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Science • Aug 05

A new species of Ice Age toad discovered at La Brea Tar Pits: The spadefoot toad Spea labreae

For the first time, researchers have discovered a new species of extinct amphibian from Ice Age Los Angeles at La Brea Tar Pits: a spadefoot toad they have...

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Science • Aug 05

Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog

Paleontologists sifting through the archives of Los Angeles' La Brea Tar Pits have discovered a new species of extinct Ice Age amphibian.

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Science • Aug 05

Scientists warn about space debris after huge SpaceX rocket part thought to have hit Moon

The stray upper stage (section) of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is about the size of a five-storey building, with a mass of at least 4000kg.

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Science • Aug 05

Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 1 week to go

Follow our live blog as we count down to the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026 with news, expert updates and live reporting from Greenland and Spain.

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Science • Aug 05

1 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

Get ready stargazers! We're just one week away from the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, when millions of stargazers will be treated to a spectacular display...

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Science • Aug 05

SpaceX rocket set to crash into the Moon

A SpaceX rocket's upper stage is set to unintentionally crash into the Moon today, a collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar...

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Science • Aug 05

NASA's CAPSTONE Missions Want To Solve The Moon's Three-Body Problem

If NASA wants to land astronauts on the Moon again, it's got three problems, and they're all bodies.

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Science • Aug 05

The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year.

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Science • Aug 05

The Moon is not airless: its exosphere holds helium, neon and argon at roughly one quadrillionth of Earth’s molecular density, and a single lander can briefly dominate the gas nearby

The Moon looks like the definition of an airless world. Its sky remains black in daylight, flags do not flutter without a supporting rod, and an astronaut...

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Science • Aug 05

SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision

Piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5400 miles per hour.

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Science • Aug 04

Fossil Find in China Reveals Dinosaur Family Never Before Seen in East Asia

Paleontologists working in southern China have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur that appears to belong to a group never before documented...

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Science • Aug 04

Perseid Meteor Shower, which inspired John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain High,’ will peak this month with up to 70 shooting stars per hour

A meteor shower known for “raining fire” in Colorado Rocky Mountain skies will peak with dozens of shooting stars per hour this month.

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Science • Aug 04

Molecular orbitals imaged in 3D, opening path to femtosecond videos

One of the most famous and intriguing results of quantum mechanics is the finding that fundamental particles, such as electrons, cannot be pinned down to...

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Science • Aug 04

Astronomers Discover First-Ever Three-Lobed Asteroid

High-resolution images from ESO's Very Large Telescope and the Large Binocular Telescope reveal that the E-type asteroid (44) Nysa may be unlike any other...

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Science • Aug 04

Physicists find a way to control heat in a way once thought impossible

Researchers have designed a material that can "program" the way it releases heat, paving the way for more efficient energy systems and, potentially,...

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Science • Aug 04

Strange Asteroid May Be the First Known With Three Lobes and Its Own Moon

Learn more about (44) Nysa, one of the brightest asteroids in the belt between Jupiter and Mars, which has its own moon and three lobes.

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Science • Aug 04

Scientists Discover Extreme Acceleration Inside a Nuclear Fireball

Simulations reveal some of the strongest accelerations ever produced on Earth, opening new avenues for QCD research.

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Science • Aug 04

Fossils from Wyoming's Smiley Draw deepen understanding of early primate evolution

A new study from the University of Kansas complicates the picture of primates living in North America some 55 million years ago during the Eocene,...

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Science • Aug 04

Pluto’s Atmosphere May Finally Be Starting to Collapse

For the first time since its discovery in 1920, Pluto is entering the outer solar system—a journey that's slowly thinning out its atmosphere.

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Science • Aug 04

Earth hits lowest recorded temperature in over a decade

On July 18, Antarctica's Concordia station, a remote research base home to a small winter-over crew (run by a joint French-Italian research facility),...

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