To mark the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA released this photo of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Also known as Messier 76, the nebula is 3,400 light-years away from Earth.
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Little Dumbbell Nebula may be hiding evidence of stellar cannibalism in new Hubble image
Recovered stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet. The stanchion survived re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere on March 8, 2024, and impacted a home in Naples, Florida
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NASA says it expected space station garbage to burn up. The debris smashed into a Florida home instead
Mandatory Credit: Photo by SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (11989961f) A group of adult Brood X periodical cicadas after shedding their exoskeletons in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 01 June 2021. After molting, the cicada's body hardens and darkens, then the 17-year-old bug looks for a mate. Trillions of Brood X cicadas are emerging in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. Brood X cicada emergence in Alexandria, Virginia, USA - 01 Jun 2021
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‘As loud as a lawn mower’: What to expect from the historic cicada emergence
Looking Into Io’s Loki Patera
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Unprecedented images reveal jaw-dropping features of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012.
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Voyager 1 is sending data back to Earth for the first time in 5 months
CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: A view of the Lyrids Meteor Shower and Milky Way in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Look up to the sky for the Lyrid meteor shower and the full pink moon
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Gabriel Ugueto
11-year-old’s fossil discovery reveals ancient creature larger than a blue whale
Artistic representation of the huge and slow impact on Pluto that led to the heart-shaped Sputnik Planitia structure on its surface.
Thibaut Roger
Pluto gained a ‘heart’ after colliding with a planetary body
For the first time, potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ have been detected on a planet outside our Solar System. Glory are colourful concentric rings of light that occur only under peculiar conditions. Data from ESA’s sensitive Characterising ExOplanet Satellite, Cheops, along with several other ESA and NASA missions, suggest this delicate phenomenon is beaming straight at Earth from the hellish atmosphere of ultra-hot gas giant WASP-76b, 637 light-years away.
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Scientists spot ‘glory effect’ on a world beyond our solar system for the first time
Life-like reconstruction of the vertebrae of Vasuki in dorsal (top) view.
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Colossal prehistoric snake discovered in India
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Discovery in Maya pyramid reveals dramatic dynasty collapse, archaeologists say
Part of the research team in 2020 examining the initial finds (at the back) of the new discovery made by Ruby and Justin Reynolds. Additional sections of the bone were subsequently discovered. From left to right, Dr Dean Lomax, Ruby Reynolds, Justin Reynolds and Paul de la Salle.
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11-year-old’s beach find was likely largest known marine reptile to swim Earth’s oceans, scientists say
A common eastern bumble bee collects pollen on flowers outside the Cornell Cooperative Extension on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015 in Albany, N.Y.
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Some bumblebees can survive underwater for up to a week, new study shows
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Alain Beeching
Ancient skeletons unearthed in France reveal Mafia-style killings
Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy, thanks to the wobbling motion it induces on a companion star. This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both the star and the black hole, dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common centre of mass. This wobbling was measured over several years with the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. Additional data from other telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, confirmed that the mass of this black hole is 33 times that of our Sun. The chemical composition of the companion star suggests that the black hole was formed after the collapse of a massive star with very few heavy elements, or metals, as predicted by theory.
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Astronomers spot a massive ‘sleeping giant’ black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth
A periodical cicada nymph is seen in Macon, Ga., Wednesday, March 27, 2024. This periodical cicada nymph was found while digging holes for rosebushes. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say
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NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth
Mariel Williams of Royal Oak, Michigan, traveled to her family's hometown of Dayton, Ohio, to witness the total solar eclipse. "The whole neighborhood was outside with their glasses, saying their 'ooh's' and 'ahh's' as the moon creeped in," she said.
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See what totality looked like across the country during the eclipse
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - JANUARY 16: Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off of launch pad 39-A from the Kennedy Space Center January 16, 2003 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Columbia broke up upon re-entry to earth February 1, 2003. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
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5 ways the Columbia disaster changed spaceflight forever
Mariel Williams of Royal Oak, Michigan, traveled to her family's hometown of Dayton, Ohio, to witness the total solar eclipse. "The whole neighborhood was outside with their glasses, saying their 'ooh's' and 'ahh's' as the moon creeped in," she said.
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Striking eclipse photos from CNN readers across the continent
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-107 crew arrives at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. Standing, left to right, are Payload Commander Michael Anderson, Pilot William "Willie" McCool, Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialist David Brown, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the first Israeli astronaut), and Mission Specialists Laurel Clark and Kalpana Chawla. STS-107 is a mission devoted to research and will include more than 80 experiments that will study Earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.
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More than 20 years later, families of the Columbia crew carry on their loved ones’ legacies
An artist’s reconstruction depicts the extinct fox species Dusicyon avus, which scientists believe may have been domesticated 1,500 years ago by hunter-gatherers in what’s now Patagonia in Argentina.
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Foxes were once humans’ best friends, study says
Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may have found them meaningful or interesting, a new study has found.
