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Science • Aug 09

Voyager 1 is down to two working science instruments, and the fix that just bought its twin, Voyager 2, another year of power is now being tested on a probe NASA says no longer behaves quite like its sibling

After nearly fifty years in the void, NASA is attempting an untested power trick on a probe that's increasingly unpredictable—and may be running out of...

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Science • Aug 09

Rare Mars meteorite preserves 1.27-billion-year-old clues to planet's deep interior

Boston College scientists have determined that a newly discovered meteorite from Mars is 1.27 billion years old and derived from a previously unsampled,...

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Science • Aug 09

A new wave equation for light challenges how physics explains the arrow of time

A new accelerating wave equation links changing light speeds to relativity, momentum conservation and the arrow of time.

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Science • Aug 09

On this day in space! Aug. 9, 1976: Soviet Luna 24 sample return probe launches to the moon

On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind.

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Science • Aug 09

In 1967, US satellites hunting secret nuclear tests detected a flash from deep space; the accidental sign

Science News: For more than half a century, gamma-ray bursts have remained one of the most puzzling events observed in space.

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Science • Aug 09

It's only the size of 4 tennis courts… yet it could be the oldest place on Earth and home to some of the world's most formidable apex predators

This rugged outcrop of metamorphic bedrock in the Northwest Territories of Canada is almost as old as the Earth itself, yet it lies at the heart of a...

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Science • Aug 09

Chemists set electrons free and break a decades-old chemistry barrier

Chemists have developed a catalyst that breaks a long-standing rule governing which molecules receive electrons during chemical reactions.

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Science • Aug 09

‘Panda of the insect world’: the moscardón bumblebee creates buzz for invertebrate of the year

Bombus dahlbomii, a giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse, is in decline in its native Patagonia due to commercial farming.

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Science • Aug 09

Mount Toba eruption doesn’t seem like it could nearly kill our species

Mount Toba was the biggest volcanic eruption in the last 2.6 million years, and some have suggested it nearly wiped out humanity. Around 74,000 years ago,...

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Science • Aug 09

SpaceX Florida rocket launch: What time is Cape Canaveral liftoff?

What time is SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida? Pending weather and clouds, liftoff may be seen from Daytona to Jensen Beach.

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Science • Aug 09

Inside Humanity’s Ancient Obsession With Conquering Time

Particle physicist Guido Tonelli discusses humanity's long-held obsession with time and how this relationship has shaped science.

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Science • Aug 09

New James Webb telescope image may reveal the true identity of 'little red dots' — Space photo of the week

A new James Webb telescope study suggests the universe's enigmatic "little red dots" may not have vanished after all — they may simply look different as we...

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Science • Aug 09

New James Webb telescope image may reveal the true identity of 'little red dots' — Space photo of the week

Ever since NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations in 2022, something has been bothering astronomers.

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Science • Aug 09

SpaceX rocket launch from Florida on first day of school. What to know.

A SpaceX rocket launch is set for Monday morning from Cape Canaveral -- the first day of school for the area. Here's what to know.

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Science • Aug 09

Solar eclipse: Most of sun to be eclipsed across island of Ireland

Skywatchers are set to witness two major celestial events next week, with a deep partial solar eclipse followed by the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

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Science • Aug 09

Europe prepares for August 12 total solar eclipse

The north eastern U.S. will see up to 25% of the Sun covered, Only a tiny sliver will be visible in North Carolina.

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Science • Aug 09

In 1994, a bushwalker rappelling into a sandstone canyon 150 kilometres from Sydney found a stand of trees with waxy bubbled bark that matched fossils 90 million years old, and the Wollemi pine turned out to be a species everyone had assumed died with th

Roughly 150 kilometres north-west of Sydney, at the bottom of a narrow sandstone canyon in Wollemi National Park, stands a grove of trees with bark like...

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Science • Aug 09

SpaceX rocket launch in Florida. What time does the Falcon 9 lift off?

What time is SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida? When to watch liftoff from Vero Beach to Fort Pierce.

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Science • Aug 09

There’s a solar eclipse coming next week… But most of the U.S. won’t be able to see it

Parts of the U.S. will be able to at least see a partial eclipse, but how much totality will depend on where you live.

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Science • Aug 09

What it's like to chase solar eclipses around the world

For many, a total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But for a dedicated few, it's a deep passion.

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