The chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon has increased, according to boffins making observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA said data from the telescope “improved our knowledge of where the asteroid will be on Dec. 22,…
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Japan’s oldest “human” fossils aren’t human at all, says new study
For nearly 70 years, a set of fossilized bones was thought to mark the first human steps on Japanese soil. But a new study has upended that belief—with a surprising twist involving a prehistoric bear. It’s a reminder that science, like…
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Hubble Investigates Surface Conditions on Four Uranian Moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon
In new research, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope searched for signs of interactions between the magnetic environment and the surfaces of Uranus and its four largest moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. They…
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Portrait of a Bobcat – NASA
A NASA photographer captured this June 14, 2013, photo of a bobcat wading through a waterway near Launch Pad 38B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bobcats are just one of over 30 mammal species that call the Merritt Island National…
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James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside ‘sandcastle’ partner world
Noted sand-hater Anakin Skywalker may want to cross the planetary system of YSES-1 off his list of potential summer vacation locations.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a…
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Rocky Worlds May Take Shape While Stars Are Still Forming
What stage of a star’s life do planets start forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a pair of researchers from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)…
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Mongabay investigation of sketchy forest finance schemes wins honorable mention
Mongabay contributor Glòria Pallarès earned an honorable mention in the 2025 Trace Prize for Investigative Reporting, announced May 28, for her investigation into how Indigenous…
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3,500 years ago, someone packed cheese for the afterlife. Here’s why
It is difficult to trace the oldest cheese in the world, although we have direct evidence that humans have consumed milk for thousands of years.
Archaeologists have identified milk residues on ancient pots unearthed from many regions of the…
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THE COMMERCIAL SPACE FEDERATION (CSF) ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OFFICERS
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June 11, 2025 – Washington, D.C.— Yesterday, the Commercial Space Federation Board of Directors unanimously approved a new slate of officers. We are pleased to…
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