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Science • Jun 09

A Lost World Almost as Big as Mars May Have Once Orbited Our Sun

Our Solar System may once have housed an extra world that no longer exists. This long-lost world may have been almost as big as Mars, before it suffered a...

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Science • Jun 09

Is your dog a southpaw? Male dogs share men’s tendency to be lefties

Your dog could well be a leftie. This does not refer to its political leanings but rather the paw it prefers to use, after scientists devised a simple set...

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Science • Jun 09

Why East Coast Trails Are So Much Harder To Hike Than West Coast Trails

West Coast trails generally have switchbacks for a gentle climb, while East Coast trails climb more sharply, making them far more difficult to hike.

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Science • Jun 09

How to watch next SpaceX rocket launch live from Vandenberg

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base to deliver Starlink satellites to orbit. Here's how to watch it live.

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Science • Jun 09

Fossil Discovery in Patagonia Reveals New Species of Horned Turtle

Paleontologists have identified a new species of meiolaniform turtle from northern Patagonia, Argentina, that lived during the Maastrichtian age,...

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Science • Jun 09

The Atlantic’s giant current is slowing, and the ocean may be getting stranger than expected

As the Atlantic's current weakens, North Atlantic salinity could swing more wildly than ever, raising flood risk on Europe's coasts.

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Science • Jun 09

Massive Stonehenge megalith likely hauled over 400 miles by prehistoric people, not glaciers

A massive stone at the heart of Stonehenge may have traveled much farther than previously believed — and not likely with help from ice.

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Science • Jun 09

These record-breaking black hole winds could create a category 79 hurricane on Earth

Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting out winds at record-breaking speeds for such an outflow...

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Science • Jun 09

UT graduate to command NASA’s Artemis III mission preparing for moon landing

A University of Tennessee alum will help crew NASA's Artemis III mission, which marks the next step in the space agency's plan to land astronauts on the...

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Science • Jun 09

Thruster breakthrough? New 2-in-1 propulsion system is about to get an in-space test

A new propulsion system feeds the same "monopropellant" fuel into electrical and chemical thrusters, potentially saving on mass and complications for future...

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Science • Jun 09

NASA announces astronauts for Artemis III spaceflight, scheduled for 2027

Questions linger over whether the explosion of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will affect the Artemis III mission.

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Science • Jun 09

Can NASA Really Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028?

Experts have been hopeful, but say the agency's lunar aspirations are largely at the whims of two billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

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Science • Jun 09

NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission

NASA named the international crew of four that will fly on its next Artemis mission as early as next year. It's a key test flight ahead of a human landing...

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Science • Jun 09

NASA’s Crew Safety Alert Exposed a Bigger ISS Leak Problem

The dreaded air leak on the International Space Station (ISS) has gotten so bad that Russian cosmonauts were preparing to use a saw to access a suspected...

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Science • Jun 09

NASA announces the astronauts for the next Artemis mission. Here's what they'll be doing.

Artemis III has a crew. On June 9, NASA announced the four crewmembers of the next Artemis mission, expected to launch no earlier than June 2027: Commander...

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Science • Jun 09

Satellite data reveal Southern Ocean vertical currents diving 3,000 feet below surface

Ocean currents are not just horizontal motions that flow from side to side. There are also vertical currents that act like deep-sea elevators, pushing heat...

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Science • Jun 09

2 long-vanished 'super Earths' once orbited near Neptune in our outer solar system, new study hints

Our solar system may have hosted up to six giant planets in its first hundred million years, a new study suggests. The findings paint a more crowded picture...

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Science • Jun 09

Chesapeake native Andre Douglas selected for NASA's Artemis III crew

NEW YORK — A Chesapeake native has been named to the crew of NASA's Artemis III mission, the next step toward eventually landing astronauts on the moon.

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Science • Jun 09

Houston's Created Its Own Problem: The Unnecessary Fight To Snatch Up The Discovery Space Shuttle Continues

If there is a custody battle to be had, the Smithsonian has it locked down.

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Science • Jun 09

Uninherited parental genes leave lasting imprint on children's lives

Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team led by researchers at the...

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