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Science • May 03

Scientists detect an enormous halo around the iconic Sombrero Galaxy — Space photo of the week

The 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera in Chile has captured an extended halo and a dust-filled disk around the hat-shaped Sombrero Galaxy.

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Science • May 03

NASA explains why mission to Titan trades wheels for helicopter blades

By trading wheels for helicopter blades, NASA is upping its game for the Dragonfly mission, a flying machine intended to explore Titan, an icy moon of...

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Science • May 03

NASA video shows how much ground a Mars rover has covered, literally

When NASA makes a new timelapse video, it's not for reminiscence or clout chasing on the Internet. The U.S. space agency recently pulled together images...

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Science • May 03

Today, NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Will Get Just 4,500 Kilometers From Mars To Slingshot Towards Its Final Destination

NASA's Psyche mission is about to get a little push from Mars. The Red Planet will provide a gravity assist to help the spacecraft eventually reach asteroid...

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Science • May 03

Powerful AI finds 100+ hidden planets in NASA data including rare and extreme worlds

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA's TESS mission—and it's paying off in a big way.

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Science • May 03

Powerful AI finds 100+ hidden planets in NASA data including rare and extreme worlds

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA's TESS mission—and it's paying off in a big way.

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Science • May 03

Artemis 3 plans remain uncertain as schedule slips

More than two months after NASA announced revised plans for the Artemis 3 mission, the agency has provided few details about the mission itself.

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Science • May 02

Student Discovers Rare New Carnivorous Dinosaur Species That Lived Long Before T. rex

A shattered fossil once ignored has revealed a strange early predator that reshapes the story of dinosaur dominance.

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Science • May 02

3I/ATLAS had a far colder birthplace than our Solar System

3I/ATLAS carries water with deuterium levels far beyond solar system comets, pointing to an extremely cold birthplace.

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Science • May 02

Reaching for the stars: enduring symbols of Soviet science – in pictures

The photographer Eric Lusito takes us on a scientific journey through space and time in a book on Soviet scientific institutes.

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Science • May 02

Canada proposes POET mission to hunt Earth-sized planets

Exoplanet science and the search for life beyond Earth continue to advance at break-neck speeds, with the number of confirmed exoplanets by NASA rapidly...

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Science • May 02

Scientists Debunk 100-Year-Old Belief About Brain Cells, Rewriting Textbooks

New evidence suggests axons may not be uniform tubes but dynamic, pearl-like structures.

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Science • May 02

Why Do Rockets Curve Instead Of Shooting Straight Up At Launch?

At some point in your life, you've probably watched a rocket launch straight up into the sky. You may have even watched Artemis II's Orion spacecraft...

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Science • May 02

10,000 “Impossible” Exoplanets Found in NASA Data

Scientists uncover 10000 hidden exoplanets in NASA data. The universe may be far more crowded than we thought.

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Science • May 02

NASA Captures First Detailed Satellite View Of Giant Pacific Tsunami Across Vast Ocean Basin

A NASA satellite captured the first high-resolution view of a massive tsunami, revealing unexpected wave behavior that could transform future forecasting.

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Science • May 02

NASA Unveils Massive 360° Mars Views Captured by Two Rovers Miles Apart

NASA has released sweeping new views of Mars that seem to place distant regions side by side in a single glance.

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Science • May 02

Locked in stone for 210 million years, this newly identified crocodile cousin was built to crush larger prey

On a fateful day 210 million years ago, two crocodile cousins about the size of jackals stood side-by-side amid the low ferns of a humid riverbank that...

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Science • May 02

'100 times richer': NASA's James Webb Telescope reveals 'forbidden' alien planet that shouldn't exist

Astronomers have discovered TOI-5205 b, a massive 'forbidden' alien planet orbiting a tiny star. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers revealed...

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Science • May 02

Astronauts who spent 10 days in space reveal 'weird' experience as they approached dark side of the Moon

Artemis II astronauts, who have recently returned from a 10-day space mission, have revealed the 'weird' experience they had as they approached the Moon.

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Science • May 02

Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to...

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