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Science • Aug 10

Astronomers find a new object from the early universe using Webb data

Since it became operational in 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has released some truly breathtaking views of the cosmos.

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Science • Aug 10

Interstellar Travel May Soon Be Within Reach

Compact sensor-packed probes, propelled by laser- or Sun-powered sails, could be humanity's first scouts to another star system.

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Science • Aug 10

Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime

It's the shuddery stuff of nightmares for some, but for a select group who admire extending ladders, giraffes and the Odyssey, one of the longest animals in...

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Science • Aug 10

Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes

Solar energy, at any time of day or night — that's the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect...

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Science • Aug 10

When Your Brain Is in Your Arm

Two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are in its arms—each operating independently—including the one it uses to have sex.

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Science • Aug 10

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this week. Here’s how to get the best view in Austin

The peak of the popular astronomical event aligns with a new moon, meaning skies will be darker and the meteors easier to see.

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Science • Aug 10

A real group of scientists and engineers spent two days in Boulder this June asking what it would actually take to send humans to Titan, and their honest answer was that it isn't a question of physics, it's a question of time, technology and commitment

The greatest obstacle to reaching Saturn's moon isn't overcoming the laws of physics—it's summoning the decades of sustained will and innovation that any...

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Science • Aug 10

Even On The Red Planet, Hexagons Are The Bestagons

Though their pure Platonic Forms may only exist in the world of ideas, certain regular shapes can't help but keep falling out of natural processes– case in...

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Science • Aug 10

In June 1961, a UCLA graduate student's summer job at JPL was to solve a narrower trajectory problem, but on his own time he worked out gravity assist, the technique that now lets spacecraft borrow speed from a planet without burning any fuel at all

In June 1961, a UCLA graduate student called Michael Minovitch took a summer job at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His actual assignment was narrower than...

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Science • Aug 10

Solar eclipse tracker: What time will it hit your location on August 12?

On August 12, nearly one billion people could see a partial solar eclipse, with 15 million in its path of totality.

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Science • Aug 10

Could the northern lights be visible during the total solar eclipse on Aug.12? Maybe.

A total solar eclipse and the northern lights at the same time? Experts explain why it's possible, but the odds are stacked against it.

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Science • Aug 10

Stephen Hawking, scientist: “We each exist for a short time, and in that time we explore a small part of the w

Stephen William Hawking left a mark on modern science that few have matched. His name became forever associated with some of the greatest advances in our...

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Science • Aug 10

What time is the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026?

A total solar eclipse will turn day to night on Aug. 12, 2026. Here, we look at when the eclipse will occur so you don't miss a thing.

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Science • Aug 10

New discovery puts 'women at the centre of early Bronze Age society'

The 4000-year-old skeleton of a metalworker was first found in 1803.

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Science • Aug 10

NASA's first Space Shuttle launch lost 16 heat shield tiles and damaged 148 more before it even left the ground, not from any failure, but from the shock wave of its own engines bouncing back off the launch pad

On 12 April 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off on its very first flight, and by the time it landed two days later, engineers found sixteen thermal...

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Science • Aug 10

In 2016, Biologists at Rutgers University discovered that the globe skimmer dragonfly is the world's long

In March 2016, researchers identified the globe skimmer dragonfly, Pantala flavescens, as the world's longest-distance flying insect. Led by researchers at...

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Science • Aug 10

AI actually flying on spacecraft today is a narrow fix for one physical problem, not machine judgment: a Mars rover picks its own laser targets with 93 percent accuracy, and one satellite's entire first AI experiment was built by a single engineer in under two week

The AI revolution in space isn't about machines making decisions—it's about engineers solving the bandwidth problem one narrow fix at a time.

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Science • Aug 10

Ask Ellen: How can I spot the meteor shower this Wednesday night?

This week, a dazzling light show could be spotted outside. (August 9, 2026)

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Science • Aug 10

SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 29 Starlink satellites via a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday.

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Science • Aug 10

Perseid meteor shower peaks this week

The Perseids, a celestial display that's often thought of each year as the ultimate meteor shower, is approaching its prime observational window this week,...

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