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Science • Mar 26

Why Is Everyone Losing Their Minds Over This Little Old Mars Pyramid?

Conspiracy theorists suggested they had stumbled upon a pyramid on Mars that could've been built by aliens. Scientists are not buying it.

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Science • Mar 26

NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that the spinning of a small comet slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation,...

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Science • Mar 26

Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light — and it's all thanks to a telescope team-up from Webb and Hubble

Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date.

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Science • Mar 26

Aging may erase epigenetic marks in the brain

Aging may "erase" the epigenetic markers that control gene expression in the brain, and this may create a snowball effect. When you purchase through links...

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Science • Mar 26

New framework suggests dark energy could be evolving—and may be linked to the Hubble tension

A team of cosmologists in China has introduced a mathematical framework that investigates two of the deepest mysteries in cosmology at the same time.

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Science • Mar 26

Artemis II to bring traffic backups to Brevard County

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — A historic mission back to the moon promises to bring the crowds to the Space Coast to witness the launch of the Artemis II astronauts.

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Science • Mar 26

Scientists Cloned a Mouse, Then Cloned the Clone, Et Cetera. The Results Were Horrific

A team of scientists cloned a mouse and then cloned its clones for 20 years -- and found that there's a limit to "recloning."

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Science • Mar 26

Who is Artemis? Meet the Greek goddess who inspired NASA's return to the moon

From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with...

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Science • Mar 26

NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch

Artemis II will test the life control systems on the Orion spacecraft and, if all goes well, take a trip around the Moon.

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Science • Mar 26

"Exceptional discovery." Animals thought extinct for 6,000 years found alive in Indonesian rainforest

Two marsupial species previously only known from the fossil record have been rediscovered in New Guinea.

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Science • Mar 26

Behind-the-scenes secrets of NASA mission control

In high-stakes roles, NASA launch and mission control teams on the ground will keep the Artemis II astronauts safely on track during a 10-day journey around...

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Science • Mar 26

"Substantial Negative Mass Anomaly" 1,200 Kilometers Deep Appears To Be Causing Mars To Spin Faster

Data from NASA landers showed that Mars's spin is speeding up. According to a new study, a gravity anomaly 1200 kilometers below the Tharsis region could be...

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Science • Mar 26

Lightning on Jupiter could be up to 1 million times stronger than on Earth

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds.

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Science • Mar 26

Night sky tonight, March 26 — Catch the moon shining with Jupiter in Gemini

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

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Science • Mar 26

In Photos: NASA Drops Stunning New Saturn Images From Webb And Hubble

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has produced a striking new infrared image of Saturn, a planet famed for its iconic ring pattern.

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Science • Mar 26

Webb & Hubble capture new views of Saturn

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have joined forces to capture new views of Saturn, revealing the planet...

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Science • Mar 26

Jupiter and the moon take a sunset stroll tonight. Here's how to see it

Look to the east at sunset tonight (March 26) to see the half-lit form of the waxing gibbous moon shining close to the gas giant Jupiter in the evening sky,...

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Science • Mar 26

Scientists open a million-year-old time capsule beneath New Zealand

Deep inside a cave, scientists uncovered fossils from 16 species, including a newfound kākāpō ancestor that may have been able to fly.

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Science • Mar 26

Vitamin B2’s Dark Side: The Nutrient That May Help Cancer Cells Survive

The body depends on vitamin B2, also called riboflavin, but it cannot make the nutrient itself. That means it has to come from food, including dairy...

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Science • Mar 26

Distant galaxy fades 20-fold in just two decades, challenging how supermassive black holes evolve

An international team led by a researcher at the Chiba Institute of Technology has discovered an extremely rare phenomenon: a galaxy about 10 billion...

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