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Science • Jun 28

From interplanetary spaceships to lunar reactors, our future in space looks nuclear-powered

Any talk of nuclear futures in space obliges us to learn from nuclear pasts.

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Science • Jun 28

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base

SpaceX flew its final Starlink mission of the month aboard a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday morning.

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Science • Jun 28

Bright purple seal appears on Bay Area beach, baffling experts

A seal bathed in bright purple appeared at Ano Nuevo State Park, bewildering scientists. They soon found the reason for its unusual coloring: red algae.

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Science • Jun 28

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has (probably) arrived at a quasi-moon of Earth

The Tianwen-2 mission, operated by the China National Space Administration, appears to have successfully rendezvoused with the asteroid Kamo'oalewa on June...

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Science • Jun 28

Reanalysis suggests 'Phoebe' is a variable star, not a primordial black hole

A new study debunks a recent claim that astronomers may have detected a lunar-mass primordial black hole. In a reanalysis of observations from the Dark...

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Science • Jun 28

There May Be Bizarre Forms of Consciousness Drifting Through the Universe, Mind-Bending Paper Claims

In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.

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Science • Jun 28

There May Be Bizarre Forms of Consciousness Drifting Through the Universe, Mind-Bending Paper Claims

"The universe may contain minds stranger than we can imagine."

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Science • Jun 28

Look up Monday evening for the full strawberry moon

June's full Strawberry Moon rises Monday evening with a name originating in indigenous seasonal traditions.

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Science • Jun 28

Images - Team Vandenberg supports Starlink 17-40 mission for base's 44th launch of 2026

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Guardians and Airmen at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, supported the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...

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Science • Jun 28

We assumed humpback whales had to reach warm tropical waters before giving birth, but a 2025 UNSW-led study found newborn calves as far south as Tasmania — around 1,500 kilometres beyond the accepted calving zone — suggesting some mothers giv

For decades, the clean version of humpback whale migration was easy to describe. The whales fed in cold, productive southern waters, then travelled north to...

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Science • Jun 28

Two ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Lighter Than Candy Candy Discovered by Researchers

Two 'super-puff' planets lighter than candy candy have been discovered by scientists—and they're bigger than Jupiter. They are among the lowest-density...

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Science • Jun 28

After Over 8 Months in a Simulated Mars Habitat in Houston, 4 NASA Volunteers Communicate Almost Silently and Will Exit in October

Four people have been locked up for more than eight months in a fake Mars without ever leaving Earth. They live inside a habitat of only 158 square meters...

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Science • Jun 28

SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 launch from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

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Science • Jun 28

Scientists Publish Extremely Serious Research About Whether Tickling Apes Makes Them Giggle

We love apes. We love that they're uncanny but pure reflections of our human quirks and foibles, at times silly, and at others sagacious.

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Science • Jun 28

SpaceX Just Tested a Secret Cargo Delivery Vehicle That Could Ship Goods Anywhere on Earth From Space. Here's What Investors Should Know.

On Tuesday, June 23, a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a vehicle most people had never heard of. The payload was called Starfall...

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Science • Jun 28

The '50% Rule' Is The Cleaning Hack That Instantly Makes a To-Do List Manageable

Whether decluttering is the demise of your to-do list or you're overwhelmed with trying to keep a house clean that feels like it's bursting at the seams,...

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Science • Jun 28

'The fate of Earth depends on a delicate balance': Our planet may survive the death of the sun after all, new models hint

Earth may survive the fiery death of the sun, even as our star engulfs the innermost planets, a new study using state-of-the-art models suggests.

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Science • Jun 28

Japanese probe set for super-close flyby on July 5: 'We're going to discover another beast to put in the zoo of asteroids'

Japan's Hayabusa2 sample-return spacecraft is on target to make one of the closest ever flybys of a near-Earth asteroid in early July, as part of its...

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Science • Jun 28

Off-center stellar death points to wandering supermassive black hole stripped of its own galaxy

Astronomers have uncovered new details about the black hole that ripped apart a star in a tidal disruption event named AT2024tvd.

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Science • Jun 28

NASA prepares to launch daring rescue to save aging telescope from falling to Earth

NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon...

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