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Science • Mar 29

Scientists Discovered This Massive 7,000-Pound Dinosaur Fossil With Skin Still Intact

High above the ground in a difficult-to-reach location, a fossil dinosaur has been uncovered under unexpected conditions.

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Science • Mar 29

They Cloned a Mouse, Then Its Clone, Then Its Clone Again for 20 Years: They Shouldn't Have Don't It

A mouse kept coming back in the lab for 20 years, generation after generation, and at first almost nothing seemed wrong. Then the copies started carrying a...

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Science • Mar 29

NYC stargazers can enjoy 'sun grazer' comet in April as weather warms up

The first manned moon mission in 50 years could also take off this month.

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Science • Mar 29

NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts are 'fortunate' to have a private space toilet — Apollo crews pooped in plastic bags

The Apollo astronauts peed into roll-on cuffs and pooped into plastic bags in the presence of their crewmates, but the Artemis 2 spaceflyers will have...

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Science • Mar 29

Scientists Finally Capture Elusive Lipids in Action Inside Cells

A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology's most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.

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Science • Mar 29

Scientists create tornado of light that could power next-gen lasers and quantum devices

Light usually travels in straight lines, but what if it could twist, spiral, and behave like a miniature tornado? Scientists have now made this possible by...

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Science • Mar 29

Have We Detected a Gravitational Wave Signal from a Black Hole Moon?

A giant impact of a Mars-size proto-planet named Theia with proto-Earth, 4.5 billion years ago, may have ejected debris that coalesced to form our Moon.

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Science • Mar 29

“Super Bizarre” – Neuroscientists Discover That Adult Brain Is Filled With Millions of “Silent Synapses”

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to...

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Science • Mar 29

Hubble images taken 25 years apart show big changes in the iconic Crab Nebula — Space photo of the week

Astronomers reveal new insight into an iconic supernova remnant's evolution, structure and pulsar-driven growth over 25 years.

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Science • Mar 29

What would happen to Earth if the sun suddenly vanished?

The sun has been Earth's constant companion ever since our planet emerged. But if the sun were to suddenly disappear, what would happen to our home planet?

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Science • Mar 29

The physics of no return: What actually happens if you get pulled into a black hole

From spaghettification to time dilation, here's what science knows, and still doesn't, about matter falling into a black hole.

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Science • Mar 28

Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks

Asteroids don't get the love they deserve. They don't get “cool points” because they're not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon.

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Science • Mar 28

Artemis II astronauts arrive at Florida launch site for first moon trip in 53 years

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site.

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Science • Mar 27

Webb telescope photos show mysterious little red dots. Astronomers don’t know what they are

Hundreds of mysterious objects have appeared in images captured by the Webb space telescope. The curious dots could reshape scientists' understanding of the...

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Science • Mar 27

Artemis II Crew Arrives at Launch Site, Shares Moon Mascot

The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon on NASA's Artemis II test flight arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Friday, March 27.

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Science • Mar 27

Mystery medical episode that left NASA astronaut unable to speak highlights major space risk

Veteran astronaut Michael Fincke's sudden medical emergency aboard the ISS is a stark reminder that, as NASA pushes toward long-term lunar missions,...

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Science • Mar 27

Artemis II: Countdown to launch day | See full timeline

NASA's historic mission around the moon is inching closer, targeting an April 1 launch date. "Looking at some of the timelines and all, when you see on...

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Science • Mar 27

Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA's historic launch around the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of Artemis 2, NASA's first launch to the moon in over half a century, has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of their...

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Science • Mar 27

NASA is about to send humans on a flight around the moon

Four astronauts are set to blast off next week on NASA's first human moon mission in 53 years called Artemis II.

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Science • Mar 27

Another apparent fireball spotted over Ohio early Thursday

PATASKALA, Ohio — It seems recently we can only go a few days here in the U.S. without some kind of fireball meteor sighting, and that includes sightings in...

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