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Science • Apr 09

Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch is a big Philly sports fan — and even watches games from space

In space, no one can hear you scream “Go Birds!” — unless you're on a mission with Koch, who loves showing off her Philly fandom.

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Science • Apr 09

Yellowstone’s Dreaded Supervolcano Has an Unexpected Power Source, Study Says

A new model suggests Yellowstone's underground magma is driven by tectonic forces that shape Earth's crust.

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Science • Apr 09

Mammal ancestors laid eggs—and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a decades-old scientific mystery.

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Science • Apr 09

Fireball Tears Across Philadelphia Sky at 30,000 MPH Before Combusting

NASA confirms that the fireball that was spotted over the Philadelphia region in early April was a meteor that later disintegrated over the tri-state area.

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Science • Apr 09

We can't all be astronauts, but the Artemis II crew has fitness lessons for everyone

The Artemis II astronauts don't have a lot of space to exercise. That's why they've got the flywheel — a small device that can be used for strength and...

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Science • Apr 09

For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission

After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

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Science • Apr 09

A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here's what you need to know

A house-sized asteroid will pass a little over half the Earth-moon distance from our planet on April 9, posing no risk to our planet, its natural satellite,...

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Science • Apr 09

'Little red dots' spotted by the James Webb telescope may just be awkward black holes going through a phase

A study of the fascinating galaxy system nicknamed "The Stingray" suggests that mysterious little red dots could be a phase in the evolution of galaxies...

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Science • Apr 09

UFO mystery: List of deceased, missing scientists grows

The 2023 death of Michael David Hicks went largely unnoticed, but nearly three years later, there's renewed interest in what happened to the NASA scientist.

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Science • Apr 09

With a switch of a letter in DNA ‘dark matter,’ Israeli scientists change sex of mouse

In a world first, scientists at Bar-Ilan University say they have discovered that a single-letter switch in a region of the genome once dismissed as “junk...

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Science • Apr 09

1 week until the Lyrid meteor shower lights up April skies — Here's what you need to know

Get ready stargazers, we're just one week away from the start of the Lyrid meteor shower! Here's what you need to know before Earth passes into the trail of...

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Science • Apr 09

Artemis II crew spots something silly on lunar surface: ‘Moon is smiling’

A photo of a giant lunar crater taken by NASA's Artemis II astronauts reveals that the man in the moon is not only real, but in a very good mood.

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Science • Apr 09

Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

Tim Friede put his 'ass on the line' to help stop snakebite deaths – whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisis.

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Science • Apr 09

The ‘oldest octopus’ in the world isn’t an octopus after all, scientists find

The story of a 300-million-year-old fossil has been rewritten after scientists discovered that it doesn't actually belong to the world's oldest octopus as...

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Science • Apr 09

'Go Birds!' (from space). Artemis II astronaut shows Eagles love on moon mission

Eagles fans are everywhere, including space. An Artemis II astronaut showed her love for the Eagles with a "Go Birds!" chant during the moon mission.

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Science • Apr 09

A cracked heat shield rattled NASA after Artemis I. Now, Artemis II will put the fix to the test

The Artemis II astronauts are scheduled to return Friday. When they do, they will slam into Earth's atmosphere using a reentry technique that has yet to be...

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Science • Apr 09

Artemis 2 astronaut poses for epic selfie photo of the day for April 9, 2026

Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch and zero-gravity indicator "Rise" posed for a selfie on the way to the moon in the window of their Orion spacecraft.

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Science • Apr 09

500-million-year-old clawed predator found in Utah desert forces scientists to rethink origin of spiders

Named after French explorer Jacques Cousteau, Megachelicerax cousteaui is the oldest of its kind ever found, not to mention one of the strangest…

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Science • Apr 09

'We all pretty much broke down right there': Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts' emotional moment near the moon

"That was, I think, where the four of us were the most forged, the most bonded, and we came out of that really focused on that day ahead.".

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Science • Apr 09

NASA’s Artemis program may be in the lead, but China could still win the new moon race

China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before NASA's Artemis program does?

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