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Science • Jul 30

Curiosity Finds "Sea Of Polygons" On Mars. But Photos Of The Rover Itself Show Its Back Wheel Isn't In Great Shape

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered a giant field of honeycomb-like structures in the Valle Grande region of Mars. While it's an awesome discovery,...

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Science • Jul 30

Mission to Save Falling NASA Space Telescope Suffers Setback

A spacecraft meant to push NASA's Swift Observatory to a higher orbit malfunctioned and started tumbling several days ago. Engineers think it can still...

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Science • Jul 30

Buck moon crowns the sky in midsummer brilliance

Midsummer nights shine under the buck moon, transforming July skies into a magical summer scene.

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Science • Jul 30

Blood Falls, Antarctica: Why This Glacier Flows Bright Red

The Blood Falls phenomenon in Antarctica looks like something from science fiction. A stream of bright red water pours from the edge of Taylor Glacier,...

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Science • Jul 30

Recent photos show SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching in US

A SpaceX Falcon 9 that launched in 2025 is on a collision course with the moon. Before impact, take a look at these recent photos of the rocket.

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Science • Jul 30

Earth's Biggest Mass Extinction Reveals Chilling Parallels to Today's World

For the first 280 million years of animal life on Earth, slow-living creatures such as clam-like brachiopods and crinoid sea lilies dominated seafloor...

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Science • Jul 30

Metabolic Signal From Dysfunctional Mitochondria Linked to Aging

A study identified how dysfunctional mitochondria activate inflammatory genes, offering new strategies for healthier aging.

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Science • Jul 30

Physicists create Bose–Einstein condensate from ultracold polar molecules

Bose–Einstein condensates are states of matter that form when particles called bosons are cooled to temperatures that are only a fraction of a degree above...

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Science • Jul 30

Something Is Still Moving Beneath Venus’s Scorching Surface

New simulations suggest hidden forces are still reshaping Venus beneath its scorching surface.

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Science • Jul 30

9 night sky events to see in August, from a total solar eclipse to the return of the northern lights

Stargazers have waited all year for this action-packed August—a month with an exceptional total solar eclipse over a sliver of Europe, and near-perfect...

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Science • Jul 30

The blade that lay against King Tut's mummy for three thousand years turned out to be extraterrestrial — its metal matches the composition of meteorites, meaning the boy king was buried with a weapon forged from iron that fell from the sky

Two daggers were folded into the linen around Tutankhamun's body when the mummy was unwrapped in 1925. One had a gold blade. The other was iron,...

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Science • Jul 30

JWST May Have Just Found Heavy Water on an Alien World

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is one of humanity's greatest gifts to itself, revealing our cosmic surrounds like never before.

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Science • Jul 30

A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon next week, and scientists aren't sure what to expect

Scientists are preparing to study the effects of human-made impacts on the moon when a spent SpaceX rocket stage impacts the lunar surface on Aug. 5.

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Science • Jul 30

ArianeGroup Completes Themis Wet Dress Rehearsal

ArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of its Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden.

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Science • Jul 30

Chinese fossil shows internal organs of prehistoric marine reptile

Scientists have discovered a fossil in China of a long-necked marine reptile from 245 million years ago that is so well preserved that it reveals the...

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Science • Jul 30

This Common Kitchen Spice Shows Promise Against Cancer Cells In Early Study

An ingredient found in kitchens around the world is drawing scientific attention for what it did under tightly controlled laboratory conditions.

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Science • Jul 30

Neptune's moon system is bizarre. JWST data helps explain why

Neptune's strange moon and ring system has puzzled astronomers for decades, but data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) might help explain how it...

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Science • Jul 29

Three-lobed asteroid is a world unlike any other

New observations of unprecedented detail reveal that one of the most enigmatic asteroids in the solar system has a one-of-a-kind shape and is orbited by a...

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Science • Jul 29

2 meteor showers expected to peak this week, but a bright moon will steal the show

Two meteor showers will peak overnight from Thursday into Friday, but most skywatchers shouldn't expect a dazzling celestial display.

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Science • Jul 29

Curiosity rover spots ancient sea of Martian polygons

Since landing on Mars in 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has spent most of its nearly 15-year tenure trudging uphill. In 2014, the explorer began a slow ascent...

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