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Science • Jun 18

Scientists Say a New Universe Could Form Inside a Dying Star

A new study suggests that the collapse of a massive star could spark the creation of a tiny expanding universe rather than a black hole.

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Science • Jun 17

WATCH: A glowing aurora dances beneath the International Space Station, dazzling astronauts

Astronauts on the International Space Station caught a stunning view of a southern aurora dancing beneath them while in orbit.

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Science • Jun 17

A prototype differential atom interferometer for fundamental physics

Gravitational waves and ultralight dark matter are among the most compelling frontiers in fundamental physics, motivating proposals for very-long-baseline...

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Science • Jun 17

Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus Rocket to Power Unprecedented NASA Observatory Rescue

This June, Northrop Grumman's Pegasus rocket will launch a bold and time-critical mission to prevent NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from re-entering...

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Science • Jun 17

Yale Astronomers Map Row Of Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter

Yale astronomers have identified a third galaxy, NGC-DF9, located 67 million light-years from Earth, that appears to lack dark matter, a theorized invisible...

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Science • Jun 17

NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science

NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency's scientific leadership with commercial innovation...

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Science • Jun 17

Structure of the pre-initiation complex explains CMGE biogenesis

When cells enter S phase, bidirectional DNA replication is initiated through the kinase-regulated recruitment of three activators (Cdc45, GINS and Pol ε) to...

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Science • Jun 17

Astronomers Find Four Separate Generations of Stars in ‘Globular Cluster’ Terzan 5

New Webb and Hubble data not only confirm the existence of two distinct populations of stars in the ancient stellar system Terzan 5, once classified as a...

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Science • Jun 17

Charles Darwin argued that the roots of human morality were not separate from animal life, and the surprise is what that does to civilization — manners, conscience, and restraint become not the opposite of instinct, but instinct complicated by memory, languag

The objection Darwin knew would be hardest to answer was not about bones or fossils. It was about conscience. As long as the moral sense could be held apart...

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Science • Jun 17

One of these twin stars has likely been snacking on exoplanets

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers have discovered chemical differences between binary stars that indicate one has devoured at...

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Science • Jun 17

Russia Might Be Ready to Give Up on Its Leaky ISS Module

For seven years, tiny cracks in the International Space Station (ISS) have been leaking air. NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, have deliberated...

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Science • Jun 17

Startup Katalyst Aims To Boost NASA Telescope On Its Space Debut

Startup Katalyst prepares June 27 to demonstrate satellite reboost services on NASA's Swift telescope using its LINK spacecraft.

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Science • Jun 17

First Upgraded Ariane 6 Rocket Launches 36 Satellites for Amazon

Arianespace has launched 36 Amazon satellites aboard the first Ariane 6 rocket to be equipped with upgraded P160C solid-fuel boosters.

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Science • Jun 17

Astronomers Trace Elusive High-Energy Neutrino to Star-Forming Galaxy in Early Universe

JCMT0402-0424, a dusty starburst galaxy around 11 billion light-years away, is the strongest candidate yet for the source of the high-energy neutrino event...

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Science • Jun 17

Whoever finds the Voyager Golden Record will know exactly how long it has been drifting, because the scientists who built it pressed a small sample of uranium into the cover — a built-in clock that keeps time for roughly a billion years.

The uranium-238 electroplated onto the Voyager record cover really is a clock a finder could read. But with a half-life of 4.51 billion years it keeps time...

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Science • Jun 17

Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites

An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters launched 36 Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle's launch rate.

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Science • Jun 17

Asteroid the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes to pass Earth on Chabad head's yahrzeit - NASA

An asteroid around the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes is set to pass the Earth on Thursday, June 18, which is the anniversary of the Rebbe's death,...

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Science • Jun 17

Radar Observations Reveal New Clues about Europa’s Hidden Interior

Using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar and NSF's Green Bank Telescope, astronomers from the University of California, Los Angeles, confirmed that the icy...

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Science • Jun 17

James Webb Space Telescope discovers extreme exoplanet is being roasted by its home star

Who ordered the roasted exoplanet? Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a world that really puts the "hot" in "Hot Jupiter."

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Science • Jun 17

Human Error Caused a $4.1 Million Mishap at NASA’s Deep Space Network

NASA officials wrapped up an investigation into an incident that caused significant damage to one of its largest Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas,...

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