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Science • Jun 30

Action! NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins capturing the greatest cosmic movie ever made

The wait is over: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science...

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Science • Jun 30

Ocean of Stars

This 1.7-gigapixel image of a field of stars in the constellation Lupus showcases the unprecedented view of the Universe that NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin...

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Science • Jun 30

Earth reaches its farthest point from the Sun on July 6, in the middle of northern summer, and the backward timing is the clearest sign the seasons don't come from distance

Ask most people when Earth is closest to the Sun and they will say summer. It makes a tidy kind of sense: closer to the fire, warmer the room.

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Science • Jun 30

We think of Mount Everest as the ultimate mountain, but Olympus Mons on Mars rises nearly three times as high and spreads across a footprint roughly the size of Italy, making Earth’s tallest peak look almost local by comparison.

Mount Everest has become the human shorthand for height. It is the mountain people name when they want to say that something has reached the limit of what...

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Science • Jun 30

China Prepares Its First Asteroid Landing on Earth’s Quasi-Moon

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth's Moon millions of years ago after a...

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Science • Jun 30

'Titan is actually a very reasonable destination for humans': Scientists start mapping out crewed mission to huge Saturn moon

Researchers met recently for the first "Humans to Titan Summit 2026," which explored how to send astronauts to the huge Saturn moon.

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Science • Jun 30

Netflix to stream next NASA spacewalk outside ISS. Watch live

You'll have plenty of ways to watch NASA's next spacewalk outside the International Space Station, set for June 30, 2026. Here's everything to know.

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Science • Jun 30

Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip — the 'holy grail' of the field

Scientists have managed to get ultrafast lasers running on tiny chips, paving the way for miniature-but-powerful diagnostic devices.

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Science • Jun 30

NASA will announce moon base news today: Watch it live

NASA will provide an update about its moon base plans this afternoon (June 30), and you can watch it live.

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Science • Jun 30

Fossil found tucked away in a drawer turns out to be first dinosaur bone from Antarctica

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region was populated by lush forests.

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Science • Jun 30

New walking shark discovered as protected Indonesian population booms

Researchers discovered the new, and already endangered shark in Papua New Guinea, while a study shows strong habitat allows them to thrive in Raja Ampat.

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Science • Jun 30

17-Million-Year-Old Ape Fossil in Egypt Could Change What We Know About Human Origins

Researchers have identified a previously unknown fossil ape from Egypt that could alter long-held ideas about the origins of modern apes.

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Science • Jun 30

Scientists Find Hidden 'Focus Switch' in The Brain – And It May Hold Clues to ADHD

The ability to focus is not unique to humans or even to primates. Birds, reptiles, and even fish can direct their attention at a narrow target,...

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Science • Jun 30

Carl Sagan spent years trying to persuade NASA to take a picture many saw as scientifically pointless: Earth from more than 6 billion kilometres away, reduced to a pale blue dot smaller than a pixel. Voyager 1 finally captured it in 1990 — and that tiny speck be

In 1990, with its tour of the outer planets finished, Voyager 1 turned its camera back the way it had come and photographed the Earth from about six billion...

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Science • Jun 30

Launch of Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Scrubs Due to Weather

The launch of Katalyst Space's LINK designed to boost the orbit of NASA's Swift observatory, was postponed Tuesday due to unfavorable weather conditions.

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Science • Jun 30

June's Strawberry Moon serves up a low-hanging treat for skywatchers worldwide. Here are our favorite photos

See the best photos of June's Strawberry Moon. The year's lowest full moon in the Northern Hemisphere wowed skywatchers worldwide.

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Science • Jun 30

Hansen’s Canada pitch

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Science • Jun 30

Fire ants wreaked havoc when they invaded Austin decades ago. A team of scientists fought back

Today, fire ants are mostly considered a nuisance. But for a period of Texas history, the red imported fire ant was among the biggest threats to the state's...

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Science • Jun 30

Earth’s inner core may have quietly reversed course: after decades of spinning slightly faster than the surface, seismic waves from repeating earthquakes show it slowed around 2010 and began drifting backward relative to the rest of the planet.

More than 5,000 kilometres beneath your feet, Earth's solid inner core has spent the past few decades turning slightly faster than the planet wrapped around...

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Science • Jun 30

Asteroid Day marks a decade of planetary defense progress, but scientists say we need more eyes on the sky

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

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