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Science • Apr 29

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4873-4878: Welcome to the Atacama Drill Target

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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Science • Apr 29

Binary Stars Form Lots Of Exoplanets, But Many Of Them Are Ejected As Rogue Planets

Binary stars are common, but for a long time astronomers have thought that exoplanets would have trouble forming around them.

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Science • Apr 29

70-Million-Year-Old Fossil Discovery In Morocco Points To Lost Dinosaur Highways Across Oceans

A newly discovered Moroccan titanosaur is reshaping what scientists thought they knew about dinosaur evolution and ancient continental links.

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Science • Apr 29

Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space

A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between Earth and our neighboring planet.

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Science • Apr 29

Reaching Beyond the Horizon

Ean McGilvery Helps Guide Artemis II. For Ean McGilvery, the path from a small mountain town to deep space has never been a straight line—but it has always...

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Science • Apr 29

This New Tripod Doesn’t Need the Ground At All

The Viperpod is a new tripod for photo and video that features built-in hooks, enabling it to hang off of objects and skip the ground.

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Science • Apr 29

Antarctic detector captured 13 radio pulses from cosmic rays in ice

Neutrinos pass through the entire planet without stopping. They travel billions of light-years from colliding black holes and exploding stars without being...

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Science • Apr 29

Researchers Just Opened a Literal Explosions Lab in Texas

A good number of important scientific inquiries center on the physics of explosions. The new facility will help scientists explore how and why things go...

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Science • Apr 29

New Online Tool Lets You See Where On Earth Your House Was Located 320 Million Years Ago

If you've ever wondered how the Earth's continents have morphed and shifted through the ages, or even just questioned where your hometown was located...

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Science • Apr 29

James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests

Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects...

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Science • Apr 29

Artemis III prep accelerates ahead of moon mission

Casey Dreier discusses Artemis III preparations, docking tests and what the mission means for NASA's long-term lunar goals.

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Science • Apr 29

Oldest wooden structure predates humans by almost 200,000 years

Roughly 476000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought possible.

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Science • Apr 29

SpaceX rocket debris could slam into the moon: Here's what you need to know

Earth's moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August - the leftovers from a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch last year.

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Science • Apr 29

SpaceX launches high-power ViaSat internet satellite in rare flight of Falcon Heavy rocket

A triple-core SpaceX Falcon Heavy, the company's most powerful operational rocket, blasted off from Florida Wednesday, boosting a ViaSat internet satellite...

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Science • Apr 29

The Universe May Collapse Far Sooner Than Expected, New Study Suggests

A new cosmological model suggests the universe could stop expanding and collapse in just 33 billion years.

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Science • Apr 29

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals

Mount Etna's strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way — making it unlike any other...

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Science • Apr 29

NASA Spotted a Strange Square Shape on Mars That Went Viral Overnight, Until the Full Picture Emerged

An image of a square on Mars is sparking curiosity. The formation appears strikingly regular, prompting all kinds of theories. Still, the reality behind it...

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Science • Apr 29

Falcon Heavy launches final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the third and final terabit-class ViaSat-3 broadband satellite toward geostationary orbit April 29, putting Viasat on course...

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Science • Apr 29

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from Kennedy Space Center: Recap of Wednesday liftoff

Launch recap of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from Florida on the ViaSat-3F 3 mission. Lift off occurred at 10:13 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

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Science • Apr 29

Low Earth Orbit Could Spiral Into Chaos In Just 72 Hours, Scientists Warn

A new study suggests that losing control of satellites could trigger a major orbital collision in under three days.

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