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NASA will take another crack at fueling up its huge Artemis 2 moon rocket this week.

The agency plans to load more than 700,000 gallons (2.65 million liters) of liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) into Artemis 2’s Space Launch System…

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Everything you can see—stars, planets, galaxies, your phone, you—makes up less than 5% of the universe. Based on current cosmological models, about 68% of the universe is Dark energy and roughly 27%…

An international team of paleontologists has uncovered the oldest known fossil reptile embryos, dating back approximately 280 million years. This discovery, featuring well-preserved embryos of mesosaur, an ancient aquatic reptile, was made…

Cell culture

Cells were grown in complete DMEM medium (D5796, containing 4,500 mg l⁻¹ glucose, 2 mM L-glutamine) supplemented with dialysed 10% FBS (Sigma-Aldrich, F7524), 1% penicillin–streptomycin (PenStrep, Lonza), at 37 °C in an…

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami in eastern Japan was worsened by a thick layer of slippery clay, new research finds.

The clay layer, which was up to 98 feet (30 meters) thick on the ocean floor, created a weak…

NASA has set a date for the do-over of a key readiness test for its Artemis II mission to the moon. During this “wet dress rehearsal,” the agency will attempt to pump liquid fuel into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and simulate a…

First solar eclipse of 2026 blazes a ‘ring of fire’ above Antarctica

NASA has tapped Vast, a California-based company, to conduct the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled to launch no earlier than summer 2027 from Florida, this mission marks a significant step in…

Mineral sunscreens are notorious for leaving a white cast on the skin — but now, scientists have found that tweaking the shape of zinc oxide nanoparticles in the formula can help solve that problem.

The new, four-armed crystal structure, known…