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Science • Jul 07

Transporter-17 Mission

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the...

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Science • Jul 07

The Neanderthal “love story” isn’t what the DNA actually shows

Claims that Neanderthal men "preferred" Homo sapiens women may make for catchy headlines, but the underlying research does not actually show prehistoric...

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Science • Jul 07

Famous study in error: the Universe isn’t anisotropic

Using the newest large-scale structure data, a team of researchers announced an unexpected anisotropy on cosmic scales. Too bad it's wrong.

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Science • Jul 07

A planet nearly 700 light-years away has mineral clouds that form every morning and completely vanish by nightfall — a daily weather cycle made of rock, confirmed by the James Webb Space Telescope in May 2026

A planet nearly 700 light-years from Earth now has one of the strangest weather forecasts in astronomy: cloudy mornings, clear evenings, and clouds made...

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Science • Jul 07

Fire detectors, military tech demos, 3D printers among SpaceX rideshare payloads launching on midnight Falcon 9 flight

Update July 7, 6:08 a.m. EDT (1008 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of all payloads. A SpaceX Falcon 9, launched from California, ferried dozens of...

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Science • Jul 07

Chinese Satellite Sends Back First Close-Up of Asteroid 2016HO3

Did you know Earth has a 'minimoon'? It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa. A probe sent for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) mission...

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Science • Jul 07

First-Ever Close-Up Revealed of Earth's Rare 'Minimoon'

Did you know Earth has a 'minimoon'? It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa. A probe sent for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) mission...

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Science • Jul 07

Quantum computing: Laser-optical system offers full control over 2,000 trapped Rydberg atoms

Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen has developed a highly complex laser-optical system for a quantum computer currently under construction at the 5th Institute of...

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Science • Jul 07

A Jupiter-sized planet outlived its dying star, and NASA’s Webb has now read its atmosphere — the first ever detected on a world orbiting a white dwarf

A gas giant called WD 1856 b has done something no planet was supposed to survive. Its star aged, swelled into a red giant, and collapsed into a white dwarf...

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Science • Jul 07

Astronomers using Keck Observatory find a wave of ancient quasars from the dawn of the universe

Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have confirmed two-thirds (21 of 31) of the most ancient quasars from the Euclid...

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Science • Jul 06

Moon and Saturn conjunction to be visible to the naked eye on Tuesday

Skywatchers are going to want to keep an eye on the sky across the U.S. on Tuesday evening. The moon and Saturn conjunction will commence, dazzling the...

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Science • Jul 06

China releases first photo of an asteroid some consider Earth’s ‘quasi moon’

China's Tianwen-2 space probe has beamed back the first photo of an asteroid that some astronomers think might have once been part of the moon.

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Science • Jul 06

Scientists just created the most lifelike cell ever made in a lab — here's what it could accomplish

Scientists say they have built a "synthetic cell" that can eat, grow and divide in a way that's remarkably similar to living cells.

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Science • Jul 06

Even astronauts in space saw America 250 fireworks on the Fourth of July. See their ISS view of Los Angeles (video)

The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and the Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties down below.

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Science • Jul 06

Webb Celebrates Fourth Year of Science By Showing Off its Cutting-Edge Cameras

The James Webb Space Telescope is marking its fourth anniversary of scientific operations in style with new images of a wild galaxy.

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Science • Jul 06

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is retiring from the Canadian Space Agency

Hansen, who voyaged around the moon in April, is leaving the Canadian Space Agency.

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Science • Jul 06

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Originated in Outskirts of Ancient Planetary System

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have measured carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar visitor to...

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Science • Jul 06

Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen announces space agency retirement weeks after historic moon mission

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who captivated the world when he flew around the moon alongside three American crewmates during the Artemis II mission in...

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Science • Jul 06

Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why

Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another 25 million years for ice to...

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Science • Jul 06

Canadian Artemis II crew member to retire from space agency

The Canadian astronaut who was part of the historic Artemis II crew that successfully voyaged around the moon earlier this year is retiring from the...

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