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A shift toward more precise, measurable conservation goals could hold the key to protecting vulnerable species, according...
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When NASA added a low Earth orbit test flight to the Artemis program in February, pushing the...
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Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting out winds at...
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How do you measure the mass of a dormant black hole in the early Universe? That’s a...
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The ekpyrotic universe is a beautiful idea that runs headlong into the data. From hand-waved singularities and...
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The first few billion years of Earth’s history saw the rise of life, the atmosphere and the...
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A new propulsion system feeds the same "monopropellant" fuel into electrical and chemical thrusters, potentially saving on...
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The asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs also created an underground environment suited to supporting...
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Above a certain threshold, galaxies stop growing , no matter how much raw material they have on...
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The Artemis 3 crew poses for an official portrait. From left to right: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano,...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX holds sway over the emerging space economy in a way that has more in...
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Archaeologists excavating Maya sites at Kaxil Uinik and Ayiin Winik in Belize have discovered the first reported...
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NASA named the astronauts who will launch on its Artemis 3 mission next year to test docking...
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Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut, will be the pilot of NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, the first European...
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Set your alarm for June 10 as Saturn shines beside a bright crescent moon in the predawn...
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New simulations show that interactions with a magnetic field can work to decrease the distance between still...
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Meteorites are (usually) gifts from the heavens. They provide unique insights to parts of the solar system...
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It’s surprising how easy it is to see a koala every day in Australia’s major cities. The...
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"It replaces expertise with political appointees, globally decouples the U.S. and completely guts our scientific ecosystem."
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NASA has ended its attempts to reconnect with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft and...