Happy anniversary, Mariner 4! NASA probe got 1st-ever up-close look at Mars 60 years ago today
By Rod Pyle
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe snaps closest-ever images to sun
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun
By Mara Johnson-groh
Watch Solar Winds Burst into Space in the Closest-Ever Glimpse of the Sun
By Grace Ebert
Fastest Spacecraft Ever Made Returns the Closest Images of the Sun in History
By Daniel Patrascu
This is the closest ever image of the Sun. You can clearly see the solar wind
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Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission
By Brett Tingley
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News - 300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Found in China
Archaeologists Determine Ancient Origins of Cache of 35 Wooden Tools Found in China
By Declan Gallagher
Ancient wooden tools, from long before Homo sapiens emerged, discovered in China
300,000-year-old wooden tools found in China reveal early humans’ plant-based diet and cognitive abilities in East Asia
300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Discovered in China
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Snow covers the SOAR Telescope in Chile photo of the day for July 11, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-castleberry
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Scientists detect most massive black hole merger ever — and it birthed a monster 225 times as massive as the sun
By Ben Turner
Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes
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By Ian Sample
LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected
By Karmela Padavic
The biggest black hole smashup ever detected challenges physics theories
By Emily Conover
Gravitational Wave Detected From Largest Black Hole Merger Yet: "It Presents A Real Challenge To Our Understanding Of Black Hole Formation"
By Stephen Luntz
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The Milky Way Could be Surrounded by 100 Satellite Galaxies
By Evan Gough
Milky Way could be teeming with more satellite galaxies than previously thought
100 ghost galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way—and we’re just now uncovering them
New Simulations Reveal Dozens of Hidden Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way
By Ryan Whalen
Dozens of 'ghost galaxies' may be orbiting the Milky Way
By Eric Ralls
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Study Reveals How Deep Ocean Currents Shape Microbial Life Across South Pacific
By Lauren Fimbres Wood
James Webb marks anniversary with Cat’s Paw Nebula image
By Dean Murray
Webb telescope discovers stars forming in 'toe beans' of Cat's Paw Nebula
By Julia Jacobo
Webb’s Birthday Blockbuster: Baby Suns Ignite Tiered Rings Inside the Cosmic Cat’s Paw
James Webb Captures Stellar ‘Toe Beans’ in Cat’s Paw Nebula on Its Third Anniversary
James Webb Space Telescope marks anniversary with Cat’s Paw Nebula image
By Dean Murray
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Astronomers discover monster exoplanet hiding in 'stellar fog' around young star
By Robert Lea
A young gas giant and hidden substructures in a protoplanetary disk
By Miguel Vioque, C. Longarini and Francesco Zagaria
It looked like nothing—then scientists found a world 10x the size of Jupiter
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Space Rider Nose Cone Passes Key Milestone
By Andrew Parsonson
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NASA comes closer to completing its NASA Grace Roman Space Telescope with solar panel installation
By Harriet Belderbos
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NASA Rover Breaks Record For Longest Road Trip on Another Planet
By Carly Cassella
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Ten years after Pluto, New Horizons faces a new threat
By Asa Stahl
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Adorable Cat Helps Scientists Discover New Virus (For Second Time)
By Tessa Koumoundouros
Scientist’s cat, again, helps discover new virus
By Jill Pease
Black cat finds a new human virus – and it's not his first time
By Bronwyn Thompson
Florida Cat Named Pepper Brings Home Never-Before-Seen Virus—for the Second Time
By Natalia Mesa
Scientist's cat helps discover a rare virus — yet again
By Ben Turner
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Antihistamines could affect exercise recovery and gains, according to University of Oregon study
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Space Coast's 60th launch of year also Falcon 9's 500th successful SpaceX mission
By Richard Tribou
Israel’s most-advanced communications satellite successfully launched into space
Late-night SpaceX rocket launch in Florida: Where to watch from Daytona, New Smyrna Beach
By Jennifer Sangalang and Rick Neale
Israel Launches Communications Satellite From Florida
Israel must fund national space strategy that balances defense, scientific goals - editorial
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How paper planes could provide sustainable solutions to space debris
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Synthetic Biology For Space Exploration
By Keith Cowing
The Structure of Ice in Space Is Neither Order nor Chaos—It’s Both
By Jorge Garay
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Leading scientist issues dire warning about disturbing phenomenon in Antarctica: 'I'm not sure I have the capacity to really think it through'
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Polar research sheds light on climate impact in tropics
By Kalinga Seneviratne
NASA X-59 proves shockwave suppression for quiet supersonic flight in Mach 1.4 tests
By Aaron Spray
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Uncovering The Rock Record Of Earth’s Earliest Continental Crust
By Keith Cowing
Geologists Decode Earth’s 4.4-Billion-Year-Old “Missing” Crust
Are these the oldest rocks on Earth? A new study says so
Neither meteorites nor volcanoes - this find at Nuvvuagittuq reveals what the Earth was like in its first 400 million years
By Carla Andrea
These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth
By Adithi Ramakrishnan
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NASA looks to self-driving lunar rover decision ...
