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Science • May 07

James Webb Space Telescope Brings Details Of Nearby 'Super-Earth' Into Focus

The James Webb Space Telescope was never meant to discover whole new worlds; that job was left for the just-completed Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

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Science • May 07

NASA and Space Force launch STORIE to study ring current

NASA and the US Space Force are launching STORIE to investigate the origin of Earth's ring current, aiming to protect satellites and infrastructure from...

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Science • May 07

Modern experiments suggest rhino teeth may have been part of Neanderthal toolkits

Neanderthals may not only have feasted on rhinoceroses, they may also have used their exceptionally hard teeth as specialized tools for a range of tasks,...

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Science • May 07

NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1

The rotor blades that will carry NASA's next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA's Jet...

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Science • May 07

Industry Moon Lander Training Cabin Lands at NASA for Artemis

A full-scale mock-up of a crew cabin for a future industry lunar lander for NASA's Artemis program now is operational for training and testing.

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Science • May 07

Where does Earth's mysterious 'ring current' come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out

NASA, working with the Space Force, plans to launch a space weather mission later this month to study a strange "ring current" surrounding our planet.

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Science • May 07

We may finally know the origin of mysterious comet 3I/ATLAS

Scientists studying comet 3I/ATLAS believe the mysterious interstellar object may have formed 11 billion years ago in an extremely cold ancient system.

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Science • May 07

Researchers combine five metals to build a better nanocrystal

A nanocrystal is an extraordinarily tiny piece of material—composed of anywhere from a few to a few thousand atoms—in which atoms are arranged in a precise,...

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Science • May 07

Northern Lights Forecast: Here’s Where Aurora Could Be Visible in Northern U.S.

The northern lights could be visible from some states along the U.S.-Canadian border, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

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Science • May 07

The gravitational constant, known as Big G, still eludes scientists

Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton's gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and...

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Science • May 07

Scientists unlock fungi's secret chemistry, offering a greener path to crop protection

Hypocrealean fungi build symbiotic partnerships with plants where they defend them by attacking harmful pests. Credit: Nature Chemical Biology (2026).

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Science • May 07

Watch NASA's Curiosity rover 'struggle' to remove a rock that got stuck on its robotic arm for nearly a week

The scientists operating NASA's Curiosity rover are breathing a sigh of relief after successfully removing a troublesome rock that got stuck on the end of...

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Science • May 07

A Light in the Dark

A thin sliver of Earth's edge is brightly illuminated against the vast darkness of space in this April 3, 2026, image taken during the Artemis II mission.

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Science • May 07

Ganymede Might Still Be Forming Its Metal Core Today

A new explanation suggests that Ganymede's dynamo, the churning metal core that creates a magnetic field, may arise from a slow growing core.

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Science • May 07

Mysterious 'living fossil' predator is 'WOKEN' by scientists after 40,000 YEARS lying dormant 30ft under frozen earth

SCIENTISTS in Russia have revived a microscopic predator that lay frozen in the ground under Siberia for nearly 40000 years. The bizarre...

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Science • May 07

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

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Science • May 07

Earth's Rarest Metal Was Thought to Be Useless to Ancient Life, Until Researchers Discovered Something in 3-Billion-Year-Old Fossils

A rare metal, nearly nonexistent in Earth's oceans at the time, turned out to be a key player in the survival of early life.

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Science • May 07

Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors

Lidar systems use pulses of infrared light to measure distance and map a 3D scene with high resolution, allowing autonomous vehicles to rapidly react to...

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Science • May 07

For 6 days, NASA’s Mars rover battled a rock

Curiosity got itself stuck between a rock and hard place last month, but NASA says there's no reason to fret about the intrepid Mars rover.

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Science • May 07

Shake it off—NASA’s Curiosity rover gets its robotic arm stuck inside a rock on Mars

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, but the Mars rover Curiosity just keeps on groovin'—even if its handlers had to spend several days freeing its drill from a...

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