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Science • May 01

Artemis II crew gives 5-year-old aspiring astronaut Commander Jack a new spacesuit: "It says NASA!"

The Artemis II team gained a new member, and the crew made sure their youngest teammate had the right stuff for space.

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Science • May 01

Platypus Fur Hides a Microscopic Feature Only Birds Were Supposed to Have

The platypus shares a microscopic fur trait with birds, yet the way it uses that trait breaks every rule scientists thought applied to both.

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Science • May 01

Bridging continuous and discrete evolution through a controllable, hypermutagenic phage-bacteria system

Directed evolution methods face trade-offs between the control of discrete approaches and the throughput of modern continuous systems. Here, we engineered a...

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Science • May 01

DESI-HVS1 is an old hypervelocity star ejected from the galactic center, observations suggest

Chinese astronomers report the discovery of DESI-HVS1, which may be an old metal-poor hypervelocity star of galactic center origin. The finding, based on...

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Science • May 01

Hunting the elusive Eta Aquariid meteors

Early May is a good time to watch for a powerful yet often elusive meteor shower, the annual Eta Aquariids. They're a prolific, yet often elusive for...

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Science • May 01

Weird Quantum Gadget Spits Out Chaotic ‘Sound Particles’

Scientists can now sculpt the quantum states of tiny particles to their liking—an odd yet mind-blowing revolution leading to some fascinating inventions.

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Science • May 01

This Mysterious Red Object 11.8 Billion Light-Years Away May Solve One of Astronomy’s Biggest Puzzles

A faint, distant object emitting X-rays may finally clarify the nature of the enigmatic “little red dots” spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Science • May 01

Artemis II crew reveals what they ate right after splashdown: "I got some peanut M&Ms, anybody want some?"

The Artemis II astronauts said they actually really enjoyed the space food, but it was a familiar candy they enjoyed after splashing down in the Pacific...

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Science • May 01

Artemis II astronauts talk mission toilet troubles: "We made do"

The plumbing issues aboard the Orion capsule became headline news in the early days of the historic Artemis II mission.

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Science • May 01

Artemis crew tells kids moon flight was "the best roller coaster ride"

The Artemis II astronauts joined "CBS Mornings" for a live town hall where they took questions from kids just weeks after returning from their historic moon...

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Science • May 01

Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab

As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph...

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Science • May 01

STORIE Prepares for Launch at Kennedy Space Center

NASA's STORIE (Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution) instrument is shown here installed on the Space Test Program – Houston 11 (STP-H11) payload,...

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Science • May 01

Satellites Could Start Smashing into Each Other in Less Than Three Days, Study Finds

They fly above us unseen, but the intense network of satellites that orbit Earth could collapse in just a couple of days.

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Science • May 01

Is there a launch today? SpaceX, NASA, ULA rocket launch schedule in Florida

Follow FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team for industry news, NASA and SpaceX updates, and live launch blog coverage at floridatoday.com/space.

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Science • May 01

Why Do Humans Have Eyebrows? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

From rigid brow ridges to expressive arches, your eyebrows tell a story of how human faces evolved to signal emotion, identity and social intent.

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Science • May 01

For 20 Years, No One Noticed This Ordinary School Rock Until Scientists Discovered 66 Dinosaur Footprints Hidden Inside

For decades, no one paid attention to the strange patterns covering this stone. Today, those footprints are at the center of a discovery that few saw...

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Science • May 01

Artemis crew tells kids at town hall, moon flight was "the best roller coaster ride you've ever been on"

The Artemis II astronauts joined "CBS Mornings" for a live town hall where they took questions from kids just weeks after returning from their historic moon...

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Science • May 01

Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show

Dinosaurs are among the most majestic and iconic animals to have ever walked on our planet. While they are now extinct, they are estimated to have inhabited...

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Science • May 01

NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas (video)

NASA has released a pair of sweeping new panoramas from its two active Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance, offering a vivid look at how dramatically...

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Science • May 01

Ancient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to Earth

Earth's chemistry may have stabilized within 3 million years, with water and volatiles arriving later in a giant impact.

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