Leonardo Troiano
Mysterious symbols found near footprints shed light on ancient humans’ awareness of dinosaurs, scientists say
Terrestrial stones on a blue ice area in mountainous terrain. Photo taken during the 2022 fieldwork mission of the Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH) to Union Glacier, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
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Meteorites may be lost to Antarctic ice as climate warms, study says
TAKOMA PARK, MD - MAY 15: A newly molted periodical cicada clings to a plant on May 15, 2021 in Takoma Park, Maryland. Once soil temperatures reach about 64°F, billions or perhaps trillions of Magicicada periodical cicada -- members of Brood X -- will emerge in fifteen states and the District of Columbia after living underground for 17 years they will molt, mate and die within a matter of weeks. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood emergence,’ scientists say
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 12: Professor Peter Higgs stands in front of a photograph of the Large Hadron Collider at the Science Museum's 'Collider' exhibition on November 12, 2013 in London, England. At the exhibition, which opens to the public on November 13, 2013 visitors will see a theatre, video and sound art installation and artefacts from the Large Hadron Collider, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva. It touches on the discovery of the Higgs boson, or God particle, the realisation of scientist Peter Higgs theory. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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UK Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies age 94
Reconstruction of the Iceman by Alfons & Adrie Kennis
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Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 tattoos weren’t made in the way archaeologists first thought
(May 8, 2018) -- View taken of U.S. Navy Test Pilots School (USNTP) during WB-57 Flight Preparations and Takeoff/Landing operations. Photo of suited WB-57 pilots being integrated into aircraft.
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Rockets and planes will chase the eclipse to solve the sun’s enduring mysteries
18 dogs and their owners participated in the experiment.
Oszkar Daniel Gati
Dogs can match some words with objects, study suggests
Paleontologist Aldo Benites-Palomino (Department of Paleontology, University of Zurich) while processing samples during the 2018 expedition to the Napo river.
Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi
‘It’s a dolphin!’: Researchers uncover unusual ancient fossil in the Amazon
George Washington, 22 February 1732-14 December 1799, from 1789 to 1797 the first President of the United States of America, Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original. (Photo by: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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George Washington family secrets revealed by DNA from unmarked 19th century graves
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Ancient DNA reveals intriguing details about a sixth century Chinese emperor
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Lara Cassidy
Ancient teeth rarely have a cavity-causing bacteria commonly seen today. A new study reveals why
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Jaime Bran
Ancient giant dolphin discovered in the Amazon
Researchers identified 16 different microplastic polymer types across both contemporary and archived samples.
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Archaeologists are now finding microplastics in ancient remains
The 1,000 year-old brain of an individual excavated from the c. 10th Century churchyard of Sint-Maartenskerk (Ypres, Belgium). The folds of the tissue, which are still soft and wet, are stained orange with iron oxides.
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‘Extraordinary’ archive of ancient brains could help shed light on mental illness
A bird is silhouetted against full moon also known as Worm moon in Moscow on March 17, 2022. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Here’s how to see the upcoming worm moon lunar eclipse
Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus) participate in mutual grooming, Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
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Why don’t humans have tails? Scientists find answers in an unlikely place
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Remains of an ancient dinner still sit in a Bronze Age village 2,850 years later
Photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows brown giant panda Qizai at a newly opened science park dedicated to the protection of wild animals in Zhouzhi County of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 28 hectares, the science park started trial operation on Friday. The facility features four rare wild animal species living in the Qinling Mountains, namely the giant panda, the crested ibis, the golden monkey and the takin. Also available are over 20 other animal species native to the Qinling Mountains as well as Qizai, the world's only captive brown giant panda. (Photo by Li Yibo/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Pandas aren’t all black and white. Some come in a different shade, and scientists now understand why
Projectile points from a Middle Stone Age archaeological site, Shinfa-Metema 1, in the lowlands of northwest Ethiopian dating from the time of the Toba supereruption at 74,000 years ago provide evidence for bow and arrow use prior to the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa.
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One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus waves towards the crowd before their departure to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/Pool
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Crew safe after Soyuz launch aborted 20 seconds before liftoff
A visualisation of the Milky Way galaxy, with the stars that Khyati Malhan and Hans-Walter Rix identified in the Gaia DR3 data set as belonging to Shiva and Shakti shown as colored dots. Shiva stars are shown in green and Shakti stars in pink. The complete absence of green and pink markers in some regions does not mean that there are no stars from Shiva or Shakti there, as the data set used for this study only covers specific regions within our galaxy.
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Earliest building blocks of the Milky Way discovered near its galactic heart
The fossil skull of <em>Kermitops </em>
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Researchers found a tiny skull with wide eyes and a cartoonish grin. It could help solve an evolutionary puzzle
A visible-light image of the inner coma (atmosphere) of 12P/Pons-Brooks taken in early October 2023 with the Lowell Discovery Telescope in Happy Jack, AZ, USA. The debris from Pons-Brook's large July outburst can be seen as a crescent moon shape pointed upwards while a second outburst which occurred just a day earlier is visible as a still-expanding blob at the center of the image.
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‘Devil comet’ visible in night sky now won’t swing by Earth again for decades
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit
‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time
A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova.
