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Science • Jun 24

Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars

In September 2025, NASA announced that its Perseverance rover had discovered a potential biosignature, which is a substance or structure that might have a...

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Science • Jun 24

NASA's aging infrastructure can't handle Artemis launches without $1 billion in upgrades, watchdog warns

NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.

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Science • Jun 24

13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.

Three months ago, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the space agency was making a major pivot from building a space station in lunar orbit to a...

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Science • Jun 24

NASA to Share Latest Moon Base Mission Progress

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host a virtual conversation at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30, to share updates to NASA's plans to build a Moon Base...

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Science • Jun 24

Space Force seeks fresh bidders for satellite-control antennas

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is launching a new competition for mobile satellite-control antennas, formally restarting a program it canceled after...

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Science • Jun 24

A Hydrothermal Explosion Poked New Steamy Holes in Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin

Earlier this month, a camera detected a plume of smoke coming from the Biscuit Basin at Yellowstone National Park. Over the following days,...

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Science • Jun 24

Why Mars May Remain Uninhabitable for Centuries

Making Mars Earthlike is not impossible in principle, but the scale of mass, heat, oxygen, and energy required makes it far beyond current capability.

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Science • Jun 24

Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre

The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery.

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Science • Jun 24

Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars

Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago.

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Science • Jun 24

In 1995, astronomers aimed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch of sky that looked almost empty — a dark spot near the Big Dipper no wider than a pinhead held at arm’s length. After 10 days of exposures, the darkness resolved into roughly 3,000 gala

In December 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope spent ten days looking at a part of the sky that had been chosen because it seemed so empty.

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Science • Jun 24

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region...

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Science • Jun 24

Google Used to Ask These Questions at Interviews Before They Got Banned. How Many Can You Answer?

These infamous riddles may not be useful, but they sure were interesting.

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Science • Jun 24

A 650ft Mega-Tsunami Blasted Greenland and Rang the Earth Like a Bell for 9 Days

In September 2023, an apocalyptic event took place in the frozen, isolated wilderness of East Greenland's Dickson Fjord. A mountain peak towering over a...

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Science • Jun 24

Less than a third of the world's ocean floor has been mapped to modern standards, meaning humanity currently knows more about the surface of Mars than about the seabed covering two thirds of its own planet

The Seabed 2030 project has lifted global ocean-floor coverage from 6% to approximately 28.7% since its launch in 2017. Four years remain to close the rest...

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Science • Jun 24

Large asteroid will safely pass by Earth on Saturday

A building-sized asteroid will pass safely by Earth on June 27. Dozens of near-Earth objects like this one routinely pass relatively close to Earth without...

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Science • Jun 24

Human DNA over 2,000 years old found in caves in Spain and Portugal

A research team based in Cáceres has found human DNA more than 2000 years old on cave walls in Spain and Portugal, a discovery that could transform the...

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Science • Jun 24

Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman

A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region...

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Science • Jun 24

A Strawberry Moon is coming soon. How Wisconsin moon-gazers should prepare

USA TODAY NETWORK June's full moon is coming in right at the end of the month, and this month's moon is called the Strawberry Moon. Unlike some other full.

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Science • Jun 24

Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Compounds in Strange Mars Rocks

We may be one step closer to answering the most tantalizing cosmic question: Are we alone? Our loyal robotic explorers have been scouring Mars for evidence...

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Science • Jun 24

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

Could Martian mudstones be holding evidence of ancient microbes? New findings strengthen the case that the Red Planet once held life.

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