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Science • Jul 03

Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX’s millenary milestone

NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.

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Science • Jul 03

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact

Understanding what happens to Antarctica's ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.

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Science • Jul 03

Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Found Just 25 Light-Years Away

One of the best places to search for life outside the Solar System may be practically right next door.

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Science • Jul 03

Cosmic neutrino 'whispers' may surface in 5,000-day Super-Kamiokande signal

Neutrinos: They have no electric charge, pass through matter like a ghost and are so light they were initially thought to have zero mass.

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Science • Jul 03

COLUMN: Finding red, white and blue in the sky

With the Fourth of July being tomorrow, and our country celebrating our big day of independence, it seems appropriate to write an astronomy column...

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Science • Jul 03

A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two

A synthetic cell built from scratch — no living components, just liposomes, DNA, and 36 commercial enzymes standing in for protein synthesis — grew,...

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Science • Jul 03

Mission launched to save falling Swift space telescope

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is designed to capture and boost NASA's Swift observatory back to a safe altitude.

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Science • Jul 03

NASA's $30 million telescope rescue mission

It's a $30 million gambit to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.

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Science • Jul 03

Could this asteroid be a piece of the moon? A Chinese spacecraft is about to find out

The moon is not the only natural object traveling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the sun in near lockstep with our...

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Science • Jul 03

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic – new research

New solutions to two interlinked mysteries reveal how and why the Antarctic's enormous ice sheet formed.

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Science • Jul 03

Smithsonian Starstruck VR exhibit lets you stroll through the stars

Walkthrough experience includes visits to stars, exoplanets, and observatories.

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Science • Jul 03

Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end

A mission to rescue one of NASA's storied space observatories from falling to Earth has launched on a daring, first-of-its-kind endeavor.

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Science • Jul 03

Nasa launches robot to save Swift telescope falling to Earth

A Nasa-funded robot has blasted off to catch a falling telescope in mid-orbit and blast it back to safety before it burns up.

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Science • Jul 03

Mission To Boost NASA’s Swift Launches From Marshall Islands

A mission to raise the altitude of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is underway after launching at 8:36 p.m. Marshall Islands Time (4:36 a.m. EDT),...

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Science • Jul 03

SpaceX Fourth of July weekend launch from Florida. When is liftoff?

A SpaceX rocket launch from Florida is expected to close out the long Fourth of July weekend. Here's when to watch liftoff from the Space Coast.

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Science • Jul 03

The Rubin Observatory's 10-year movie of the universe is about to 'blow our minds,' chief scientist says

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a 10-year mission to map the entire southern sky many times over.

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Science • Jul 03

America at 500: Where will we be in space in 2276?

When the U.S. was born, humanity was still seven years away from balloon-borne flight. Where might we be another 250 years from now, should the nation be...

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Science • Jul 03

Labeled just 'feline,' skull in a New York museum drawer turns out to be a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat

A postdoctoral researcher recently identified a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat fossil — but the discovery didn't happen in the field.

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Science • Jul 03

Ask Ethan: Could we spot an extinction-level asteroid?

65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, causing a mass extinction. Without advance warning, could anyone have spotted it?

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Science • Jul 03

‘Strong’ Northern Lights Alert: 26 States May See Aurora On July 4

The Northern Lights are expected to be visible overnight from July 3rd to 4th, potentially across up to 26 U.S. states, just before Independence Day...

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