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Science • Aug 06

We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems

Miniaturisation of sensors and light sails for propulsion mean we could reach the stars within a person's lifetime.

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Science • Aug 06

Mars rover watches Earth disappear behind Phobos photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

NASA's Perseverance rover witnessed a rare event when Earth briefly disappeared behind Mars' moon Phobos in the Red Planet sky.

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Science • Aug 06

Only two complete dodo skulls are known to exist. Scientists just looked inside them – and discovered this

The dodo may have disappeared more than 350 years ago, in the late 17th century, but its legacy has endured right up until the present day as a symbol of...

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Science • Aug 06

Don Pettit’s Staggering Photo Confounds Skeptics

Astronaut Don Pettit takes photos so good that people have a hard time believing they are real. Case in point, a stunning image of the Milky Way Galaxy as...

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Science • Aug 06

These Studies Show Even One Home Security Camera Is a Deal-Breaker for Burglars

If you're wondering whether one security device could make a difference at home, here's the proof — and why it works.

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Science • Aug 06

Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon embarks on maiden 6.5-hour ISS spacewalk

Science News: India's growing footprint in space exploration reached another landmark on Thursday as Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon stepped outside...

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Science • Aug 06

The Best Places in the U.S. to Watch 2026’s Biggest Meteor Showers—From the Perseids to the Geminids

See shooting stars galore at these unbeatable sky-watching perches, which are perfect for the Perseid, Geminid, and more meteor showers.

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Science • Aug 06

Spacewalk Begins for Solar Array Modifications

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon began a spacewalk at 8:33 a.m. EDT outside the International Space Station to prepare the 3B power channel for...

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Science • Aug 06

Scientists Found a Strange New Material Born in the Fireball of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

Locked inside glassy fallout particles, the strange alloy could only form in a nuclear blast.

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Science • Aug 06

Guest Column: Where have the long-spined black sea urchins gone?

Diver and microbiologist, Gary Rose MD offers his in-depth review of the loss of long-spined black sea urchins and its link to the massive coral reef...

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Science • Aug 06

Spacewalkers Prepare to Exit Station for Solar Array Mod Work

NASA is streaming live coverage as two NASA astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin...

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Science • Aug 06

Your DNA Isn't Just a Double Helix. Scientists Just Found What Else It's Hiding

One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix – the twisting, twin-stranded ladder that defines the shape of DNA...

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Science • Aug 06

In Brazil, an 80-million-year-old fossil may reveal how snakes first traded walking for slithering

A rare snake fossil from Brazil is offering researchers a new angle on one of evolution's enduring questions: how snakes abandoned limbs and came to rely on...

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Science • Aug 06

Crystal made from 13-sided 'einstein' shape bends light in ways nobody imagined

Scientists carved a 13-sided shape called an "einstein" into a chip and discovered that it steers light in ways no other crystal does.

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Science • Aug 06

Solar eclipse will lead into ‘the best meteor shower of the year’: How to see it in Pa.

One of the most spectacular meteor showers is coming soon, and we may be in a better position than usual to see it. According to NASA, the Perseid meteor...

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Science • Aug 06

Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 6 days to totality

Follow our live blog as we count down to the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026 with news, expert updates and live reporting from Greenland and Spain.

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Science • Aug 06

In the middle of the rainy season, a stretch of Bolivia's high desert turns into the largest mirror on the planet — a thin, perfectly still sheet of water spread across ten thousand square kilometers of salt, so exact that the sky and the ground become impossible to te

For centuries, this remote salt flat seemed worthless—until scientists realized it was nature's most perfect mirror, offering clues about the shape of the...

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Science • Aug 06

Webb opens a Treasure Chest filled with stars

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and...

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