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Science • May 01

Artemis crew tells kids moon flight was "the best roller coaster ride"

The Artemis II astronauts joined "CBS Mornings" for a live town hall where they took questions from kids just weeks after returning from their historic moon...

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Science • May 01

Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab

As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph...

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Science • May 01

STORIE Prepares for Launch at Kennedy Space Center

NASA's STORIE (Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution) instrument is shown here installed on the Space Test Program – Houston 11 (STP-H11) payload,...

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Science • May 01

Satellites Could Start Smashing into Each Other in Less Than Three Days, Study Finds

They fly above us unseen, but the intense network of satellites that orbit Earth could collapse in just a couple of days.

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Science • May 01

Is there a launch today? SpaceX, NASA, ULA rocket launch schedule in Florida

Follow FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team for industry news, NASA and SpaceX updates, and live launch blog coverage at floridatoday.com/space.

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Science • May 01

Why Do Humans Have Eyebrows? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

From rigid brow ridges to expressive arches, your eyebrows tell a story of how human faces evolved to signal emotion, identity and social intent.

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Science • May 01

For 20 Years, No One Noticed This Ordinary School Rock Until Scientists Discovered 66 Dinosaur Footprints Hidden Inside

For decades, no one paid attention to the strange patterns covering this stone. Today, those footprints are at the center of a discovery that few saw...

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Science • May 01

Artemis crew tells kids at town hall, moon flight was "the best roller coaster ride you've ever been on"

The Artemis II astronauts joined "CBS Mornings" for a live town hall where they took questions from kids just weeks after returning from their historic moon...

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Science • May 01

Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show

Dinosaurs are among the most majestic and iconic animals to have ever walked on our planet. While they are now extinct, they are estimated to have inhabited...

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Science • May 01

NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas (video)

NASA has released a pair of sweeping new panoramas from its two active Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance, offering a vivid look at how dramatically...

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Science • May 01

Ancient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to Earth

Earth's chemistry may have stabilized within 3 million years, with water and volatiles arriving later in a giant impact.

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Science • May 01

Piece of SpaceX rocket to hit Moon, says astronomy code dev

An astronomy software dev claims a Falcon 9 upper stage will hit the Moon in August, traveling at several times the speed of sound.

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Science • May 01

Astronomers Turn to Powerful New Telescope That Could Finally Confirm the Existence of Planet 9

What if there is still an undiscovered planet orbiting our Sun? Scientists are following a trail of unusual patterns that point to a hidden world, one that...

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Science • May 01

Artemis II astronauts join "CBS Mornings" for a special live hour Friday

A few weeks back from their trip around the moon, the Artemis crew joins CBS News for "Artemis II: A Celebration of Heroes," a town hall featuring questions...

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Science • May 01

DARPA selects three companies for lunar orbiter studies

DARPA has awarded contracts to three companies to study concepts for a lunar mission to search for water ice in very low orbits.

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Science • May 01

Darwin Predicted This in 1859. A 150-Million-Year-Old Fossil With Soft Tissue Still Intact Just Proved Him Right

They scanned a pigeon-sized fossil no one thought much of. Under UV light, soft tissue glowed back, and a 160-year argument ended right there.

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Science • May 01

Scientists Found What They Believe Is a Portal to the Fifth Dimension Through a Never-Before-Seen Particle

Physics has known for decades that most of the universe is missing. A new theory names the particle responsible, one that exists in a dimension beyond...

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Science • May 01

May's full 'Flower Moon' rises tonight: Here's what to expect from the 'micromoon'

The May full moon rises at sunset tonight! Here's what you need to know as the full "Flower Moon" takes to the spring sky on May 1 and when to look out for...

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Science • May 01

When does the Flower Moon 2026 rise tonight? Find out with our moonrise timetable

Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Content Editor who has been writing about astronomy and space science for over a decade.

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Science • May 01

Oxford scientists create rare quantum effect 100 times faster than expected

University of Oxford has achieved a milestone in quantum physics by demonstrating quadsqueezing, a complex fourth-order quantum interaction.

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