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Explosive star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in the sky. Here’s how to see it
The vial was made from a greenish chlorite, with carved decoration.
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4,000-year-old vial contains ancient red lipstick, archaeologists say
The SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 14, 2024. SpaceX on Thursday carried out the third test launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Starship’s monumental third flight ends unexpectedly
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Why axolotls seem to be everywhere — except in the one lake they call home
This image was taken by Webb’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) of a region parallel to the massive protostar known as IRAS23385.  IRAS 2A and IRAS23385 (not visible in this image) were targets for a recent research effort by an international team of astronomers that used Webb to discover that the key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds are present in early-stage protostars, where planets have not yet formed. With MIRI’s unprecedented spectral resolution and sensitivity, the JOYS+ (James Webb Observations of Young ProtoStars) programme individually identified organic molecules that have been confirmed to be present in interstellar ices. This includes the robust detection of acetaldehyde, ethanol, methyl formate, and likely acetic acid, in the solid phase. [Image description: A region of a molecular cloud. The cloud is dense and bright close to the top of the image, like rolling clouds, and grows darker and more wispy towards the bottom and in the top corner. One bright star, and several dimmer stars, are visible as light spots among the clouds. The image is a single exposure which has been assigned an orange colour for visibility.]
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The burning acid behind ant stings was spotted around two stars
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Aging Voyager 1 sends back surprising response after ‘poke’ from Earth
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Asian elephants bury their dead, study suggests
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Ancient lord’s tomb found filled with gold and multiple sacrificial bodies
This undated handout photo shows SpaceX's Starship rocket at the company's launch base in Boca Chica, Texas.
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SpaceX gets green light for third Starship test flight
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a special message when it launches in October 2024 and heads toward Jupiter's moon Europa. The moon shows strong evidence of an ocean under its icy crust, with more than twice the amount of water of all of Earth's oceans combined. A triangular metal plate, seen here, will honor that connection to Earth.
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See the new ‘golden record’ launching to an ocean world this year
Neolithic stone bead excavated from a grave at Boncuklu Tarla, Türkiye in 2023.
Emma L. Baysal
‘They’re quite like us’: Scientists reveal groundbreaking finding on Stone Age piercings — and who wore them
Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and a small replica. "Mamut" exhibition at CaixaForum on Mammoths, the Giants of Ice Age, Zaragoza, Spain. (Nano Calvo / VWPics via AP Images)
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Elephant stem cells created in a lab for the first time could help bring back the mammoth
A view of a life size woolly mammoth on display at The Box museum in Plymouth, UK.
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Scientists inch forward in efforts to resurrect an extinct giant
This photograph shows mushroom species commonly known as the common bonnet, the common mycena or the rosy-gill fairy helmet -Mycena galericulata- in St Philbert-sur-Risle, western France, on November 26, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mystery of common mushroom growing from an amphibian shows how little we know about fungi
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13-year-old has eureka moment with science project that suggests Archimedes’ invention was plausible
Fossil named 'Attenborough’s strange bird' was the first in its kind without teeth
Ville Sinkkonen
‘Strange bird’ specimen might have looked like any other bird 120 million years ago — until it opened its mouth
KONYA, TURKIYE - MARCH 1: A excavation site is seen as a 8600-year-old bread is found at Catalhoyuk, one of the first urbanization models in the world, which included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, during an excavation at Cumra district in Konya, Turkiye on March 1, 2024. New finds are being encountered at Catalhoyuk, where about 8 thousand people lived together during the Neolithic period. (Photo by Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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‘World’s oldest bread,’ dating back 8,600 years, discovered in Turkey
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Damien Boschetto
70 million-year-old giant dinosaur skeleton found connected from skull to tail
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Neil Davies
Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest
False-colour JWST image of a small fraction of the GOODS South field, with JADES-GS-z7-01-QU highlighted.
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Oldest ‘dead’ galaxy spied by Webb may cause astronomers to revise their understanding of the early universe
An aerial view of Crawford Lake as a team consisting of scientists from Carleton University and Brock University gather sediment layer samples from the lake bottom at the Crawford Lake Conservation Area near Milton, Ontario, Canada, April 12, 2023. The view under the surface of Crawford Lake tells a different story. Scientists believe the lake's exceptionally well-preserved sediment layers serve as a reference point for a proposed new geological chapter in the planet's history, defined by the considerable changes wrought by human activity: the Anthropocene. The International Commission on Stratigraphy's Anthropocene Working Group on July 11, 2023, named the lake as the embodiment of the proposed Anthropocene epoch. (Photo by Peter POWER / AFP) (Photo by PETER POWER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Proposal to mark a new chapter in Earth’s history rejected, scientists say
stone tool possibly from Layer VII at Korolevo I. Surface find.
Roman Garba
‘Cosmic clock’ dates earliest human presence in Europe
Dead buried in a sitting position (left) and people lying on their side (bottom half) with a dense filling in the centre of the pit.
