The next rocket to launch astronauts to the moon is nearing completion.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) continues to make progress toward its Artemis 2 mission planned for next year; SLS is currently being stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly…
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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
The search for life beyond Earth has led scientists to explore many suggestive mysteries, from plumes of methane on Mars to clouds of phosphine gas on Venus. But as far as we can tell, Earth’s inhabitants remain alone in the cosmos.
Now a team…
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Meteor shower known for “surges” that bring 100 ‘shooting stars’ an hour peaks soon
One of the year’s first significant meteor showers is set to be visible around the Northern Hemisphere over…
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While diving deep into a lake, this robot uncovered a mystery that’s puzzling scientists.
Known as the oldest and deepest lake in the world, Lake Baikal in Siberia is far from having revealed all its secrets. Last summer, scientists provided further proof of this, using a robot to probe the depths of the body of water.
Lake…
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Prehistoric Hearths Reveal Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Were Masters of the Flame
Scholars generally agree that fire was crucial to human survival during the most recent Ice Age—yet in Europe, there is surprisingly little evidence of hearths from its coldest years, between 26,500…
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James Webb telescope captures dual-ringed nebula in stunning detail
In context: Astronomers have been observing the wheel-shaped nebula NGC 1514 for over three centuries. In 1790, William Herschel described it as the first deep-sky object that looked cloudy. Unlike star clusters, he couldn’t distinguish…
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Hubble provides a new view of a galactic favourite
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16 April 2025
In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new image of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known…
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Meet the Dinosaur Canada Kept Hidden for 100 Million Years
For the first time, paleontologists have identified fossilized footprints of ankylosaurid dinosaurs, the tail-clubbed relatives of the better-known nodosaurids. The discovery was made in the Canadian Rockies, marking a significant addition to…
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Earth’s water may not have originated from asteroids after all – The Washington Post
- Earth’s water may not have originated from asteroids after all The Washington Post
- Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth University of Oxford
- Water did not come to Earth from asteroids, Oxford study…
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Two decades since NASA’s DART collided with a satellite • The Register
It is twenty years since NASA’s DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.
The Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) mission, not to be confused with the successful Double…
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