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Science • Apr 25

Artemis II broke Fred Haise’s distance record, but he is happy to pass it on

It wasn't a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth."

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Science • Apr 25

Scientists Discover a Phantom Gas Leak Across the Open Sea That Could Accelerate Climate Collapse

A newly discovered microbial switch, triggered by a single missing nutrient, could accelerate climate change faster than anyone's models predict.

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Science • Apr 25

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years

The nearest star system to our own, Alpha Centauri, is well over four light-years away — tens of trillions of lonely miles that could take hundreds,...

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Science • Apr 25

Scientists Say They’ve Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years

Scientists say they've come up with a new approach that uses lasers for propulsion, which could cut down the journey to Alpha Centauri.

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Science • Apr 25

Cape Canaveral rocket launch may be visible in Tallahassee. See map

What time is the rocket launch in Cape Canaveral? ULA Atlas V may be seen beyond Florida after liftoff. Did your city and state make visibility map?

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Science • Apr 25

Baikonur prepares to launch Progress MS-34 cargo spacecraft on Sunday

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, preparations are nearing completion for the launch of the next cargo spacecraft Progress MS-34 to the International Space...

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Science • Apr 25

Proposed 'mirrors in the sky' would brighten dark nights using reflected sunshine, sparking widespread outrage

The night sky may no longer belong entirely to the darkness if a new space project moves ahead as planned. The vision of the developers is to use sky...

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Science • Apr 25

Eerie underwater scene found by US Navy divers at site of Artemis touchdown

When one thinks about spaceflight, underwater photography is typically not one of the first things that come to mind. However, in the case of the recent...

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Science • Apr 25

There's a total solar eclipse coming this summer. Here's all you need to know to see it

How to see the 12 August total solar eclipse, including best places to see it and how to observe from the UK, Europe and North America.

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Science • Apr 25

Marine Biologists Solve Mystery of Deep-Sea ‘Golden Orb’

New research led by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History suggests the 'golden orb' is the remains of a rarely seen species of anemone.

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Science • Apr 25

Can jarrah forests be recovered after bauxite mining?

In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2000 hectares of WA's Northern Jarrah Forest.

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Science • Apr 25

The most energetic neutrino ever detected could be primordial

In the exotic world of particle physics, neutrinos may be the most mysterious members. They rarely interact with other matter, have almost no mass,...

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Science • Apr 25

Muon Magnetic Moment Matches Model, Making Major Malaise

Sometimes, a major discovery is exactly what you were hoping not to find. That's the case with a team at Penn State who seem to have recently closed the...

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Science • Apr 25

Scientists revive ancient 24,000-year-old ‘zombie worm’ from Arctic ice — then it reproduced

Scientists have successfully revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic organism from Siberian permafrost, offering new insight into how life can endure extreme...

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Science • Apr 25

Were Neanderthals able to hunt elephants? The proof is in an ancient bone

When a 125,000-year-old elephant skeleton, pierced by a wooden spear, was discovered in an ancient lake bed in Germany in 1948, it was assumed that the...

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Science • Apr 24

This Overlooked Factor May Explain Why Neanderthals Vanished While Early Humans Thrived Across Ice Age Europe

A new study uncovers a subtle but powerful factor that may have tipped the balance between Neanderthals and early humans.

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Science • Apr 24

Neutrinos caught on camera: Testing the first prototype of a new elementary particle detector

Some innovations in physics come from entirely new technologies, others from fresh theoretical insights. Others still take shape by bringing together...

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Science • Apr 24

High-resolution imaging shines light on nanoscale nuclear organization

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have implemented an advanced microscopy technique to visualize multiple biomolecules inside the...

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Science • Apr 24

From the archives: NASA launches Hubble Telescope in 1990

On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope from the Space Shuttle Discovery after seven years of delays. Watch CBS News' coverage from that...

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Science • Apr 24

The World's Most Mysterious Volcano Can Finally Be Explained

Mount Etna is more than half a million years old, but this massive stratovolcano in Sicily still has plenty of gas left in the tank.

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