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Science • May 21

Crystals of space and time: A structural phenomenon that may collapse into tiny black holes

A team from Vienna and Frankfurt has found a formula describing a strange phenomenon: Space and time can form a kind of "crystal" that may turn into a black...

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Science • May 21

The newly-identified 'T. rex of the ancient sea' unveiled at Perot Museum

DALLAS, Texas — Researchers have made a massive discovery: a new species of mosasaur, the Tylosaurus rex. This newly named apex predator "once ruled the...

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Science • May 21

STEM-Talk: Doug Cooke talks about strengths and flaws of NASA’s Artemis mission

Four days after the astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission splashed down in the Pacific, STEM-Talk host Dr. Ken Ford interviewed Doug Cooke, an aerospace...

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Science • May 21

Scientists Identify Atomic Trick That Keeps Gold Shiny

Gold's characteristic glow famously doesn't fade for thousands of years—and scientists have finally found the molecular trick that makes it so.

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Science • May 21

Saturn-sized exoplanet with Earth-like temperature reveals methane-rich atmosphere

A planet that is about the size of Saturn, but with a temperature more like Earth's, has an atmosphere rich in methane, according to a new study using...

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Science • May 21

AI & Science: What Is the Future of Discovery?

Continued progress in artificial intelligence, its expanding usefulness in science, and its contributions to landmark advances suggest that we may have...

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Science • May 21

The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling

Fossils unearthed in the Northwest Territories push the origins of animal sex back by 5-10 million years and reveal the earliest examples of locomotion in...

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Science • May 21

Lunar Outpost has big plans for the moon. The new Pegasus lunar rover is just the start

Lunar Outpost has unveiled designs for a new Pegasus moon rover for a 2028 launch — but the Colorado-based company isn't stopping there.

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Science • May 21

How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past

Evolutionary biologists are uncovering genomic mechanisms that allow populations to adapt quickly to different, hyperlocal habitats without splitting into...

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Science • May 21

Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center launch sometimes seen in Orlando

Depending on weather and cloud cover, a SpaceX or NASA rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, or Kennedy Space Center can be seen in Orlando area.

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Science • May 21

Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars photo of the day for May 21, 2026

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has stumbled across an unusual sight: a stack of rocks on the Martian surface.

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Science • May 21

NASA Highlights 2025 International Space Station Science Results

To dive deeper into the International Space Station research achievements from the past year, browse the 2025 Annual Highlights of Results, which NASA.

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Science • May 21

Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2026

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has stumbled across an unusual sight: a stack of rocks on the Martian surface.

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Science • May 21

SpaceX launches Starlink 10-31 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink 10-31 mission at 6:04 am Thursday, May 21, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Science • May 21

Scientists May Have Finally Solved Why Humans Are Right-Handed

Scientists say the mystery of why humans are so right-handed may trace back to our first steps on two legs.

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Science • May 21

Why Do Humans Have Unique Voices? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Anatomy That Makes You Unmistakable

Every human voice is acoustically unique. The anatomy and evolutionary history behind that fact turns out to be one of biology's better surprises.

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Science • May 21

NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS reveals its most complete look at the night sky yet

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, has released its most complete view of the sky over Earth, revealing the location of 6000 potential worlds beyond...

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Science • May 21

Photos and Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch lights up the Gulf Coast skies Thursday

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch took place Thursday morning, blasting off from Cape Canaveral shortly after 6 a.m., with the rocket spotted in the sky...

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Science • May 21

NASA Astronauts Study Cancer and Cartilage Research on ISS

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conducted biomedical experiments in May 2026 on cancer therapeutics, cartilage tissue growth,...

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Science • May 21

A 1.5-Solar-Mass Star in a Tight Orbit Around the 4.3-Million

Time series of the orbits of various stars around the supermassive black hole, SgrA*, at the Milky-Way center, obtained from data by GRAVITY/VLT between...

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