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Science • Mar 31

Why the Artemis II Astronauts Will Be Wearing Orange

Forget “Marty Supreme” and its orange table tennis balls. Forget “A Clockwork Orange” and “Orange Is the New Black.” Forget Cheetos and Reese's Pieces.

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Science • Mar 31

Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly"

SpaceX's Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been...

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Science • Mar 31

Scientists Drilled a Massive Hole Beneath West Antarctic Ice and Pulled 228 Meters of Mud. The Fossils Inside Should Not Exist

They drilled through 523 meters of ice in one of the most remote places on Earth, living in tents for nearly ten weeks. On their third attempt, they finally...

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Science • Mar 31

'80% chance of a go,' launch weather officer says at NASA's Artemis II prelaunch conference

NASA said an X-class solar flare is not currently expected to affect the Artemis II mission, while weather on Earth looks favorable for a smooth launch.

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Science • Mar 31

April’s full pink moon coincided with a historic moon mission launch

Sky watchers can soon catch the spring season's first full moon rising in the night sky. April's full pink moon will peak at 10:11 p.m. ET Wednesday,...

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Science • Mar 31

NASA Teams Readying Artemis II Moon Rocket for Launch

Launch teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue completing a sequence of highly choreographed steps readying NASA's Moon rocket for launch.

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Science • Mar 31

'It blew my mind': Long-lost ice-age ecosystem, including fossils of lion-size armadillo and giant ground sloth, discovered in Texas 'water cave'

Two researchers snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Texas discovered fossils from the Late Pleistocene epoch, revealing new details about what lived in...

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Science • Mar 31

Starlink Satellite Breaks Apart in Orbit After Reported Anomaly

A Starlink satellite has apparently come apart in space, according to a social media post from SpaceX. The incident happened on Sunday, when satellite 34343...

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Science • Mar 31

This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—This will be the third time I have observed NASA's Orion spacecraft take flight. But with this one, for the first time,...

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Science • Mar 31

Second SpaceX Satellite Abruptly Explodes

SpaceX admitted that yet another satellite had "experienced an anomaly" at an altitude of roughly 350 miles on Sunday.

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Science • Mar 31

Solar flare prompts close monitoring of space weather ahead of Artemis II launch

With NASA preparing for the Artemis II launch (expected tomorrow, 1 April), a strong solar flare earlier this week is putting space weather back into...

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Science • Mar 31

Artemis II launch in Florida, countdown clock. When, where to see liftoff

NASA Artemis II two-hour launch window opens at 6:24 pm ET Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Best places near Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch liftoff.

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Science • Mar 31

Starlink sprays debris after another satellite 'anomaly'

Starlink satellite 34343 has suffered an "anomaly on-orbit," spraying debris at an altitude of approximately 560 km above Earth. The company recently passed...

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Science • Mar 31

Another 'fireball' spotted in WA. Why NASA says we're seeing more

Over 100 people in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia have reported seeing a “bright fireball” on Saturday night, according to NASA and the American...

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Science • Mar 31

You Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You'd Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging

Researchers found that plastic gloves can transfer microplastic particles onto environmental samples, potentially skewing results.

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Science • Mar 31

SpaceX Starlink satellite suffers mysterious ‘anomaly’ in orbit

Elon Musk's space Internet company said this satellite, which appears to have blown to pieces, did not appear to pose a risk to the ISS or the upcoming NASA...

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Science • Mar 31

G2-G1 Watches for Mar 31-Apr 02 UTC-Day

A fairly fast coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the Sun late on March 29th (Eastern Time). The CME was associated with an X1.4 solar flare...

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Science • Mar 31

We Finally Know How The Lights Turned on at The Dawn of Time

We may finally know what first lit up the cosmic dawn in the early Universe.

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Science • Mar 31

Pink moon, meteor shower and more in store for Washington state. Here’s when

Stargazers across Washington state will have multiple opportunities to spot something special at night.

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Science • Mar 31

Scientists Just Found a Hidden Critical Point in Water Right Before It Freezes

As water gets colder, its behavior becomes increasingly weird from a physics perspective, and researchers looking for explanations have found something new:...

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