Dinosaur teeth are best known for their bite, yet new research says they also stored a chemical snapshot of prehistoric air. By probing that record, scientists have rebuilt carbon dioxide levels and plant productivity for the age of dinosaurs…
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Astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX splashdown after 5-month ISS mission | Space News
The landing marks a successful end to their mission on board the International Space Station to help stranded pilots.
Four astronauts have returned to Earth after hurrying to the International Space Station (ISS) five months ago to relieve…
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‘Such caves weren’t used for ordinary living’: Rare finger grooves from ancient peoples found in glittering Australian cave
Australia’s First Nations history stretches back many tens of thousands of years, rich in depth and diversity.
Archaeological research has revealed much about this deep past, but it has rarely captured the gestures of the ancestors — their…
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Viral Myanmar Earthquake Video Shows First Visual Evidence of Rare Seismic Phenomena
In May, we reported on a first-of-its-kind video that captured surface rupture during Myanmar’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. While the YouTube video now has 1.6 million views, two…
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Bad weather for Falcon 9 booster recovery prevents launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites – Spaceflight Now
Poor weather in the booster recovery zone caused a scrub of the KF-02 mission, preventing the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a fourth time in as many days. Image: SpaceX via livestream Update Aug. 10, 9:30 a.m. EDT: Poor weather in the…
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Long-dead satellite emitted an incredibly powerful radio pulse
A satellite launched when slide rules still ruled has jolted astronomers in 2025. NASA’s Relay 2, silent since the summer of 1967, fired off a single radio pulse so bright it briefly eclipsed every cosmic source above Earth.
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James Webb Finds Evidence of Free-Floating Planets So Large They Can Gather Their Own Planetary Systems
So much for heliocentrism.
An international team of astronomers using observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence of massive planets out there that’re capable of forming their own planetary systems — without a…
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Sharpest-ever images of the Sun’s surface reveal magnetic ‘stripes’
The sun never sits still, yet until recently our best snapshots blurred its fine threads. Now an image set from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Haleakalā resolves details just 20 kilometers wide, letting researchers watch bright and dark…
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