In Terra Veritas
Mass grave with 1,000 skeletons found in Germany
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Charlie Bristow
Ancient ‘star dune’ evidence isn’t missing. It’s been hiding in plain sight, radar reveals
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A lone orca killed a great white in less than two minutes. Scientists say it could signal an ecological shift
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A frog in India has a mushroom sprouting out of it. Researchers have never seen anything like it
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New images share unprecedented view of how Odysseus spacecraft landed on the moon
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft captured these views of Uranus (on the left) and Neptune (on the right) during its flybys of the planets in the 1980s.
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Astronomers discover 3 previously unknown moons orbiting planets in our solar system
Roman head of Mercury found at Smallhythe
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Discovery of a rare ceramic head reveals a previously unknown Roman settlement
A view of Dimorphos as the DART spacecraft hurtled towards it on Monday, September 26.
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Asteroid is a ‘very different body’ after being hit by NASA spacecraft, scientists say
This artist’s impression shows the magnetic white dwarf WD 0816-310, where astronomers have found a scar imprinted on its surface as a result of having ingested planetary debris. When objects like planets or asteroids approach the white dwarf they get disrupted, forming a debris disc around the dead star. Some of this material can be devoured by the dwarf, leaving traces of certain chemical elements on its surface.  Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers found that the signature of these chemical elements changed periodically as the star rotated, as did the magnetic field. This indicates that the magnetic fields funneled these elements onto the star, concentrating them at the magnetic poles and forming the scar seen here.
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Dead ‘cannibal’ star spotted with metal scar after consuming part of a planet
During the SLIM overnight operation, we took images with a navigation camera!
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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ miraculously wakes up on lunar surface
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Odysseus lunar lander shares new photos from its harrowing descent
On Feb. 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) uprange from the intended landing site, at approximately about 6 miles (10 km) altitude.
Intuitive Machines
The Odysseus lunar lander is sideways on the moon, company that built it says
2JWF1YB Large female Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) on her web in Snellville (Metro Atlanta), Georgia. (USA)
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Invasive Jorō spider is surprisingly tolerant of busy urban settings, according to new study
On Feb. 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km) uprange from the intended landing site, at approximately about 6 miles (10 km) altitude.
Intuitive Machines
Experimental technology enabled a historic moon landing
Full moon also known as "Snow Moon" sets behind Santa Maria della Pietà church in Rocca Calascio (AQ), Abruzzo, Italy, on February 16, 2022. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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This weekend’s full moon will be a ‘micromoon.’ Here’s what that means
The fossil is 240 million years old.
National Museums Scotland
Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old ‘dragon’ fossil
Odysseus passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on 21FEB2024. The lander continues to be in excellent health in lunar orbit.
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Historic Odysseus moon mission marks a milestone in reaching the lunar surface
<strong>A</strong>team of scientists on location with a film crew in the remote Amazon has uncovered a previously undocumented species of giant anaconda.
Professor Bryan Fry/The University of Queensland
Gigantic new snake species discovered in Amazon rainforest
The Apollo Lunar Module known as the Eagle descends onto the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, 20th July 1969. This is a composite image comprised of two separate shots. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Why it’s so difficult to land on the moon, even five decades after Apollo
Caption: Freediver descends between 3 juvenile humpback whales the size of buses. While I was underwater holding my breath, for a brief moment, this was my view: a tiny human in the presence of giants
Karim Iliya
Mystery of whale song unraveled by scientists, study says
An illustration showing the ERS-2
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No damage reported after 5,000-pound satellite fell to Earth Wednesday
This artist’s impression shows the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, this quasar has been found to be the most luminous object known in the Universe to date. The supermassive black hole, seen here pulling in surrounding matter, has a mass 17 billion times that of the Sun and is growing in mass by the equivalent of another Sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole ever known.
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Brightest known object in the universe was hiding in plain sight for decades, researchers say
An artist's reconstruction of how the stone artifact with an adhesive handle could be held by a Neanderthal
Daniela Greiner
Neanderthal glue points to complex thinking
CHAPEA -- Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog -- is the latest series of Mars analog missions conducted by NASA. A simulation of life on the Martian surface, each of the three planned missions will last 378 days, and take place in a sealed habitat inside the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. <strong><em>Scroll through the gallery to explore the CHAPEA habitat and see Mars analogs around the world.</em></strong>
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NASA is looking for people to live in its Mars simulator. Here’s what it takes to get the job
Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile evolution - but has now been found to be, in part a forgery. Its body outline, appearing dark against the surrounding rock, was initially interpreted as preserved soft tissues but is now known to be paint.
Valentina Rossi
Famous fossil is really just paint, rocks and a couple of bones, researchers say
Catherine Wu
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The doctor behind the next big thing in cancer treatment
IM-1, the first NASA Commercial Launch Program Services launch for Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, will carry multiple payloads to the Moon, including Lunar Node-1, demonstrating autonomous navigation via radio beacon to support precise geolocation and navigation among lunar orbiters, landers, and surface personnel. NASA’s CLPS initiative oversees industry development of small robotic landers and rovers to support NASA’s Artemis campaign.
