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Science • Jun 12

Rare deep-sea shark discovered alive in the ocean for first time

A deep-sea creepy creature has been spotted alive for the first time in its natural habitat. Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have...

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Science • Jun 12

Ever have a scary HR meeting on your calendar? That's how the Artemis 3 crew found out their assignments

HOUSTON — Ever had a mysterious meeting with management show up on your work calendar? Unannounced and unprompted? With invitees from parts of the company...

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Science • Jun 12

NASA Leader Responds to Criticism Over All-Male Artemis III Crew

When NASA announced the astronauts who would fly on Artemis III, the next mission in its return-to-the-moon efforts, it was striking to many that the crew...

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Science • Jun 12

Rare goblin shark filmed in the wild for the 1st time, study says

Scientists have captured and confirmed footage of the goblin shark, a rare deep-sea shark species, in the wild for the first time, according to a new study.

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Science • Jun 12

Look up: Planetary parade featuring Venus, Jupiter and Mercury set to dazzle the sky tonight

Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will be visible in the night-sky on the evening of June 12. The three planets will align for a celestial show over the Western...

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Science • Jun 12

5 Absurd Space Myths That NASA Helped Debunk

From instantly dying in space to navigating the asteroid belt, science fiction gets a lot wrong. See how NASA has debunked some of the wildest space rumors.

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Science • Jun 12

A single day on Mercury, from one sunrise to the next, lasts 176 Earth days, which is two full Mercury years

A year on Mercury is 88 Earth days. A day, oddly, is longer than that. The reason is a slow spin locked to a fast orbit in a ratio nobody expected.

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Science • Jun 12

Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?

A quasar that is the first in the early universe to be found by its flicker, more luminous than 2 trillion suns, could reveal how supermassive black holes...

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Science • Jun 12

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's ‘Spy Mirror’ Could Transform How We Map the Universe

Learn more about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — known as Roman — and the advanced technology that will help give us a better map of the universe.

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Science • Jun 12

Astronomers May Have Found Supernova Remnant near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers identified a possible remnant of ancient stellar explosion just a few...

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Science • Jun 12

3 members of NASA’s newly announced Artemis III space crew have Maryland ties

NASA introduced the Artemis III mission crew members, and some of them spent time in Maryland.

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Science • Jun 12

Einstein’s Lost Theory Said Gravity Changes Speed of Light and a New Experiment Claims It Was Right

Albert Einstein postulated in his 1905 theory of special relativity that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. Ever since, that's been one of the...

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Science • Jun 12

NASA to Broadcast SpaceX Dragon’s June 16 Departure; Coast Guard Issues Hazardous Window Alerts for Launch and Reentry

NASA will broadcast the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft's undocking from the International Space Station on June 16, 2026, with the vehicle scheduled to re‑enter...

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Science • Jun 12

Scientist creates 'mini‑universe' to measure time without a clock

A University of Birmingham scientist has built a "mini-universe" that takes a step toward answering one of science's biggest questions: "What is time?

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Science • Jun 12

Goblin shark with face ‘not even a mother would love’ seen alive in natural habitat for first time

Elusive creatures have previously only been seen on fishing lines and experts know 'virtually nothing about them'

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Science • Jun 12

Extraordinary Fossils Solve a 500-Million-Year Evolution Mystery

The Cambrian explosion was one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of evolution. Around 540 million years ago, a sudden, astonishing burst of...

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Science • Jun 12

Why is the US Space Force researching 'orbital warehouses'?

As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space...

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Science • Jun 12

Rare Sahara meteorite may be a fragment of a lost planet destroyed at the solar system's dawn

Scientists have proposed that Northwest Africa 12774, a meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert, may be debris from a destroyed protoplanet, according to...

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Science • Jun 12

Botany and Biology Research Wrap Up Week as Dragon Preps for Earth Return

Space agriculture, stem cells, and cargo operations wrapped up the week aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 74 crew also conducted blood...

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Science • Jun 12

Nuclear clocks tick for the first time

Two independent research teams have achieved a longstanding goal in physics: building a working nuclear clock. The devices, developed by Beichen Huang and...

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