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Science • Apr 28

NASA is flying helicopters on distant moons and planets. Welcome to a new era of Solar System exploration

How helicopters like Ingenuity on Mars and Dragonfly on Titan are paving the way for flying missions on other planets.

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Science • Apr 28

Not just folklore: A giant kraken-like octopus terrorized the seas in the age of dinosaurs

These sea creatures may have been some of the fiercest predators.

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Science • Apr 28

The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom

NASA has just sent astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since 1972 with Artemis II. So why would we cut NASA and NSF science now?

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Science • Apr 28

Fiery Fall Color in Southern Chile

The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.

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Science • Apr 28

Earth’s Secret Advantage: Why Most Alien Worlds May Be Too Dry for Life

New research suggests that many planets previously considered promising for life may, in fact, be far less hospitable.

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Science • Apr 28

Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon internet satellites, ties record for heaviest payload it's ever flown (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 more of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit on Monday night (April 27).

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Science • Apr 28

NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission

The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.

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Science • Apr 28

ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral

Update April 27, 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 UTC): ULA confirmed deployment of the 29 Amazon Leo satellites. United Launch Alliance completed its second Atlas 5...

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Science • Apr 28

A Stark Image of the Destruction of the Night Sky

This is a pic of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), trapped in a celestial cage of light streaks formed by LEO satellites racing across the sky in this 10-minute…

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Science • Apr 28

Progress MS-34 spacecraft successfully launched into orbit

Progress MS-34 launches from Baikonur with more than 2.5 tonnes of cargo, including food, water, oxygen and an Orlan-MKS suit for ISS spacewalks.

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Science • Apr 28

Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027

SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027.

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Science • Apr 28

Improvised condom use in a rainforest study helped scientists discover something strange about cicadas

Study that involved condoms helped scientists discover that cicada mud towers protect against predators and regulate the air.

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Science • Apr 28

Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial

New research shows tides influence how ocean heat is transported under Antarctica's floating ice shelves, changing the energy available to melt the ice from...

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Science • Apr 27

Paleontologists Discover 62-foot Kraken-like Octopus That Ruled the Cretaceous Ocean

Ancient finned octopuses may have been among the ocean's top predators.

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Science • Apr 27

An unprecedented Antarctic heat wave hit in the dead of winter—what it signals for the decades ahead

In the middle of the Antarctic winter, during months of darkness when temperatures often dip below −30°C, the continent warmed dramatically.

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Science • Apr 27

Amazon to Launch Leo 6 Satellites

Mission advances buildout of low-earth orbit satellite network.

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Science • Apr 27

This ultracold quantum device turns electricity into something far stranger that could unlock sound-based lasers

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures.

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Science • Apr 27

NASA ‘received responses’ from SpaceX and Blue Origin on Artemis III, Isaacman says

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told lawmakers Monday the agency “received responses” from both SpaceX and Blue Origin for the planned Artemis III mission...

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Science • Apr 27

Atlas V rocket launch flies past Philly region Monday night

An Atlas V rocket launch took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday night.

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Science • Apr 27

Voyager 1 has little time left in interstellar space. An ambitious ‘Big Bang’ fix may change that

Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, has powered down another science instrument as it explores uncharted interstellar space — a move that...

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