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Science • May 11

A Middle School Student Built a Sidewalk Material That Absorbs Rainwater Instead of Flooding Streets, Using Materials Most People Throw Away

This student decided to tackle flooding with a homemade concrete mix using recycled materials and one unexpected concrete ingredient.

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Science • May 11

How NASA lunar scientists taught Artemis 2 astronauts to see the moon with different eyes

The astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission that flew around the moon had to learn to describe their observations using language that would help lunar...

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Science • May 11

3rd time is a charm as SpaceX launches ISS resupply mission after 2 scrubs

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — It was not a surprise that poor weather forced SpaceX to scrub its launch of a NASA resupply mission to the...

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Science • May 11

What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid armageddon: a blow-by-blow account

A week after the asteroid impact, rotting vegetation, smoke and sulphur create a stinky planet. Plant and animal survivors succumb to the corrosive acid...

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Science • May 11

Watch SpaceX launch secret US spy satellites to orbit from California today

SpaceX will launch a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11), and you can watch the action live.

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Science • May 11

New 'trick' fixes major flaw in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to a superpowerful system

A new "geometry‑based" quantum swap gate makes neutral‑atom computers far less sensitive to laser noise — bringing large‑scale, stable quantum processors a...

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Science • May 11

Astronomers Discovered a Brand-New Type of Planet That Reeks of Rotten Eggs and Defies Planetary Science

Astronomers have uncovered a new type of exoplanet, L 98-59 d, challenging all known categories of planetary science with its molten surface and sulfur-rich...

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Science • May 11

'Elegant triangle' experiment suggests quantum internet may be closer than we think

For more than 60 years, Bell's theorem has been the gold standard for demonstrating that quantum mechanics defies the rules of classical physics.

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Science • May 11

SpaceX Targets Monday NROL-172 Launch from Vandenberg SFB

The U.S. Space Force has cleared SpaceX to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the NROL-172 mission to low-Earth orbit on Monday, May 11, 2026.

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Science • May 11

NASA Says Something is “Brewing” in Ocean Waters Off the East Coast—And Recent Satellite Images Prove It

Something is invading the ocean waters off the northeastern U.S. coast, as revealed in recent satellite imagery.

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Science • May 11

NASA’s $500 Million Swift Telescope Rescue Mission Clears A Major Test Before Launch

NASA's Swift Observatory is running out of altitude, and a fast-moving rescue mission has cleared a major test before launch.

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Science • May 11

Surprise X-Ray Discovery May Explain Strange Red Dots in Early Universe

Ever since JWST first began peering out at the early Universe a few years ago, astronomers have been spotting strange "little red dots" (LRDs) in its...

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Science • May 11

AI@HHMI: Lighting Up Life Inside Cells With AI-Designed Proteins

What if scientists could watch a dozen proteins at work inside a cell at the same time? A new AI@HHMI project combines AI-driven protein design with bright...

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Science • May 11

Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center

The Milky Way's galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets,...

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Science • May 11

Zoom Into the Milky Way’s Galactic Bulge – Hubble/Roman Survey Regions

This video shows a zoom into the Milky Way's galactic bulge near the galactic center.

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Science • May 11

They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026

This miniature Mars capsule was just shot out of a gun at over 2600 miles per hour.

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Science • May 11

More Star Wars-like worlds emerge as 27 planet candidates with two suns discovered

There's so little we know about circumbinary planets—planets that orbit two stars instead of one—that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy.

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Science • May 11

Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights this week

A powerful M5.7 solar flare accompanied by a CME triggered Atlantic radio blackouts. Chances for northern lights this week have increased.

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Science • May 11

Mars Helicopter Engineers Push Rotor Blades Past the Sound Barrier to Unlock Heavier Payloads

The tip of a rotor blade is a small thing to hang a mission on. Moving faster than any other part of the aircraft, it does the real work: slapping at.

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Science • May 11

See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop

While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

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