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Science • May 12

NASA's Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Have Broken The Sound Barrier in Tests

When a helicopter's rotor blades approach the speed of sound, things can get a little dicey.

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Science • May 12

NASA Hubble survey helps untangle the history of the Milky Way's core

NASA's Hubble survey may help solve why the Milky Way's crowded core, the so-called galactic bulge, looks younger than expected.

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Science • May 12

Look up: Milky Way photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures

Photographers search for dark skies in the most remote landscapes to find places where the galaxy shines with extraordinary clarity.

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Science • May 12

SpaceX targets May 19 for debut of Starship Version 3, Launch Pad 2

SpaceX is now targeting no earlier than Tuesday, May 19, for the long awaited debut of the third major iteration of its Starship-Super Heavy rocket.

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Science • May 12

Hidden Rift beneath Zambia May Be Tearing Africa Apart

Unusual gases rising from geothermal springs within the Kafue Rift of Zambia suggest a deep fracture in Earth's crust could mark the early stages of a new...

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Science • May 12

SpaceX prepares for next Starship test flight amid delays

SpaceX is gearing up for the 12th flight test of the Starship rocket. It is preparing to launch as soon as Tuesday, May 19. The launch window opens at 6:30...

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Science • May 12

SpaceX announces target date for 12th Starship launch

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX announced on Tuesday that its twelfth Starship test flight is expected to launch as soon as next week.

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Science • May 12

SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket finally has a debut launch date. Here's when it will fly

SpaceX is officially targeting May 19 for the debut of Starship Version 3, an advanced new vehicle that could help humanity take its first steps on the moon...

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Science • May 12

SpaceX rocket launch in Florida. Best places to see Cape Canaveral liftoff

(This article was updated to reflect a change in the rocket launch liftoff date and time.) A so Florida thing is coming up: A rocket launch is scheduled...

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Science • May 12

Human childbirth is not uniquely difficult among mammals

Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large brains creates a tight fit...

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Science • May 12

NASA, SpaceX Target May 13 for Resupply Mission Launch

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 6:50 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 13, for the company's 34th commercial resupply services mission to the...

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Science • May 12

Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests

Scientists believe Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's famous ice giants, may have atmospheres that are surprisingly full of rocks.

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Science • May 12

NASA’s SpaceX 34th resupply mission scubbed due to weather

NASA and SpaceX rescheduled for the 34th cargo run to the ISS. The mission includes unique experiments and supplies for the crew.

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Science • May 12

A New Rift Might Be Opening in Africa, and Helium Is Leaking From Below

For millions of years, eastern Africa has been slowly tearing itself apart. The process (called rifting) has left behind deep valleys, volcanoes and lakes...

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Science • May 12

For a second time, poor weather scrubs Cargo Dragon mission launch to the space station

Update May 12, 4:26 p.m. EDT (2026 UTC): NASA, SpaceX scrub launch on Tuesday, target NET Wednesday. SpaceX and NASA were getting ready to launch a Cargo...

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Science • May 12

New MRI Breakthrough Captures Stunningly Clear Images of the Eye and Brain

Researchers have developed a new type of MRI antenna inspired by metamaterials that could reveal hard-to-image areas of the body with far greater clarity.

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Science • May 12

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Selfie in Mars’ Western Frontier

Editor's note: The text was updated on March 13, 2026, to correct the spelling of the outcrop nicknamed “Arathusa.” The agency's six-wheeled geologist took...

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Science • May 12

A new way to spot signs of dark matter

image: A new model developed by physicists at MIT and elsewhere predicts how gravitational waves (blue and red waves) can carry imprints of any dark matter...

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Science • May 12

NASA debuts radiation-hardened chip with 500x more power than current space processors

NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing project is developing a compact processor capable of surviving radiation and launch stress.

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Science • May 12

The First Atomic Bomb Made a Crystal Scientists Had Never Seen Before

At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, briefly became a furnace unlike any on Earth's surface. The world's first nuclear...

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