By Nick Flaherty
NASA’s Groundbreaking Instruments on the Artemis Lunar Vehicle Ready to Launch
By Lydia Amazouz
NASA’s Moon Rover Will Hunt for Ice, Map Minerals, and Reveal What Lies Beneath
NASA’s new toys for upcoming Artemis mission to map moon’s subsurface, lunar minerals
By Christopher Mcfadden
NASA selects instruments for lunar rover
By Oleksandr Burlaka
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Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on July 14, 2025
By Lois Mackenzie
One tiny trick just broke light’s oldest rule — and changed optics forever
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Sotheby’s to auction largest Mars rock ever found on Earth in New York; here’s how it came to our planet
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Development of revolutionizing photo-induced microscopy and its use around the globe celebrated in new publication
By Brian Bell
Why scientists are still worried about Asteroid 2024 YR4 even though Earth is safe
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth— So why are scientists still worried?
Will YR4 hit the moon? We won't know until 2028
By David Dickinson
Should we stop Asteroid 2024 YR4 from hitting the moon?
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By MARK R. WHITTINGTON
Earth may witness a once-in-5,000-year event on the moon and it's coming sooner than you think
By Rikki Loftus
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Mysterious Blobs Deep Inside Earth May Fuel Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
By Jess Cockerill
Where do giant volcanic eruptions come from? New study finds missing link to ‘blobs’ deep within Earth
By Nicolas Flament and Annalise Cucchiaro
Giant Blobs Under Earth’s Surface Might Trigger Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
By Ashley Fike
Map of Earth’s underworld shows hidden ‘blobs’ blamed for wiping out almost all life & killing the dinosaurs
By Millie Turner
Scientists discover the ‘missing link’ that causes giant volcanic eruptions
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Dams built by humans have shifted Earth’s poles
By Sanjana Gajbhiye
Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth’s poles
By Samson Reiny
Big dams may have changed how the Earth rotates, new study finds
By Joshua Hawkins
Whoopsie, Humans Built So Many Dams That We Shifted the North Pole by 3 Feet
By Darren Orf
Human-Constructed Dams Have Shifted the Earth’s Poles, Scientists Say
By Natalia Mesa
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Blue, green and even gold – this shark uses crystals to change colour, new study finds
By Melissa Hobson
Effects of Wolbachia removal on microbial composition and diversity in Aedes albopictus: implication of using wAlbB for discriminating irradiation-based sterile and wild males
By Dongjing Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng and Zhong-dao Wu
Mars Sample Return under threat as Trump budget slashes NASA science
By Chris Young
This company could save NASA’s doomed Martian Sample Return mission
By Joshua Hawkins
NASA Budget Cuts Could Have A Martian Silver Lining
By Bruce Dorminey
Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover's Samples To Earth If NASA Can't
“Lockheed Martin Promises to Slash Billions”: New Mars Mission Plan Unveiled With Bold Cost-Cutting Measures That Could Accelerate Human Exploration
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See A ‘Ghost Moon’ As Perseid Meteors Begin: The Night Sky This Week
By Jamie Carter
The Perseids, considered the best meteor shower of the year, are about to begin
By Julia Jacobo
Mammoth Cave National Park hosting Star Party for the Perseids Meteor Shower
By Gabrielle Bunton
August 12-13, 2025 Perseid Meteor Shower
This Stunning Meteor Shower Will Illuminate the Sky With Up to 100 Shooting Stars Per Hour—Here’s When to See It
By Michele Laufik
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