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Science • Aug 06

Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year,...

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Science • Aug 06

Spain's 'Galactic Shepherd' to watch total eclipse from DIY observatory

In a tiny Spanish farming village, retired shepherd Joaquin Tapioles is preparing to watch next week's first-in-a-century total ​solar eclipse from the...

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Science • Aug 06

Where will the total solar eclipse 2026 be visible from?

The total solar eclipse on Aug.12, 2026, will be visible from Greenland, Iceland and Spain, while a partial eclipse will be seen across much of Europe.

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Science • Aug 06

2026 August 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

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Science • Aug 06

A Category 1 hurricane on Earth begins at 119 km/h. Neptune's fastest winds reach about 2,000 km/h — nearly 17 times faster.

The fastest winds anywhere in the solar system blow on Neptune, reaching roughly 2,000 km/h and driving frozen methane clouds around a planet more than 4...

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Science • Aug 06

A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but Almost No One Saw It

Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.

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Science • Aug 06

Europa may literally glow green, blue or white on its night side because Jupiter’s radiation energises salts frozen into its surface, and the colour of that glow could offer a new clue to what its hidden ocean is made of

A laboratory experiment found that Europa-like salty ice emits different visible glows under high-energy electrons, offering a possible new way to map the...

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Science • Aug 06

Most detailed images ever taken of sun's surface revealed: "Major step forward"

Researchers were able to peek at the sun's scorching surface with the help of the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope​,...

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Science • Aug 06

Cassini bounced radio waves off Titan’s three largest seas and found their open surfaces mirror-smooth, with roughness no greater than 3.3 millimetres RMS, while rougher estuaries hinted that methane-rich rivers were entering more ethane-rich seas

Four Cassini bistatic radar flybys found millimetre-scale roughness across Titan's open seas and rougher estuaries consistent with methane-rich inflow...

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Science • Aug 05

Perseverance Finds Organic Carbon Preserved Just Beneath the Martian Surface

Perseverance has found shallow preserved organic carbon on Mars, raising new questions about ancient Martian environments.

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Science • Aug 05

Meteorite Strikes On Cars Are Rare, But It Has Happened At Least Thrice

A 1935 Pontiac coupe, a 1980 Chevy Malibu, and a Nissan Pathfinder are among the only cars ever hit by meteorites, and all three were empty when it...

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Science • Aug 05

What scientists are learning after SpaceX debris crashed into the moon

A four-ton upper stage of a SpaceX rocket is believed to have hit the moon at 5400 mph. The SpaceX rocket launched a pair of lunar landers last year,...

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Science • Aug 05

La Brea Tar Pits Yield New Species of Ice Age Toad

Paleontologists studying the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's richest Ice Age fossil sites, have identified a previously unknown species of spadefoot...

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Science • Aug 05

New video of the sun supports theory of what happens on its surface

Images of the sun's surface that were published in a new study show turbulent, vortex-like structures in unprecedented detail.

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Science • Aug 05

Moon Impact of Rocket Stage Observed

Scientists at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona report they detected a plume from the impact August 5 from that errant SpaceX rocket stage.

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Science • Aug 05

Some People Carry a Neanderthal Growth Hormone Receptor That Is Linked to Greater Muscle Mass

Learn how small genetic differences derived from interbreeding Neanderthals may equip carriers with an advantage in muscle growth.

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Science • Aug 05

‘Best meteor shower of the year’ will soon be visible in the sky: How to watch

As a solar eclipse sweeps across parts of the United States on Aug. 12 — from Alaska to North Carolina — stargazers will also have the opportunity to...

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Science • Aug 05

Musk, Money and Mars

SpaceX shares are down, but Elon Musk is still the richest man in the world. What's next?

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Science • Aug 05

Stanford scientists discover cells that could hopefully break apart tumors

A group of Stanford researchers recently discovered an explosive cell in flatworms that appears to sacrifice itself in order to kill other cells.

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Science • Aug 05

Summer Star Shower: Watch the Perseids with NASA!

The Perseids are back! One of the year's brightest and most popular meteor showers has been ramping up since early July and will sparkle in the skies...

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