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Science • May 26

Scientist Suggests That 3I/ATLAS May Have Seeded Life as It Careened Through Our Solar System

A small group of scientists have long suggested that the seeds of life may have been distributed across the vast distances of space via cosmic dust,...

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Science • May 26

Scientist Suggests That 3I/ATLAS May Have Seeded Life as It Careened Through Our Solar System

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests extrasolar life could've survived in the ice of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and seed other planets.

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Science • May 26

Two radio astronomers spent months trying to eliminate a faint hiss in their antenna, even scrubbing out pigeon droppings, before realising the noise they couldn’t get rid of was the afterglow of the early universe — the cosmic microwave background left behin

In 1964 and 1965, two radio astronomers at Bell Telephone Laboratories spent roughly a year trying to track down a faint, persistent noise in their antenna.

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Science • May 26

Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects.

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Science • May 26

Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.

Getting carbon and sulfur into Earth's interior may be part of oxygen's story.

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Science • May 26

Space embryos: China launches lab-grown human cells into orbit to study reproduction

China has delivered the world's first human artificial embryo models to orbit to test how microgravity affects human reproduction.

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Science • May 26

An astronaut’s mystery illness could change the way NASA plans future missions

A health scare prompted the first ever early return from the International Space Station for a medical reason. Does it change the plan for deep space...

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Science • May 26

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Initiates Largest Change In 70 Years, Solicits Bids To Replace Caltech As Its Manager

NASA announced Friday that it will be soliciting bids for a new operator to take over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the center responsible for every...

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Science • May 26

China Launches Synthetic Human Embryos to Space Station

China sent a batch of synthetic human embryos to its Tiangong space station, in an experiment to explore human reproduction in space.

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Science • May 26

Robotics, Science Underway as Cosmonauts Prep for Wednesday Spacewalk

Robotics controllers wrapped up a weekend of swapping scientific hardware packed inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft's trunk for installation on the...

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Science • May 26

New species of bizarre, bipedal, toothless crocodile relative from the Triassic discovered

Unearthed in Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Labrujasuchus expectatus—the 'Witch Croc'—highlights the weirdness of life at the dawn of the dinosaurs and the legacy...

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Science • May 26

Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor

Satellites captured footage of an underwater volcano eruption in a part of the sea that remains largely a mystery.

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Science • May 26

Astrophysicists strike black gold with treasure trove of gravitational wave detections

Researchers from the University of Glasgow's Institute for Gravitational Research are celebrating the publication of a vast new treasure trove of...

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Science • May 26

Researchers capture inception of hydrogen-uranium reaction for the first time

When hydrogen gas interacts with uranium metal, the combination creates a chemically reactive powder and a runaway reaction that is difficult to stop.

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Science • May 26

US Space Force Should Prepare to Put Active-Duty Troops on the Moon, Report Argues

The U.S. and China share a common goal: building a human habitat at the lunar south pole. Both nations are locked in a race to land astronauts on the Moon...

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Science • May 26

Part Of A SpaceX Rocket Will Be Hitting The Moon At Mach 7, According To Experts

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to impact the Moon at over seven times the speed of sound in August this year.

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Science • May 26

Mars contains giant underground tunnels larger than anything on Earth, and scientists have designed a robot to explore them

Engineers are developing a concept for exploring one of Mars' least accessible environments: its underground tunnel systems. Their proposal combines a...

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Science • May 26

Jupiter’s Largest Moon Has a Rare Magnetic Field. A Strange Theory May Explain It

A new study suggests Ganymede—our neighborhood's biggest moon—still has a hot, churning core cranking out its unique magnetic field.

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Science • May 26

When Quiet Undersea Volcanoes Turn Disruptive

Earth's largest volcanic system, hidden in mountain chains under the sea, has long been assumed to erupt only quietly. The shallow seafloor off Iceland...

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Science • May 26

SpaceX Falcon 9 Lands 60th Mission of 2026 with 24 Starlink Satellites

SpaceX hit another quiet milestone this morning, launching booster B1100 on its sixth flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base and recovering it cleanly on...

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