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Science • Jun 30

A giant telescope goes on a decade-long search for dark matter

An observatory in Chile is taking a timelapse of the sky over the Southern Hemisphere to help scientists measure the properties of a mysterious cosmic...

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Science • Jun 30

Astronomers find an enigmatic source that is most likely a Little Red Dot in formation

Astronomers have, for the first time, found a source in the process of becoming a Little Red Dot, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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Science • Jun 30

Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines win more NASA moon lander missions

NASA on Tuesday awarded $590 million worth of contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace ​and Intuitive Machines for more uncrewed lunar lander missions in...

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Science • Jun 30

'PROMISE' me the moon? NASA wants to send spare nuclear-powered Mars rover to the lunar surface

NASA has announced new lunar landing contracts for its Artemis Moon Base program, as well as a potential new moon rover mission named PROMISE.

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Science • Jun 30

Spacewalkers successfully replace broken "wrist" joint in space station's robot arm

The orbital surgery on the International Space Station returned the Canadian-built robot arm to full health after its "wrist" joint failed last month.

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Science • Jun 30

NASA considers moon mission for Mars-type rover

NASA announced four new contracts for commercial lunar landers for the agency's moon plans, but dropped news that it's toying with the idea of sending to...

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Science • Jun 30

NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon

NASA officials said Tuesday that they are seriously considering sending the full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance rover, which is currently...

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Science • Jun 30

Firefly Aerospace Awarded $144 Million NASA CLPS Contract for Accelerated Blue Ghost Lunar Mission

Firefly mission accelerates Moon delivery timeline and enables repeatable lunar access with flight proven lunar lander.

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Science • Jun 30

A trip to India left me with 38 parasites in my brain

The first time Lowri Denman knew something was wrong was when she made the horrifying discovery of a metre-long tapeworm after going to the toilet.

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Science • Jun 30

Super-deep diamond discovery may rewrite Earth's role in preserving the building blocks of life

Two diamonds formed 700 kilometers below the Earth's surface reveal a life-giving synchronicity between shifting continents and the cycling of phosphorus,...

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Science • Jun 30

‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space...

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Science • Jun 30

‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space...

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Science • Jun 30

Scientists discover a completely different way to fight viruses

Researchers have uncovered an unexpected antiviral defense system in sea anemones that works very differently from the one humans use.

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Science • Jun 30

NASA Is Making a Fifth State of Matter in Orbit

The lab is about the size of a mini fridge, but it's tackling questions on a cosmic scale.

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Science • Jun 30

Inside Chernobyl, a Fungus Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but that doesn't mean every form of life finds the conditions inhospitable.

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Science • Jun 30

Astronauts Repair Canadarm2 Robotic Arm and Complete Spacewalk

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:40 p.m. EDT. During the 7-hour,...

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Science • Jun 30

The universe is less uniform than we thought – cosmology may need a radical rethink

New telescopes are challenging the idea that the cosmic web fades into a uniform, directionless distribution. It may be closer to a tangled yarn than a...

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Science • Jun 30

NASA races to save aging Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue mission

Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity. It needs to get to a higher...

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Science • Jun 30

NASA will conduct daring rescue mission to reposition telescope sinking into Earth's atmosphere

NASA officials and partners are trying to make history by repositioning the Swift telescope, which is actively sinking into Earth's atmosphere,...

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Science • Jun 30

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

Editor's note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the engineering development version for the PROMISE rover.

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