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Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an eventual human mission…

A team of UK-based researchers is going where no scientist has dared to go—writing artificial human DNA from scratch. They’re hoping the project will answer fundamental questions about the human…

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A groundbreaking archaeological study has determined that the renowned Carnac stone alignments in Brittany, France, may be one of Europe’s oldest megalithic landscapes, dating back to ca. 4600 BCE. The findings are the result of a…

In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers have detected a rare exoplanet located at the very edge of the Milky Way galaxy, using a method grounded in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The planet, named AT2021uey b, was…

The huge asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered in 2024 and initially thought to have a 1 in 450 chance of smashing into Earth, but the space agency has now said it will instead hit the Moon, though the consequences could still be devastating

What’s that saying, slow and steady wins the race? Well, it seems the saying not only applies to a fictitious tortoise racing a hare but also races to the Moon.

On September 18, 1968, the Soviet Union’s Zond 5 spacecraft managed to circle the…

In one of Earth’s most geologically active regions, East Africa is experiencing a profound transformation. Beneath the surface, tectonic plates are gradually pulling apart, with the potential to dramatically reshape the continent’s…