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What happens if you put 15 people together in a dark cave and take away their ability to track the passage of time?…
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Update 4/26/21 2:09 p.m. ET: According to a statement from U.S. Space Command, as obtained by the AP, the near…
Apr 23
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On this, the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, astronomers with NASA and ESA have released a…
Apr 23
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Proxima Centauri—the nearest star to our own—has produced one of the most powerful flares on record. The observation…
Apr 22
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Early Friday morning, NASA will attempt to launch a CrewDragon to the International Space Station. The occasion will…
Apr 22
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has captured much of the world’s attention, but an amazing new experiment, in which the…
Apr 21
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The site of a 19th-century cabin belonging to the family of Harriet Tubman has been uncovered in Maryland. It’s a…
Apr 21
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A spring break assignment for geology students has resulted in the discovery of radioactive isotopes in honey…
Apr 21
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A remarkable fossil site in Utah, in which several tyrannosaurs were found buried together, strengthens a burgeoning…
Apr 19
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A band of dust that follows Venus along its entire orbital path has finally been viewed in full, thanks to a series…
Apr 16
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SpaceX has won a lucrative NASA contract to build the first lunar lander since the Apollo program. The announcement…
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Apr 16
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With Pluto firmly in its rearview mirror, New Horizons is now hours away from reaching a milestone distance, in…
Apr 15
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An estimated 4,000 tons of debris—including rocks the size of cars—has collapsed onto a beach along Dorset’s…
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Building on previous experiments, an international team of scientists has created chimeric human-monkey embryos,…
Apr 14
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Blue Origin will attempt a suborbital test of an uncrewed New Shepard rocket on Wednesday. You can watch the flight…
Apr 13
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The latest round of NASA funding to boost the development of advanced concepts includes a space-based neutrino…
Apr 13
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Arguably the cutest member of the weasel family, ermines can be found throughout the northern regions of North…
Apr 12
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A mother and calf are the last of nine endangered giraffes to be transported to Kenya’s mainland as rising waters…
Apr 11
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Update: NASA says its first flight attempt will happen no earlier than Wednesday, April 14. Original article appears…