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Science • May 31

New Material Could Help NASA Unlock Resources Hidden In Lunar Soil

Researchers at NASA have discovered a new material that could help astronauts carry less equipment on future missions to the Moon. The finding could support...

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Science • May 31

Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped "Planet Factory" Deep Out in Space

Astronomers believe they've spotted a "planet factory" near Jupiter that could explain the origins of strange meteorites found on Earth.

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Science • May 31

Take a Look at a Bio-inspired Mars Robot

A novel approach to scouting about over the sand dunes of Mars is the Valles Marineris Explorer – or VaMEx in probing Red Planet terms.

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Science • May 31

Watch this bio-inspired Mars rover concept 'swim' through sand on curved wheels (video)

A team of scientists is exploring a Mars rover that is outfitted with inventive curved wheels, which, like the feet of a desert lizard, can "swim" through...

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Science • May 31

June Is Packed With Celestial Events—With a Double Planet Display, Meteor Shower, and Milky Way Views

Stargazers can also look forward to a mini planet parade, a new supermoon, and the third and final micromoon of the year.

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Science • May 31

JWST finds a stellar bar in the early universe that breaks all rules

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a stellar bar in GN20, a massive galaxy seen just 1.5 billion years after the Big...

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Science • May 31

These exotic particles could break physics

'Penguin' decays from CERN's latest Large Hadron Collider experiment hint at weird new physics.

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Science • May 31

Scientists Say They’ve Found Fungi That Turn Dead Martian Soil Into Fertile Cropland

Once the first human settlers reach the surface of Mars, they'll have to get extremely creative to turn the desolate and hostile environment into land that...

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Science • May 31

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'

Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter game "Doom" and say they are just...

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Science • May 31

Your Blood May Carry a 700-Million-Year-Old Secret

A new evolutionary analysis suggests that modern blood and immune cells may preserve a 700-million-year legacy inherited from ancient single-celled...

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Science • May 31

Chinese physicists achieve 20x laser interaction boost without extra power using quantum tech

Chinese researchers have reportedly demonstrated a new way to dramatically enhance ultrafast laser interactions without increasing overall laser power.

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Science • May 31

Strange Event Might Have Been A Primordial Black Hole Winking At Us

In 2019, astronomers recorded a distant star doing something unexpected.

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Science • May 31

Minnesota Starwatch for June

Summer arrives with the solstice at 3:25 a.m. Sunday, June 21, when the sun reaches a point above the Tropic of Cancer.

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Science • May 31

'Astonishing': James Webb telescope spots the most chemically primitive galaxy in the ancient universe

One of the greatest achievements of the James Webb Space Telescope is how it has allowed scientists to push the boundaries of astronomy by observing...

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Science • May 31

Cortical Labs trains brain cells to play Doom

Multiple outlets report that Australian startup Cortical Labs used a "biological computer" to teach lab-grown human neurons to play the 1990s shooter "Doom.

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Science • May 31

Researchers Say Moon Dust Could Be A Future Energy Source

In a quiet laboratory in Louisiana, researchers are developing technologies that could transform the Moon from a distant destination into a place where...

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Science • May 31

Before anyone can live on Mars, they have to learn to breathe on Moon first

Researchers have tested a solar-powered vacuum pyrolysis system that melts lunar soil at 3632°F to extract breathable oxygen and structural metals.

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Science • May 31

FAA documents outline SpaceX plans for Starfall reentry vehicles

FAA documents have provided new details about a SpaceX project for reentry vehicles that could be used to support in-space manufacturing projects.

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Science • May 31

The Moon is stealing time from the Earth, and it has been getting away with it for billions of years. Our planet spins so much slower than it once did that a single day has stretched from just 19 hours to the 24 we live by, and the Moon is still creeping away from u

Earth's spin is slowing, the day is getting longer, and the Moon is drifting outward at about 3.8 centimetres a year, a figure measured by bouncing lasers...

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Science • May 31

How to watch Jupiter and Venus as they join in the sky this week

You may have noticed two bright "stars" in the west after sunset. Those aren't stars, but two planets: Jupiter and Venus. And they're on their way to a...

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