SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lights up Florida night with "jellyfish" effect
SpaceX's Starlink mission launch successful
By Anthony Leone
SpaceX launches 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2024 on Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now
By Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)
By Mike Wall
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Persistent helium leak triggers additional delay for Boeing's hard-luck Starliner spacecraft
By William Harwood
Highly anticipated Boeing Starliner launch gets a new target date
By Deblina Chakraborty & Madeline Holcombe
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 25
By Mike Wall
Helium leak further delays Starliner crewed test flight
By Jeff Foust
Launch Roundup: Starliner delayed further; 21st flight for Falcon 9 booster; New Shepard returns to crewed missions - NASASpaceFlight.com
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NASA astronauts practice 'moonwalking' in the Arizona desert (photos)
By Meredith Garofalo
NASA Tests Technology, Practices Artemis Moonwalks in Arizona Desert
NASA astronauts turn Arizona desert into practice ground for Artemis III moonwalk
University of Maryland geologist to run simulation that helps astronauts prepare for the moon
By Luke Lukert
Astronauts preparing to explore Moon – by pushing buggy around Arizona
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Massive sunspot that brought widespread auroras to Earth now targets Mars
By Meredith Garofalo
How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Did Little Damage, but Worse Space Weather Is Coming
By Lee Billings & Jonathan O'Callaghan
NASA video: Solar storms are as impressive as the auroras they caused
By Michael Franco
The Sun's Most Powerful Flare in Seven Years Just Erupted
By Michelle Starr
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NASA's Flyby Of Europa Suggests "Something" Stirring Beneath The Ice
By Stephen Luntz
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Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old
By Hannah Devlin
James Webb telescope spots 2 monster black holes merging at the dawn of time, challenging our understanding of the universe
By Brandon Specktor
James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)
By Robert Lea
JWST discovers black holes merging near the dawn of the cosmos
By Elizabeth Gamillo
Webb image of ZS7, furthest black hole collision ever seen
By Iain Todd
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Giant alien power plants are sucking energy from seven stars in outer space, claims study
Could Dyson spheres exist in our galaxy?
Alien 'Dyson sphere' megastructures could surround at least 7 stars in our galaxy, new studies suggest
By Harry Baker
Mysterious Objects in Space Could Be Giant Dyson Spheres, Scientists Say
'53 candidates': Dozens of stars exhibit evidence suggesting they may host advanced alien civilizations
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"Tree of Life" origins traced to Madagascar : Short Wave
By Emily Kwong
Baobab Trees Had a Strange Evolutionary Journey
By Rachel Nuwer
Scientists solve mystery of ancient 'tree of life'
By Helen Briggs
Mysterious origin of the "tree of life" revealed as some of the species is just decades from extinction
By Li Cohen
Bizarre evolutionary roots of Africa's iconic upside-down baobab trees revealed
By Richard Pallardy
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James Webb Space Telescope sees Orion Nebula in a stunning new light (images)
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NASA and ESA complete agreement for cooperation on Mars rover mission
By Jeff Foust
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A ‘striking’ creature with large spiky legs roamed what’s now Illinois 300 million years ago
By Issy Ronald
Spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid discovered in the Mazon Creek locality
Ancient spider fossil discovered in the US was adorned with spiny armour
'Unlike Any Other': Prehistoric Illinois' Spiny-Legged Arachnid Discovered
By Robyn White
New arachnid species identified from Illinois fossil
By Kate Linderman
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New 3D map charted with Google AI reveals 'mysterious but beautiful' slice of human brain
By Sneha Khedkar
Google and Harvard unveil most detailed ever map of human brain
By Jacopo Prisco
Researchers publish largest-ever dataset of neural connections — Harvard Gazette
Google AI: New insights from 6 images of the human brain
By Daniel Berger
Scanning 1 cubic millimetre of brain tissue resulted in 1400000 GB of data, or about the same space as your Dad's holiday photo collection
By Andy Edser
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The human brain has been shrinking – and no-one quite knows why
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly
Junk from a SpaceX Dragon 'trunk' may have crashed into a Canadian farmer's field (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell
Chunk of space debris lands in Sask. farm field
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Giant Piece of Space Junk Crashes Down on Farm of Canadian, Who Intends to Sell It and Spend Money on Hockey Rink
By Victor Tangermann
88-pound piece of SpaceX spacecraft debris crashes on a farm in Canada
By Mrigakshi Dixit
A burned metal from SpaceX spacecraft falls in Canadaian farm. Farmer now plans to sell it
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New photos show Jupiter's tiny moon Amalthea
By David Dickinson
NASA spacecraft saw something incredible near Jupiter's Great Red Spot
By Elisha Sauers
In Photos: NASA's Juno Sends Back Spectacular Images Of Jupiter
By Jamie Carter
NASA Probe Snaps Photo Of Reddest Object In The Solar System
By Alfredo Carpineti
Jupiter's mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot
By Keith Cooper
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Study proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
By Jacopo Prisco
First proof that “plunging regions” exist around black holes in space