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New Odysseus lunar mission will attempt to make a historic landing at the moon’s south pole
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David C. Catling
A shallow lake in Canada could point to the origin of life on Earth
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered, for the first time, water molecules on the surface of an asteroid. Scientists looked at four silicate-rich asteroids using the FORCAST instrument to isolate the mid-infrared spectral signatures indicative of molecular water on two of them.
NASA/Carla Thomas/SwRI
Water molecules detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time
The cranial remains of Vittrup Man, who ended up in a bog after his skull had been crushed by at least eight heavy blows.
Stephen Freiheit
‘Vittrup Man’ violently died in a bog 5,200 years ago. Now, researchers know his story
The Odysseus lunar lander, developed by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, launches atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Florida on February 15, 2024.
John Raoux/AP
‘Odie’ lunar mission takes off, aiming for historic US moon landing
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Great apes tease each other just like humans do, says new study
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Surgery in space: Tiny remotely operated robot completes first simulated procedure at the space station
Babylonian clay model showing a nude couple engaged in kissing. Date: 1800 BC
The Trustees of the British Museum
Humanity’s earliest recorded kiss adds new twist to the history of locking lips
A 3D model of a short section of the stonewall.
P. Hoy, University of Rostock, model created using Agisoft Metashape by J. Auer, LAKD M-V
Stone Age megastructure found submerged in the Baltic Sea wasn’t formed by nature, scientists say
IM-1, the first NASA Commercial Launch Program Services launch for Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, will carry multiple payloads to the Moon, including Lunar Node-1, demonstrating autonomous navigation via radio beacon to support precise geolocation and navigation among lunar orbiters, landers, and surface personnel. NASA’s CLPS initiative oversees industry development of small robotic landers and rovers to support NASA’s Artemis campaign.
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Just one month after failed mission, a second US lunar lander is ready to make an attempt
circa 1880: Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), British scientist, who laid the foundation of modern evolutionary theory. Original Publication: From a painting by Ouless.
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Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time
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Vesuvius Challenge
A philosopher’s words emerge from charred, ancient scrolls
Human karotype, 23 pairs of chromosomes, Bottom right, the pair of sex chromosomes XY or XX determines the sex. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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4 out of 5 autoimmune disease patients are women. New study offers clue as to why
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Owl photos are flooding the internet ahead of the Super Bowl. Here’s why
This illustration shows one way that planet TOI-715 b, a super-Earth in the habitable zone around its star, might appear to a nearby observer.
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Potentially habitable ‘super-Earth’ spotted 137 light-years away
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on NASA's Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, February 8, 2024.
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New NASA mission launches to observe ‘invisible universe’ on Earth
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One of Saturn’s smallest moons has a secret ocean
Photo of Herculaneum scroll with red laser stripes
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Researchers reveal first full passages decoded from famously inscrutable Herculaneum scrolls
Moths don't know what way is up when around artificial light sources, new study finds.
Sam Fabian
Moths actually aren’t drawn to light as previously thought, study finds
A replica of Virgin Galactic's rocket plane sits at the entrance of Spaceport America in Sierra County, N.M. on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Spaceport 4
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Virgin Galactic grounded after a small part fell off vehicle during latest space tourism flight
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Morten Allentoft
Spiders spin webs to catch prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of genetic information
Water bears, Tardigrades (Tardigrada), in differential interference contrast
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Scientists now think they know why tardigrades are so indestructible
2PP4JB4 Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra. Gelatin silver print, 1937. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. Location: Cali
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Sonar image shows anomaly that could be Amelia Earhart’s plane
BATH, ENGLAND - APRIL 02: Scampi chases her ball as more than 100 dachshunds and their owners, members of the Sausage Dog Club Bath, gather in front of the historic Royal Crescent in Bath's Royal Victoria Park on April 2, 2017 in Bath, England. The walk was to celebrate the canine club's second anniversary, which started by dog lover Lauren Barnes, who runs a business called Hound Bound and now has over 250 members with numbers growing. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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How long will your dog live? Measure its nose
The unique preservation of the tree, Sanfordiacaulis densifolia, where the trunk is surrounded by more than 250 spirally arranged leaves, was the result of earthquakes in a 352-million-year-old rift-lake system, now exposed in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Rare ancient tree discovery has scientists ‘gobsmacked’
Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
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The animals you can count on to predict weather, according to science
This Webb image shows a densely populated spiral galaxy anchored by a central region that has a light blue haze, known NGC 628. It's 32 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.
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‘Mind-blowing’ new images reveal 19 galaxies ‘down to the smallest scales ever observed’
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Bones found in 8-meter-deep pit may ‘fundamentally change’ history of humans in Europe
This composite image of the moon using Clementine data from 1994 is the view we are most likely to see when the moon is full. Credit: NASA To learn about NASA's LRO project go to: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a></b> contributes to NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s endeavors by providing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. <b>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></b> <b>Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></b>
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Earth’s moon is shrinking. Here’s what scientists say that could mean
Sonar image taken of potential Earhart aircraft (PRNewsfoto/Deep Sea Vision)
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Explorers say they think they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane
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Astronomers discover strange new type of star hidden in the center of our galaxy
Images of white shark with a white film covering its body observed 0.4 km off the coast of Carpinteria, California
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Great white sighting may reveal a ‘holy grail’ of shark science
An image taken by the Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 shows Japan's SLIM spacecraft on the moon. The “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer landed 180 feet (55 meters) shy of its target.
