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Ocean acidification may be shrinking the brains of the world’s most intelligent invertebrates

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An ongoing research project exploring the effects of rising levels of oceanic CO2 on squid neurology reveals...

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‘This is the future of spatial intelligence’: Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)

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The American Earth-observation company Vantor maps Earth from space in 3D. The images are available in near-real...

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Romantic relationships with AI evolve in a similar way to human ones

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A new study shows that relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) systems can evolve from casual conversations to...

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This rare British butterfly looks familiar, but its genome tells a very different story

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The British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is the U.K.’s only native swallowtail and its largest native...

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Black hole collisions may follow entropy law, offering simpler remnant predictions

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When two black holes orbit each other, they eventually spiral inward and collide in one of the...

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

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Fi expands Starlink direct-to-device capability into dog-tracking

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Pet technology company Fi launched a dog tracker July 8 that uses T-Mobile’s Starlink-enabled T-Satellite service to...

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The satellite industry’s most expensive problem isn’t in orbit

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AST SpaceMobile recently deployed three more BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit as it advances plans for...

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The US Space Force just got a new electromagnetic weapon to jam adversary satellites

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The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can...

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July 8, 1992: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 breaks up

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In July 1992, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 made its closest approach to Jupiter, skimming 25,000 miles (40,000 km)...

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JWST’s ‘overmassive’ early black holes may not be so massive after all

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Astronomers studying a population of unusually X-ray-silent and overmassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space...

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Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale rocket engine technology

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Funding will support development and production of the company’s rotating detonation rocket engine The post Venus Aerospace...

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Revolutionary rocket engine company Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale design

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Houston-based company Venus Aerospace announced today (June 8) the closing of its "Series B" financing round, which...

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NASA’s New Horizons probe just woke up from hibernation 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto. What’s it doing out there?

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NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto...

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The government’s options to address strained spaceports

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The May 28 explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36...

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Earth may survive the sun’s death after all, new study suggests

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For decades, astronomers have debated whether Earth's fate was tied to the sun's. When the star exhausts...

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What to know about the total solar eclipse due in August

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Day will briefly turn into night across a swath of northern Spain on Aug. 12, when the...

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Space Force adds Relativity, Impulse Space to national security launch program

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The NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 program opens door to newer companies competing for military missions The...

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The Sky Today on Wednesday, July 8: Asteroid Melpomene at opposition

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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 7: The Moon,...

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An extragalactic supernova remnant

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Charles Pevsner, taken from Rio Hurtado, Chile LHA 120-N 40 is the glowing debris of a star...

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