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Since the 1990s, astronomers have catalogued more than 3,000 exoplanets using a fairly basic detection technique…
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Four beautifully preserved llamas have been discovered at a ritual sacrifice site in Peru. The llamas, still wearing…
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The diabolical ironclad beetle, in addition to having one of the coolest names in the animal kingdom, boasts one of…
Oct 20
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Update: OSIRIS-REx made contact with the surface on schedule, executed the sample-collection procedure, and fired…
Oct 20
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It was another long night aboard the International Space Station, as the crew had to deal with a series of minor…
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An oversized cat drawing has been discovered on a hill at the famous Nazca Lines site in Peru. The impressive…
Oct 16
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NASA is preparing to send a woman and a man to the Moon in 2024, in what will be the first mission to the lunar…
Oct 16
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The writing has been on the wall for a while now, but it finally appears that Japan is ready to proceed with dumping…
Oct 15
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Crew members aboard the International Space Station are dealing with a failed oxygen supply generator located within…
Oct 15
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Scientists have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat species known as Homotherium latidens, also…
Oct 14
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A newly discovered species of tardigrade that glows blue when exposed to ultraviolet light uses the powers of…
Oct 14
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NASA just handed over $90 million to the Russian space agency for launching astronaut Kate Rubins to the…
Oct 13
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A conservation group has tracked a migration for the ages, in which a male bar-tailed godwit flew from Alaska to New…
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A star 215 million light-years away has been obliterated by a supermassive black hole, making it the closest…
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A team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has produced the most…
Oct 9
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A species of fire ant can turn tiny grains of sand into a powerful tool for extracting food, in a clever design…
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African rainforests are home to some of the most delightful and surprising species on Earth, as demonstrated by…
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Roscosmos is moving ahead with plans to build Russia’s first reusable rocket. Glancing at the design, it appears the…