JAXA
What you should know about the moon area where Japan’s lander touched down
Artist impression of ESA's EnVision mission at Venus.
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Why isn’t Venus like Earth? New space mission aims to find out
TAKOMA PARK, MD - MAY 15: A newly molted periodical cicada clings to a plant on May 15, 2021 in Takoma Park, Maryland. Once soil temperatures reach about 64°F, billions or perhaps trillions of Magicicada periodical cicada -- members of Brood X -- will emerge in fifteen states and the District of Columbia after living underground for 17 years they will molt, mate and die within a matter of weeks. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare ‘double brood emergence,’ scientists say
This is an artist's concept of the exoplanet GJ 9827d, the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere. The planet could be an example of potential planets with water-rich atmospheres elsewhere in our galaxy. With only about twice Earth's diameter, the planet orbits the red dwarf star GJ 9827. Two inner planets in the system are on the left. The background stars are plotted as they would be seen to the unaided eye looking back toward our Sun. The Sun is too faint to be seen. The blue star at upper right is Regulus; the yellow star at center bottom is Denebola; and the blue star at bottom right is Spica. The constellation Leo is on the left, and Virgo is on the right. Both constellations are distorted from our Earth-bound view from 97 light-years away.
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Astronomers make unprecedented discovery in search for water in space
This view of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was generated using data collected by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover on Aug. 2, 2023, the 871st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The image was taken a day before the rotorcraft’s 54th flight, and about a week and a half after Flight 53, which was cut short by an unexpected landing.
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After damaging a rotor blade, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission ends on Mars
Wolf moon sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in Calascio, Italy, on January 7, 2023. The first full moon of the year (on January) is often called the Wolf Moon, a name which may date back to when wolves would howl outside villages. Several international medias consider Rocca Calascio one of the most beautiful castles around the world. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Keep an eye on the sky for January’s full ‘wolf moon’
The Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2 / SORA-Q) has successfully taken an image of the #SLIM spacecraft on the Moon. LEV-2 is the world’s first robot to conduct fully autonomous exploration on the lunar surface.
JAXA
First image reveals spacecraft’s unexpected landing position on the moon
A male dusky antechinus we studied in naturalistic enclosures located in Cape Otway- Australia (2).
Erika Zaid
These small male marsupials give up sleep for sex, then die after intense mating season, study finds
Groundwater-fed irrigation of maize in Kabwe, Zambia.
Mark Hughes
Groundwater levels are rapidly declining around the world — with a few notable exceptions
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Jose Filippini
Ancient DNA offers new evidence in long-standing syphilis theory
From left, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists members Asha George, and Herb Lin, science educator Bill Nye, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists President and CEO Rachel Bronson, and Bulletin members Alexander Glaser, and Daniel Holz, pose for a photograph with the "Doomsday Clock," shortly before the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced the latest decision on the "Doomsday Clock" minute hand, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the National Press Club Broadcast Center, in Washington. This year, Jan. 2024, the clock will remain set to 90 seconds to midnight. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The Doomsday Clock reveals how close we are to total annihilation
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More flowers are ‘selfing,’ scientists say. That could spell trouble for other species
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2003: Reconstruction of Megalodon, (Carcharodon megalodon) extinct species of shark which lived between the Eocene and the Pliocene Period. Drawing. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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Megalodons were skinnier than we previously thought, new study suggests
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The fate of Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ mission remains unclear after landing due to power issue
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Japan’s lunar lander reaches the moon but is rapidly losing power, space agency says
In a Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 photo, Dennis Olsen measures a giant fissure, which he measured to be an inch wide and at least eight to ten inches deep, in his rural driveway in Waupun, Wis., after a weather phenomenon known as an ice quake occured recently. It results from water freezing and expanding in the soil and bedrock. (AP Photo/The Reporter, Aileen Andrews) NO SALES
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‘Frost quakes’ were felt around Chicago this week. Here’s what scientists do and don’t know about the seismic phenomenon
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First US spacecraft to attempt moon landing in decades burns up after failed mission
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Japan’s space agency braces for ‘20 minutes of terror’ with moon landing attempt
Axiom Mission 3 launches to the International Space Station with crew members Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria of the U.S./Spain, Pilot Walter Villadei of Italy, Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravci of Turkey, and ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2024.
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SpaceX launches first Turkish astronaut aboard private European space mission
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A 14,000-year-old tusk offers clues about the relationship between early Alaskans and woolly mammoths
A fire ant raft is seen floating on water in the northern Gold Coast of Australia.
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Deadly fire ants are forming rafts to cross Australian flood waters
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New cloned monkey species highlights limits of cloning
29 million-year-old grasshopper nest full of eggs is a one-of-a-kind fossil.
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29 million-year-old fossilized nest discovered in Oregon could be one of a kind
(1/4) We've received the first image from Peregrine in space! The camera utilized is mounted atop a payload deck and shows Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) in the foreground.
