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If you’ve seen illustrations or models of the solar system, maybe you noticed that all the planets orbit the Sun in more or less the same plane, traveling in the same direction.

But what is above and below that plane? And why are the planets’…

A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby like a rottweiler’s, according to a genetic analysis of more than 3,000 dogs, wolves and coyotes.

The study,…

This week’s science news was way over our heads, as astronauts and space agencies rocketed to the front pages. Topping the list is the early return of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Crew-11 on Thursday (Jan. 15) due to a medical…

You’ve probably seen an artificial intelligence system go off track. You ask for a video of a dog, and as the dog runs behind the love seat, its collar disappears. Then, as the camera pans back, the love seat becomes a sofa.

Part of the problem…

In 2003, during China’s first crewed spaceflight, a sound broke the silence. Inside the Shenzhou 5 capsule, orbiting more than 300 kilometers above Earth, Yang Liwei heard what he later described as knocking. The kind you might hear if someone…

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey from the…

This week in science: fossilized ‘mammoth’ bones found to be from a completely different animal; NASA returns Space Station astronauts early after a medical issue; a surprising benefit to having red hair; and much more!

‘Mammoth’ Bones Kept in…

NASA will roll a 322-foot-tall rocket out to the launchpad on Saturday, a key step as the agency prepares for a long-awaited mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

The Space Launch System rocket, topped with the Orion capsule, which will…

In the classic 1975 British comedy film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” King Arthur battles a mysterious Black Knight who refuses to let him pass. Arthur handily vanquishes his foe by cutting off his limbs one by one, all while the knight,…