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Science • Jul 01

This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

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Science • Jul 01

The 66 Billion Trees of China’s Largest Reforestation Project Aren’t Acting Like a Natural Forest

China is hellbent on a mission to plant billions of trees, but a new study suggests these artificially planted forests are behaving quite differently from...

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Science • Jul 01

Stunning new NASA space telescope images reveal the universe in red, white and blue for America 250

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released four stunning images of cosmic wonders, depicted in red, white and blue for the America 250 anniversary on...

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Science • Jul 01

Ghostly Glow of Nuclear Power Station Was Detected in Water 150 Miles Away

A tank of the purest water, buried under kilometers of rock in Ontario, Canada, flashed as a barely detectable particle slammed through its molecules.

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Science • Jul 01

Earth Will Be Farthest From Sun On July 6. Here's What It Means

Earth's aphelion: Despite being farthest from the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere is in the middle of summer.

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Science • Jul 01

It's huge – the size of a dustbin lid – has 21 arms lined with deadly barbed spines capable of causing severe pain - but that's not its most alarming feature...

A sting from this huge starfish could cause pus, bleeding and anaphylaxis. But that's not the only reason to be VERY worried.

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Science • Jul 01

The Moon has been three days away for more than half a century, and almost no one has stopped to ask what it will feel like when stops being the answer to "how far is the Moon" and starts being the answer to "how long is the flight"

The Moon landing plays in my head like old footage — grainy, familiar, something I've seen replayed more times than I've thought about it.

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Science • Jul 01

Dive Into a New Sci-Fi World With an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘MAYA: Seed Takes Root,’ Read by Hugo Weaving

What happens when a filmmaker and a game designer team up to create a speculative universe? Readers will soon find out with MAYA: Seed Takes Root,...

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Science • Jul 01

In 1776, the solar system only had 6 planets. Now, it has 8. Does it end there?

Over the past 250 years, the number of "planets" in our solar system has ranged from six to nine — and, briefly, even 11 — depending on what astronomers...

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Science • Jul 01

World’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering

Associate Professor Kate Adamala and her team have built a synthetic cell capable of performing the fundamental functions of life.

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Science • Jul 01

Astronomers have found a planet where it rains diamonds, a Jupiter-mass world orbiting a dead star whose carbon atmosphere grows soot clouds that harden into diamond deep inside, and whose composition rules out every known way a planet can form.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a Jupiter-mass world orbiting a dead star, with an atmosphere so strange that its clouds appear...

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Science • Jul 01

In a First For Science, a Satellite Has Identified What It's Seeing From Space

The standard approach to satellite imagery is to snap huge batches of pictures and beam them back to Earth, where they can be sifted through by human...

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Science • Jul 01

Largest and Most Detailed Picture Taken of Milky Way's Center–With Millions of Stars and Thousands of Worlds

It took a new and special space telescope to parse out each one of these individual stars gleaming in a dizzying mass at the center of our own dear Milky...

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Science • Jul 01

The Strawberry Moon like you've never seen it before. Photographer uses clever trick to show full Moon drifting across the sky

A view of the 2026 Strawberry Moon rising above the majestic palace of Jal Mahal in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, using the lunar drift technique.

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Science • Jul 01

NASA audit puts Boeing's Starliner under an even bigger microscope: When will it fly astronauts again?

A new NASA audit says the agency will need to purchase more astronaut flights to the ISS by 2030 and focuses on issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

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Science • Jul 01

Simple water trick slashes diesel engine pollution by over 60%

A surprisingly simple fuel modification could help tackle one of diesel engines' biggest problems: pollution. Researchers reviewing studies from around the...

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Science • Jul 01

Cheating Chickadees Are Seduced by Smarts

Female mountain chickadees are loyal to their mates, unless a smarter suitor comes along.

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Science • Jul 01

An enormous explosion has occurred in deep space – and scientists caught it within minutes of the detonation

Scientists have detected and observed one of the brightest, most powerful explosions in the Universe, within minutes of the explosion occurring.

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Science • Jul 01

Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Possible In 19 States From Wednesday

NOAA forecasts a G1, G2 or G3 geomagnetic storm on July 1-3 as a CME arrives, with aurora most likely on the northern horizon in U.S. states close to the...

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Science • Jul 01

Night sky July 2026 — What you can see tonight

Find out what's up in your night sky during July 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

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