From Astrobotic/X
The first US lunar lander to launch in over 50 years is headed for a fiery end. Here’s what it got done in space
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near a leg of the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. The astronauts' bootprints are clearly visible in the foreground. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.
NASA
The moon has entered a new epoch, scientists say
Complex of rectangular earth platforms of the Nijiamanch site along the cliff edge of the Upano riverbed, Ecuador
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Huge network of ancient cities uncovered in the Amazon rainforest
(1/4) We've received the first image from Peregrine in space! The camera utilized is mounted atop a payload deck and shows Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) in the foreground.
From Astrobotic
NASA’s plans to return to the moon take a hit
A rendering of Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, a newly discovered relative of T. rex. A partial skull on view at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science was a key part of the discovery.
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T. rex’s older and equally sizable relative discovered in New Mexico
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Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study finds
OSIRIS REx curation team attempting to remove the two stuck fasteners that are currently prohibiting the complete opening of the TAGSAM head. Photo Date: January 10, 2024. Location: Bldg. 31 - 2nd Floor - OSIRIS-REx lab. Photographer: Robert Markowitz
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NASA finally unlocks asteroid sample trapped behind stuck fasteners
These images from the Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the evolution of a transient feature in the large hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare on Saturn's moon Titan.
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Saturn’s moon Titan has disappearing ‘magic islands’ that may be clumps of organic material
Oldest known fossilized skin is 130 million years older than previous examples
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Rare skin fossil is oldest by 130 million years
The Orion pressure vessel for NASA’s Artemis III mission is lifted by crane for its move onto a work stand in the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 20, 2021. The pressure vessel will be secured onto the work stand where Lockheed Matin technicians will begin the work to prepare the spacecraft for its launch atop a Space Launch System rocket. Artemis III will send astronauts, including the first woman and first person of color, on a mission to the surface of the Moon by 2024.<br />Date Created:2021-10-21
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NASA delays astronaut moon landing to at least 2026
Fast Radio Burst in Compact Galaxy Group
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Astronomers say they’ve traced the origin of powerful and mysterious radio signal
Data from SARAO's MeerKAT radio telescope data (green) showing the odd radio circles, is overlaid on optical and near infra-red data from the Dark Energy Survey.
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Astronomers offer an explosive origin theory for giant odd radio circles in space
Artist's illustration symbolically depicting the research results.
Sayo Studio
Gene that protected humans 5,000 years ago may be linked to debilitating modern disease
A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the Einstein Probe satellite, lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on January 9, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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China launches Einstein probe that’s modeled after lobster eyes and designed to hunt for X-ray bursts
An artist impression of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China
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A King Kong-like ape once roamed southern China. Scientists say they now know why and when it disappeared
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(1/4) We've received the first image from Peregrine in space! The camera utilized is mounted atop a payload deck and shows Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) in the foreground.
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Peregrine mission abandons moon landing attempt after suffering ‘critical’ fuel loss
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 15: NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft stands on launch pad 39B as final preparations are made for the Artemis I mission at the Kennedy Space Center on November 15, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA is making its third attempt to launch the unmanned Artemis I mission to the moon following a series of technical and weather delays. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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First on CNN: NASA expected to announce ‘months-long delay’ for crewed Artemis moon mission
Boeing-Lockheed joint venture United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan rocket launches on its debut flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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First US moon landing mission in decades launches with NASA science, humans remains on board
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 7, 2024. The new ULA is to make its maiden flight on January 8, 2024, with a payload that includes a private lunar lander. The mission, called Cert-1, will also carry on board the cremated remains of several people associated with the original "Star Trek" series, including creator Gene Roddenberry and cast member Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed the character Uhura. Roddenberry's ashes have been launched into orbit before. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
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First US moon landing in decades to launch with NASA science, human remains on board
The Dead Zoo at Large - Treasures of the Natural History Museum.Natascia Soannini walks past a Megalosaurus skeleton, which is part of the 'The Dead Zoo at Large - Treasures of the Natural History Museum' exhibition, which opens in The National Museum at Collins Barracks. Picture date: Thursday April 30, 2009. The temporary exhibition fills the gap left by the closure of the 1857 building on Merrion Street. Photo credit should read: Julien Behal/PA Wire URN:7217489
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Megalosaurus, the fossil that introduced dinosaurs to the world
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated with Ula's Vulcan rocket.