Scientists discover bizarre region around black holes that proves Einstein right yet again
By Ben Turner
Scientists unveil Black Hole's plunge, bizarre region around black holes found
Data from MAXI J1820+070 shows Einstein was right about how matter plunges into a black hole
By Bob Yirka
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Scientists use generative AI to answer complex questions in physics
By Adam Zewe
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Sea otters use tools to open hard-shelled prey, saving their teeth, research reveals
By Dani Anguiano
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Researchers Discover the Universe's Oldest Stars Circling Our Own Galaxy: 'We have a new way to find them'
MIT researchers discover the universe's oldest stars in our own galactic backyard
By Jennifer Chu
Some of the oldest stars in the universe found hiding near the Milky Way's edge — and they may not be alone
By Harry Baker
In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction
By Robert Lea
Universe's oldest known stars found in Milky Way's 'halo'
By Laura Baisas
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Mars Methane Mystery // BepiColombo In Trouble // Crazy Auroras
Europe is uncertain whether its ambitious Mercury probe can reach the planet
By Eric Berger
The BepiColombo Mission To Mercury is Losing Power
By Evan Gough
Japanese-European spacecraft bound for Mercury weakened by thruster glitch
By Robert Lea
Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust
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Spiders Use Their Webs as Giant Microphones to Hear What's Going on Around Them, Says New Research
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone
By Jordan Pearson
Spiderweb Thread Inspires Ultrasmall Microphones
By Elizabeth Anne Brown
A spider silk sound system: Webs match acoustic particle velocity for long-distance sound detection
Spider silk inspires scientists to build the world's best microphone
By Ameya Paleja
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Scientists demonstrate the survival of quantum coherence in a chemical reaction involving ultracold molecules
Fragile quantum entanglement may survive chaos of chemical reactions
By Karmela Padavic
Physics - Fine Control of Ultracold Polar Molecules
Quantum state manipulation and cooling of ultracold molecules
By Giacomo Valtolina, Tim Langen & Dajun Wang
Finding quantum coherence in the chaos of chemical reactions
By Eric Ralls
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Hubble views cosmic dust lanes
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A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)
By Samantha Mathewson
New image gives fresh glimpse into Mars' icy past
By Ariana Garcia
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Study indicates Earth's earliest sea creatures drove evolution by stirring the water
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Scientists are mapping Earth's rivers from space before climate change devastates our planet
By Sharmila Kuthunur
NASA warns against 368-foot asteroid speeding towards Earth
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
By Sharmila Kuthunur
Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 NJ16 extremely close encounter: a image - 13 May 2024
By Gianluca Masi
Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza will skim past Earth today
By Dylan Murray
Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid whizzes past Earth, NASA says
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Orbital Paparazzi Captures a Sneaky Picture of the ISS
By Passant Rabie
Black hole singularities defy physics. New research could finally do away with them.
By Andrey Feldman
NASA's Mars sample return mission is in trouble. Could a single SLS megarocket be the answer?
By Andrew Jones
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Jeong Min Park earns 2024 Schmidt Science Fellowship
By Sandi Miller
India's ambitious 2nd Mars mission to include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute
By Sharmila Kuthunur
ISRO announces plans to make India the third country to reach Mars, draws inspiration from NASA’s probes
ISRO's Mars mission strategy unveiled: Helicopter, robotic car, and crane to navigate red planet
By Deeksha Somani
Mangalyaan-2 unveiled: India poised to become third nation to land on Mars
ISRO’s Mars Lander Mission will use a rover hunt for signs of life on Red Planet
By Aditya Madanapalle
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Smelting Steel Without Fossil Fuels: Solar Power Shatters the 1,000°C Barrier for Industrial Heating
Sunlight-trapping device can generate temperatures over 1000°C
By Chen Ly
Scientists Set A Solar Thermal Trap To Snare Fossil Fuels
By Tina Casey
This New Solar Power Technology Generates A Massive Amount of Heat, No Fossil Fuels Required
By Mj Banias
Scientists Use Solar Power to Generate Enough Heat to Smelt Metal
By Paige Bennett
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Brain Circuit for Color Perception Identified
Hue selectivity from recurrent circuitry in Drosophila
By Aljoscha Nern, Larry Abbott & Alvaro Sanz Diez
Adaptive Optics Offers Clues to How the Eye Perceives Color
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NASA Mars Rover Following Path of What Appears to Be Ancient River
By Victor Tangermann
Study finds paleolithic people settled in Cyprus thousands of years earlier than previously thought
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Could Neanderthals talk?
By Emily Cooke
Bizarre device uses 'blind quantum computing' to let you access quantum computers from home
By Peter Ray Allison
Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? There's bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests
By Harry Desmond & Indranil Banik
The "Goldilocks" zone of habitable planets is likely outdated. Here's why.
By Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Into the abyss: Understanding black hole formation through natal kicks and neutrino emission
By Tejasri Gururaj
Scientists Test for Quantum Gravity
By Andy Tomaswick