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Science • Jun 16

Astrobotic showcases Griffin-1 lander ahead of environmental testing in California

Technicians work on Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander inside a cleanroom at the company's facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, June 15, 2026.

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Science • Jun 16

Toxic killers and 4m giants – meet the 9 weirdest crabs on the planet

Meet the ocean's most extraordinary crabs – including a few that aren't actually crabs at all.

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Science • Jun 16

Beneath the Antarctic ice, a lake the size of Lake Ontario has been sealed off from sunlight for roughly 15 million years, and when Russian drillers finally reached Lake Vostok in 2012 they recovered water teeming with traces of life that had evolved in total dark

When Russian drillers broke through nearly four kilometres of Antarctic ice in February 2012, they reached a lake the size of Lake Ontario that had been...

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Science • Jun 16

Fungal highways are vast, yet hidden underground—new study

Beneath our feet lie some of the largest living organisms on Earth. Fungi are mostly invisible and largely overlooked, but they help sustain the ecosystems...

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Science • Jun 16

Griffith Observatory will share video of Venus ‘disappearing' behind the moon

The astronomy landmark telescopes will not be available for public viewing during the event, but clips will be posted.

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Science • Jun 16

Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11

NASA's leading center for the robotic exploration of the universe is opening its doors for a two-day event. Tickets, available in late August, will go fast.

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Science • Jun 16

Mars can produce dust storms so vast they swallow the planet. In 2018, one of them turned day into darkness for NASA’s solar-powered Opportunity rover, cutting off the sunlight that had sustained it through more than 14 years on Mars.

Mars produces dust storms unlike anything on Earth. The largest of them, called planet-encircling storms, can grow from a regional disturbance to a veil of...

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Science • Jun 15

San Andreas Fault hits highest stress level in 1,000 years, University of Hawai'i study finds

SAN FRANCISCO -- Stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in Southern California has reached the highest levels in 1,000 years, according to new...

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Science • Jun 15

A Bright Blob Emitting X-Rays Near the Center of the Milky Way May Have Been Forged by a Supernova

Learn about a bright blob in the central region of the Milky Way, illuminating what may be a remnant of a massive star that exploded.

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Science • Jun 15

SpaceX soars with its first launch as a public company, marking a new era

SpaceX executed its first Falcon 9 launch since going public on June 15, a routine yet symbolically powerful Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force...

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Science • Jun 15

Two years, 2 million words: How a brain implant transformed an ALS patient’s life

For the past six years, Casey Harrell's life has felt like a slow-motion car crash. At 42, he began to lose his voice to the neurodegenerative disease ALS,...

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Science • Jun 15

NASA is going to great lengths to keep dirty human fingers off its $4.3 billion space telescope

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed to capture enormous images faster than any other space telescope has before. But first NASA must keep...

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Science • Jun 15

1,000 times faster than Hubble: Up close with the NASA space telescope meant to unlock the cosmos

After it launches in August, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to survey more of the sky than any space telescope before,...

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Science • Jun 15

Dazzling display: Fireball streaks across the night sky in over a dozen states

Hundreds of eyewitnesses saw a bright fireball streaking across the night sky in over a dozen states over the weekend. The fireball was captured by three...

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Science • Jun 15

Abstract algebra unlocks distinguishable states for quantum systems

Researchers around the world are racing to develop new quantum-based systems for sensing, communication, computing and control that have the promise of...

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Science • Jun 15

Thermochemical mantle plume identified as the likely origin of Earth's largest oceanic plateau

The Ontong Java Plateau in the western Pacific Ocean is the largest oceanic plateau on Earth, and its formation mechanism has not been well understood.

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Science • Jun 15

Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki

Deep inside a limestone cave in southern China, paleontologists have uncovered an assemblage of thirteen fossilized teeth belonging to Gigantopithecus...

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Science • Jun 15

Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander for NASA Moon Base mission

Astrobotic unveiled its next lander headed to the moon: Griffin-1, which will carry one of the heaviest payloads ever delivered to the lunar surface.

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Science • Jun 15

Put your name aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

If you missed the chance to get your name in space during Artemis II's historic mission in April, you don't have to wait until Artemis III in 2027 for...

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Science • Jun 15

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st launch as a public company (video)

SpaceX sent 24 Starlink satellites to orbit on Monday (June 15) — a number that nearly matched the percentage-point jump the company's stock has taken on...

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