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SpaceX has won a lucrative NASA contract to build the first lunar lander since the Apollo program. The announcement…
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With Pluto firmly in its rearview mirror, New Horizons is now hours away from reaching a milestone distance, in…
Apr 15
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An estimated 4,000 tons of debris—including rocks the size of cars—has collapsed onto a beach along Dorset’s…
Apr 15
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Building on previous experiments, an international team of scientists has created chimeric human-monkey embryos,…
Apr 14
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Blue Origin will attempt a suborbital test of an uncrewed New Shepard rocket on Wednesday. You can watch the flight…
Apr 13
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The latest round of NASA funding to boost the development of advanced concepts includes a space-based neutrino…
Apr 13
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Arguably the cutest member of the weasel family, ermines can be found throughout the northern regions of North…
Apr 12
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A mother and calf are the last of nine endangered giraffes to be transported to Kenya’s mainland as rising waters…
Apr 11
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Update: NASA says its first flight attempt will happen no earlier than Wednesday, April 14. Original article appears…
Apr 9
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An expedition working near Luxor has stumbled upon the remains of a lost ancient Egyptian city, in what is being…
Apr 8
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Using pigments found in red cabbage, an international team of scientists has created a natural blue food colorant…
Apr 8
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Apr 7
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New research documents the fastest-spinning brown dwarfs on record. The objects are rotating so rapidly that, should…
Apr 7
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A genome sequenced from a modern human skull has been dated at approximately 45,000 years old, making it the oldest…
Apr 6
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None of the 109 expeditioners and crew onboard the MPV Everest were hurt when a fire broke out in an engine room,…
Apr 6
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Well, we’ve seen better photos of Mars, but this one’s special in that it was taken by NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter.…
Apr 5
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The main section of the USS Johnston—sunk 77 years ago during the Battle of Leyte Gulf—has been discovered off the…
Apr 5
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The failed deorbiting of a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage late last month produced a spectacular light show over the…
Apr 1
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Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have detected X-rays coming from Uranus, revealing a previously…