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NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend.

The wet dress rehearsal for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was expected to…

A nest of dinosaur eggs dating back around 150 million years has been discovered on a beach cliff in Torres Vedras, Portugal. The site, located on Santa Cruz Beach, contains at least ten eggs from the Late Jurassic period, and initial signs…

For predatory dinosaurs, the Late Jurassic was an all-you-can-eat sauropod buffet

The latest winter wallop: a bomb cyclone and Florida freezes

A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds of Madagascar, Darwin’s bark spider spins silk tougher than Kevlar, a very strong synthetic fiber, setting a new…

When we think of tentacled animals, we usually think of marine creatures. But many other species have them too. For example, the eyestalks of slugs and snails are actually specialised types of tentacles.

And the star-nosed mole has 22 short…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.

The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later…

A 60-meter-wide asteroid could slam into the moon on December 22, 2032. Although the odds are slim (around 4%) the consequences could be massive. From a scientific standpoint, the impact would offer a rare opportunity to study the moon’s…

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• As bacteria become increasingly (and worryingly) resistant to antibiotics, scientists are recruiting bacteriophages—a bacteria’s sworn evolutionary enemy—to fight against these…