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Science • Jun 23

Look up! The 2026 Strawberry Moon is coming to Arizona

PHOENIX — Get ready to view the strawberry moon! No, it won't actually look like a giant strawberry. The name is less about the look and more about the...

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Science • Jun 23

Another hydrothermal explosion has occurred at Yellowstone National Park

Another geothermal explosion has occurred at Yellowstone National Park, highlighting the unstable nature of the reserve's extensive volcanic network,...

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Science • Jun 23

Explosion Creates 20-Foot Crater of Boiling Water in Yellowstone National Park

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory confirmed Tuesday that a hydrothermal explosion occurred in Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin that created a 21-foot-wide…

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Science • Jun 23

NASA's Roman Space Telescope reaches Kennedy eight months ahead of schedule, with a Falcon Heavy launch now set for Aug. 30

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 21, beginning the final stretch of preparations...

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Science • Jun 23

The Poop Emoji Got Gravity Right, Physicists Find

The unassuming lugworm releases gravity-defying poop—something that represents a broader theme in the shape of all poop.

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Science • Jun 23

Earth's weather changes plans. This cosmic 'wind' could kill a galaxy

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe CRISTAL-02 and discovered a galaxy-killing wind.

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Science • Jun 23

Nikola Tesla wrote in 1900 that an automaton might one day appear to think for itself — the surprise is not that he predicted modern AI perfectly, but that he understood how quickly a machine that responds, adapts, and acts could begin to disturb the boundary

In June 1900, Nikola Tesla published an essay in The Century Magazine titled “The Problem of Increasing Human Energy.” Most of it was about electricity...

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Science • Jun 23

Scientists Describe 'Incredible' Movements of Fruit Fly Sperm

Tiny fruit flies are packing some seriously big sperm—roughly 40 times larger than human sperm, each one nearly as long as the insect itself.

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Science • Jun 23

This Week, NASA Will Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Mission to Save a Space Telescope That Has Observed the Sky for Nearly 22 Years

At the end of this week, a rescue mission funded by NASA will launch with an unprecedented goal. Rather than recovering its target and bringing it back to...

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Science • Jun 23

A viral social media stat claims 70% of Gen Z and Millennials can't relax because they were taught rest is wasteful — the number isn't real, but the research behind it is

A few days ago, I came across a stat on social media that stopped my scrolling entirely. Bold text on a plain white background: “70% of Gen Z and...

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Science • Jun 23

Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase

For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern...

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Science • Jun 23

SpaceX "Starfall" launches on secretive test flight

SpaceX's "Starfall" capsule launched Tuesday morning for its first test flight, a somewhat hush-hush affair for a small but potentially pivotal new bit of...

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Science • Jun 23

A 'new' star could finally appear in the night sky this week, thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime explosion

The "Blaze Star" T. Coronae Borealis could brighten dramatically this week to shine with the brilliance of the North Star Polaris. Here's where to look.

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Science • Jun 23

China's space plane appears to have released a mystery object in orbit

"This activity is consistent with sub-satellite deployments conducted by the space plane in previous missions," private space surveillance company LeoLabs...

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Science • Jun 23

1st-of-its-kind mission will attempt to save aging space telescope using robot spacecraft

Startup Katalyst Space is teaming up with NASA to try and rescue the Swift telescope using the company's newly developed robotic spacecraft, LINK.

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Science • Jun 23

This Famously Pink Planet Is Hiding a Surprising Secret

GJ 504 b, which NASA calls a “puffy pink planet,” shares two out of three catchphrases with Kirby. But unlike the video game character, the giant planet is...

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Science • Jun 23

A Russian cosmonaut named Sergei Krikalev has physically travelled further into the future than almost any other human being in history — across six spaceflights and 803 cumulative days at orbital velocity, Einstein's theory of special relativity has made him a

Einstein's special theory of relativity, published in 1905, made a number of strange predictions about how time and motion interact, several of which...

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Science • Jun 23

NASA wants to dump the ISS in the sea. Experts say the plan 'raises serious concerns for ocean health'

NASA's plan to deorbit the International Space Station in coming years has stirred up a wave of reaction by a leading ocean conservation organization.

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Science • Jun 23

NASA wants to dump the ISS in the sea. Experts say the plan 'raises serious concerns for ocean health'

NASA's plan to deorbit the International Space Station in coming years has stirred up a wave of reaction by a leading ocean conservation organization.

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Science • Jun 23

SpaceX's secretive plans to deliver cargo to Earth from space

Not much is known about Starfall, SpaceX's new delivery system, but an assessment published in May revealed its intended purpose.

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