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Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting
A reconstruction of the pelagic ecosystem and the organisms fossilised in Sirius Passet, revealing how Timorebestia was one of the largest predators in the water column more than 518 million years ago. CREDIT: Artwork by Bob Nicholls/@BobNichollsArt
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Newly discovered large predator worms ruled the seas as Earth’s earliest carnivores, study finds
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Color-corrected images reveal accurate portraits of Uranus and Neptune
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A ‘living skin’ is protecting the Great Wall of China, scientists say
KORLA, CHINA - JANUARY 4, 2022 - A quadrantid meteor shower is seen in the night sky in Korla City, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Jan 4, 2022. (Photo credit should read Xue Bing / Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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How to watch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of the year
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Megalosaurus, the first ever dinosaur discovery
Hyperolius ukaguruensi, a newfound species of frog from the Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania is a type of spiny-throated reed frog. ©️Christoph Liedtke
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Hundreds of unknown species were discovered around the world this year
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Send your name to Jupiter’s moon Europa before the year ends
FL: SpaceX Scrubs the launch attempt of USSF-52 Space Plane on Falcon Heavy. Photos of the 9th SpaceX Falcon Heavy three core rocket vehicle on Monday December 11th 2023 before the scrub for ground side issues. Photos are from three different locations around historic LC-39A. The center core is new and will be expended. The two side booster will make their 5th launch attempt and land back at LZ-1 & 2 Cape Canaveral Brevard County Florida USA.
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches X-37B plane, one of the US military’s most fascinating secrets
This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was approximately 850 million miles from Earth. Hubble's ultra-sharp vision reveals a phenomenon called ring spokes. Saturn's spokes are transient features that rotate along with the rings. Their ghostly appearance only persists for two or three rotations around Saturn. During active periods, freshly-formed spokes continuously add to the pattern.
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Hubble telescope spies mysterious shadows on Saturn’s rings
SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) flight model. The photo was taken at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura Works. 2023/01/25.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan’s lunar spacecraft arrives in orbit ahead of historic moon landing attempt
PASADENA, MD - DECEMBER 9: A formation of Geese fly in for a landing on Stoney Creek with the last full moon of 2022 behind them. The Farmers Almanac calls it the Cold Moon. December 9, 2022. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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How to see the Christmas ‘cold moon’ — the last full moon of the year
Sue the T. rex strikes a pose in its old location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. (Antonio Perez /Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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What is a mass extinction, and why do scientists think we’re in the middle of one?
Jupiter Saturn Great Conjunction 2020 with Ursids Meteors. Oregon, Ashland, Winter
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The last meteor shower of 2023 will peak tonight. Here’s how to watch
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Louise Allcock
Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a long-standing geological mystery
US Vice President Kamala Harris during a briefing with Emmanuel Macron, France's president, not pictured, at the NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. President Joe Biden will welcome Macron for the first White House state dinner in more than three years on Thursday, setting aside recent tensions with Paris over defense and trade issues to celebrate the oldest US alliance. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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United States announces plan to land international astronaut on the moon
This new image of NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster,” shows the shape of a cosmic tree with the glow of stellar lights. NGC 2264 is, in fact, a cluster of young <a href="https://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/stars.html" target="_blank">stars</a> — with ages between about one and five million years old — in our <a href="https://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/normal_galaxies.html" target="_blank">Milky Way</a> about 2,500 <a href="https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html" target="_blank">light-years</a> away from Earth. The stars in NGC 2264 are both smaller and larger than the Sun, ranging from some with less than a tenth the <a href="https://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/glossaryM.html" target="_blank">mass</a> of the Sun to others containing about seven solar masses.
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Stunning new images reveal ‘Christmas Tree Cluster’ and celestial snow globe in space
This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity. The Webb image exquisitely captures Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap, including the bright, white, inner cap and the dark lane in the bottom of the polar cap. Uranus’ dim inner and outer rings are also visible in this image, including the elusive Zeta ring—the extremely faint and diffuse ring closest to the planet.
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Uranus’ mysterious features on display in new Webb image
A computer screen in the mission support area shows Taters the cat in a still from the first high-definition streaming video to be sent via laser from deep space, as well as the incoming data stream delivering the frames from the video. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA laser message beams video of a cat named Taters back to Earth, and it’s a big deal
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket successfully lifted off Tuesday morning in Texas.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches rocket after failed 2022 flight attempt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Night Watch, 1662. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland. (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Hidden layer discovered in famous Rembrandt painting solves decades-old mystery
TOPSHOT - A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launches from Launch Site One in West Texas north of Van Horn on March 31, 2022. - The NS-20 mission carries Blue Origins New Shepard Chief Architect Gary Lai, Marty Allen, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Jim Kitchen, and Dr. George Nield into space. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Blue Origin’s anticipated return to flight scrubbed before launch
study on the social memory of apes
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Apes recognize friends they haven’t seen for decades, new research finds
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Brian Hynek
Rare rock structures could provide a glimpse into possible life on ancient Mars
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Brian Hynek
Land of the lost: Hidden lagoon network found with living fossils similar to those from more than 3 billion years ago
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed "tiger stripes" near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The tiger stripes are fissures that spray icy particles, water vapor and organic compounds.
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Life may have everything it needs to exist on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
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French bulldogs’ cute face shape is stopping them getting a good night’s sleep, study shows
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Mysterious fast radio bursts in space keep getting stranger
This animated artist's concept depicts a scene of water breaking through the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, which NASA's Perseverance rover is now exploring.
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Perseverance rover uncovers intriguing new clues about water on Mars
An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male in his twenties, which on display at the museums 'Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story' exhibition which opens on 13th February till 28th September 2014. (Photo by Will Oliver/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Early risers may have inherited a faster body clock from Neanderthals