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Science • Jun 24

Telescope captures most detailed image yet of Milky Way's heart: "Cosmic magnifying glass"

The Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's crowded heart, a dazzling image packed with 60...

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Science • Jun 24

Earth's Worst Extinctions May Have Had a Hidden Cosmic Trigger, Scientist Says

Life on Earth underwent a long evolutionary journey that eventually gave rise to us, the purportedly intelligent species that dominates the planet.

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Science • Jun 24

ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart

The largest and most detailed photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy's centre in visible light is revealed today by the European Space Agency's Euclid...

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Science • Jun 24

Hubble Space Telescope images galaxy scientists thought was impossible to find

A faraway galaxy has been caught blowing away the cosmic fog of hydrogen that filled the universe once upon a time.

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Science • Jun 24

Hubble Space Telescope images galaxy scientists thought was impossible to find

A faraway galaxy has been caught blowing away the cosmic fog of hydrogen that filled the universe once upon a time.

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Science • Jun 24

If you could drive a car straight up into the sky at highway speed, you would reach the edge of outer space in under an hour — the only thing protecting every living creature on Earth from the lethal vacuum is a layer of air thinner, relative to the planet, than the s

Get in a car. Point it at the sky. Drive at the speed limit. You would reach the official boundary of outer space — the line at which Earth's atmosphere...

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Science • Jun 24

Could mountains be key to unlocking hydrogen’s potential? | Science

Researchers assessed likelihood gas was produced during creation of Alps, Pyrenees and Baetic mountains.

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Science • Jun 24

"It’s very exciting." An astronomer has seen light from just after the birth of the Universe. Now he's sharing it with the world

Hidde Jense helped capture the earliest light in the Universe in detail. We spoke to him about what this groundbreaking observation reveals.

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Science • Jun 24

In 2004, a magnetar on the far side of the Milky Way unleashed a giant flare so intense it disturbed Earth’s ionosphere from tens of thousands of light-years away — and in just 0.2 seconds released as much energy as the Sun emits in roughly 250,000 years.

On 27 December 2004, a giant flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20 crossed the Solar System and registered on instruments built for far more ordinary...

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Science • Jun 24

We tend to think of Neanderthals as a species that went extinct, but a Princeton geneticist found evidence of three waves of interbreeding over 250,000 years, leading him to argue Neanderthals didn't disappear — they were absorbed into us

We are used to saying that Neanderthals went extinct, around forty thousand years ago, edged out by modern humans. Joshua Akey, a geneticist at Princeton,...

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Science • Jun 23

Water is the most valuable thing in space, not gold, not platinum, not any rare metal — because water can be split into rocket fuel anywhere sunlight reaches, which means the first company to mine it reliably in orbit won't be selling to Earth at all, it will be sellin

The popular picture of mining in space is precious metal: an asteroid packed with platinum, worth some unfathomable sum, towed home to make someone rich.

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Science • Jun 23

Cosmic Discoveries by National-Security Sensors

Cosmic Discoveries by National-Security Sensors National security concerns focus down to Earth. Cosmic discoveries focus on what lies far from Earth.

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Science • Jun 23

New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail

A new genus and species of four-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding another twist to the story of how birds...

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Science • Jun 23

Yellowstone Biscuit Basin pool erupts again after June 13 blast

A new pool of boiling water at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin erupted on June 23 after forming following a small hydrothermal explosion on June...

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Science • Jun 23

Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years

Curtin University researchers have determined the most precise age yet for the oldest known impact crater on Earth, providing new insight into how meteorite...

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Science • Jun 23

Hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park forms new thermal pool

Yellowstone National Park geologists have confirmed that a small hydrothermal explosion that occurred earlier this month formed a new thermal pool.

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Science • Jun 23

Aerospace startup racing to save NASA spacecraft from fiery end

Startup Katalyst Space Technologies is racing against time to save NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, orbiting since 2004, from falling into Earth's...

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Science • Jun 23

What is Starfall? A look at SpaceX's mysterious new return capsule

SpaceX just launched its Starfall return capsule for the first time. What does the company plan to do with the new vehicle?

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Science • Jun 23

Scientists Just Found All 5 Genetic “Letters” of DNA and RNA on an Asteroid

The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the idea that life's molecular ingredients formed in space before reaching Earth.

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Science • Jun 23

NASA’s Moon Plan Depends on 15 Starship Launches. There’s Just One Problem

A new watchdog report has found that Kennedy Space Center, the premier spaceport for NASA and its commercial partners, isn't ready to support increased...

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