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Science • Apr 28

Fossil reveals 180 million-year-old dolphin-like sea monster that survived despite injuries

Scientists have discovered the remains of a giant marine reptile that grew up to over 20ft in length and terrorised the seas over 180 million years ago,...

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Science • Apr 28

Jupiter Technically Does Not Orbit The Sun. A Lot Of Time, Neither Does The Earth.

When you're that massive, you don't have to orbit the Sun.

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Science • Apr 28

Binary stars create truly comfortable systems

According to a new study by astrophysicists at the University of Lancashire, planets may indeed form more easily around binary stars than around single...

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Science • Apr 28

Corrosion problem affects Gateway and commercial space station modules

A manufacturing issue involving a European company has resulted in corrosion in modules for both the lunar Gateway and a commercial space station.

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Science • Apr 28

Poleward migration of warm Circumpolar Deep Water towards Antarctica | Communications Earth & Environment

The upwelling of warm Circumpolar Deep Water is a key process in the global climate system, transporting heat, nutrients, and carbon poleward towards...

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Science • Apr 28

The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought

Recent surveys hint that the rate of cosmic expansion changes dramatically over time; if that's true, then the universe could end much sooner than we...

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Science • Apr 28

Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz

The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region...

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Science • Apr 28

AI detects thousands of exoplanet candidates in data from the TESS space telescope

Scientists were able to analyze data on the brightness of tens of millions of stars observed by the TESS space telescope.

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Science • Apr 28

Deep-ocean Heat is Closing in on Antarctica

A new decades-long study, based on long-term ocean measurements collected by ships and robotic floating devices, shows that a warm mass called “circumpolar...

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Science • Apr 28

NASA is flying helicopters on distant moons and planets. Welcome to a new era of Solar System exploration

How helicopters like Ingenuity on Mars and Dragonfly on Titan are paving the way for flying missions on other planets.

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Science • Apr 28

Not just folklore: A giant kraken-like octopus terrorized the seas in the age of dinosaurs

These sea creatures may have been some of the fiercest predators.

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Science • Apr 28

The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom

NASA has just sent astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since 1972 with Artemis II. So why would we cut NASA and NSF science now?

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Science • Apr 28

Fiery Fall Color in Southern Chile

The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.

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Science • Apr 28

Earth’s Secret Advantage: Why Most Alien Worlds May Be Too Dry for Life

New research suggests that many planets previously considered promising for life may, in fact, be far less hospitable.

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Science • Apr 28

Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon internet satellites, ties record for heaviest payload it's ever flown (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 more of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit on Monday night (April 27).

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Science • Apr 28

NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission

The farthest spacecraft from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe, has just shut down another instrument.

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Science • Apr 28

ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral

Update April 27, 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 UTC): ULA confirmed deployment of the 29 Amazon Leo satellites. United Launch Alliance completed its second Atlas 5...

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Science • Apr 28

A Stark Image of the Destruction of the Night Sky

This is a pic of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), trapped in a celestial cage of light streaks formed by LEO satellites racing across the sky in this 10-minute…

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Science • Apr 28

Progress MS-34 spacecraft successfully launched into orbit

Progress MS-34 launches from Baikonur with more than 2.5 tonnes of cargo, including food, water, oxygen and an Orlan-MKS suit for ISS spacewalks.

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Science • Apr 28

Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027

SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027.

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