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Science • Apr 27

NASA wants to use a fleet of MoonFall drones to scout the lunar south pole: 'We believe we can do it'

NASA is exploring ways to use a fleet of drones to explore the lunar south pole with an ambitious new MoonFall project.

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Science • Apr 27

10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has been searching for exoplanets since its launch in 2018, and it turns out it may have found plenty more of...

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Science • Apr 27

Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies

MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that's faster and higher-resolution than...

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Science • Apr 27

Ask the Meteorologist: When, where you should look for Monday's Atlas V rocket launch?

The ULA's Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch Monday night, and you might be able to see its vapor trail.

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Science • Apr 27

The shocking origin of human eyes traces back to an ancient “cyclops”

A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep cycle—evolved.

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Science • Apr 27

See A Brilliant Full ‘Flower Moon’ Rise: The Night Sky This Week

April closes, and May begins with a brilliant full flower moon on May 1 amid a sky in seasonal transition. Spring's constellations now dominate the evening,...

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Science • Apr 27

The particles in the early Universe painted a different picture

Today, we have the Standard Model of particles with four fundamental forces governing them. But things weren't always the way they are now.

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Science • Apr 27

Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds, study suggests | Psychology

Inaudible infrasound from old pipes and ventilation systems may affect how people feel, research indicates.

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Science • Apr 27

Scientists Find Peculiar Differences in Two Uranian Rings

The planet Uranus is a weird place. Not only does it roll around the Sun on its side once every 84.3 Earth years, it also sports a spindly set of rings...

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Science • Apr 27

Scientists Need Your Help to Find Galaxies Bending Light in Space

Imagine holding a wine glass up to a candle (of course I had to pour a glass to try this.) The curved glass bends and distorts the flame, stretching it into...

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Science • Apr 27

Scientists Were Wrong About This Strange “Rule-Breaking” Particle

A long-suspected crack in particle physics may have closed, but the search for what lies beyond continues.

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Science • Apr 26

289-Million-Year-Old Reptile Mummy Reveals Origin of Human Breathing System

A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

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Science • Apr 26

The threat of light pollution puts the world’s darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution.

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Science • Apr 26

Mining the Solar System to Build a New World

If humans are ever going to live permanently on Mars, someone is going to have to work out where all the raw materials, the food, they oxygen or the...

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Science • Apr 26

The Planet Haul That Changes Everything.

Finding planets used to be a painstaking business. Astronomers would fix their gaze on a handful of carefully chosen stars, watch and wait, and hope to...

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Science • Apr 26

Scientists Discover How the Iconic ‘Twelve Apostles’ Rock Formations Were Created in Australia

Landmark research confirmed the ancient impetus that formed the iconic 'Twelve Apostles' rock formations along Australia's southern coast.

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Science • Apr 26

New Brain Discovery Challenges Long-Held Theory of Teenage Brain Development

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning.

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Science • Apr 26

AI-enhanced microscopy produces crisp, real-time video inside live cells

Using artificial intelligence, engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new way to watch the inner workings of living cells in...

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Science • Apr 26

Scientists Discover Plants “Scream” – We Just Couldn’t Hear Them Until Now

Scientists have discovered that many plants emit faint ultrasonic clicks when distressed.

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Science • Apr 26

Why Do We Exist Here and Now?

The most abundant stars are dwarf stars with a tenth of the mass of the Sun. They live for trillions of years (as calculated here), over a hundred times...

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