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Science • May 14

NASA's Perseverance rover is positively glowing in its new selfie on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a stunning new selfie from the edge of Jezero Crater while exploring ancient Martian rocks that could reveal clues about...

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Science • May 14

What proteins in prehistoric teeth reveal about Stone Age sex between early human species

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later human species, including Homo...

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Science • May 14

‘Last titan’: Southeast Asia’s biggest dinosaur discovered

A new type of long-necked plant-eating dinosaur – the largest ever found in Southeast Asia – has been revealed in a study led by researchers at University...

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Science • May 14

SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket will do something completely new on Flight 12 — take a good look at itself

SpaceX's advanced new "V3" Starship megarocket is set to fly for the first time ever next week. The debut will feature some in-space action never seen...

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Science • May 14

Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.

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Science • May 14

NASA Reveals New Details About Artemis 3—and It’s a Bit Weird

After the Artemis 2 astronauts returned from their historic journey around the Moon, NASA quickly shifted its attention to Artemis 3.

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Science • May 14

NASA is using Mars as a slingshot—and the photos will be stunning

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs to swing past the Red Planet.

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Science • May 14

NASA’s Mars rover sends back a selfie from the planet’s Wild West

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a new animated selfie on Mars in the 'Wild West,' the farthest west it has traveled since landing on the planet in 2021.

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Science • May 14

Scientists Found Hidden Channels Where Warm Water Gets Trapped Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelves

Something strange is happening under Antarctica's frozen surface, and researchers say it could change the climate conversation.

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Science • May 14

Researchers unearth Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur

They're calling it the "last titan" of Thailand. The sauropod — an herbivore with a long neck and tail — comes from the late Early Cretaceous period,...

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Science • May 14

Mars Express Captures Strange Dark Remains of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Waterway on The Red Planet

A newly released ESA image of Mars reveals dark volcanic material inside an ancient water-carved valley, offering another glimpse into the planet's wetter...

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Science • May 14

'There are 4 people in those pixels': Earth-based telescope snapped Artemis II crew orbiting the moon

In recent weeks, we've been treated to some truly incredible photos of NASA's historic Artemis II mission, including a dump of 12,000 images captured by the...

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Science • May 14

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost. The Psyche spacecraft will slingshot past the red planet at more...

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Science • May 14

New map of the cosmic web is the most detailed ever

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have produced the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever made. The work traces the network...

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Science • May 14

NASA spacecraft to swing past Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures...

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Science • May 14

Earth Is Zipping Through a Giant Interstellar Cloud. Here’s How We Know

The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on Earth's southernmost region.

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Science • May 14

These Men Thought They Were Digging a Tunnel. They Were Really Digging Their Own Graves.

The men at Hawk's Nest were hired to carve out a tunnel in a mountain. What they were really doing, though, was mining the same material that would help...

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Science • May 14

Scientists Create “Living” Materials That Crawl, Walk, and Dig on Their Own

Physicists studying active matter — materials that can use their own internal energy to respond to forces — have uncovered surprising behaviors that...

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Science • May 14

String Theory Emerges from "Almost Nothing"

New theoretical work shows that string theory is uniquely derived from basic assumptions about the universe.

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Science • May 14

Earth Entered a 56-Million-Year Ice Age, But Something Unexpected Kept Happening

Earth's ancient ice age may have repeatedly shifted between frozen and thawed states, revealing dramatic climate instability.

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