clearest Evidence of Ancient Lake that Existed on Mars
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – In the foothills of a Martian mountain, NASA’s Curiosity rover found stunning new evidence of an ancient lake in the form of rocks etched with the ripples of waves — and the telltale signs appeared in an unlikely place.
![Two Homegrown Satellites Unveiled in Iran](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/11/18/1401111816432522526998022.jpg)
Two Homegrown Satellites Unveiled in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran on Tuesday unveiled “Nahid-2” telecommunication and “Tolou-3” remote sensing satellites.
![New Form of Ice Discovered that May Shake Up Our Understanding of Water](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/11/15/1401111517184419726970512.png)
New Form of Ice Discovered that May Shake Up Our Understanding of Water
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices and that may rewrite our understanding of water and its many anomalies.
![Embers of Ancient Inferno Pinpoint Worst Extinction in Earth's History](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1397/05/06/139705061828590114882502.jpg)
Embers of Ancient Inferno Pinpoint Worst Extinction in Earth's History
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The link between ancient volcanic eruptions and the most severe extinction event the world has ever seen just got even stronger.
![Scientists Spot First Gamma-Ray Eclipses from Strange 'Spider' Star Systems](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/11/08/1401110817435464126920982.png)
Scientists Spot First Gamma-Ray Eclipses from Strange 'Spider' Star Systems
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Astronomers have detected the first gamma-ray eclipses from a "spider" star system, in which a superdense rapidly rotating neutron star called a pulsar is feeding on a stellar companion.
![Earth's Inner Core May Have Started Spinning Other Way: Study](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/11/21/1400112117200383224731522.jpg)