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Science • Jul 06

New FireSat satellites promise faster wildfire detection over California and beyond

A trio of satellites set to launch early Tuesday will give wildland firefighters more time to respond and scientists more information about fire-prone...

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Science • Jul 06

Chemo-Free Technique Destroys 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab

Scientists may have found a way to destroy cancer cells without initially relying on chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation. The approach is called 'molecular...

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Science • Jul 06

What if the Universe Isn’t as Uniform as Scientists Think?

A study based on 47 million galaxies found that the cosmic web retains patterns on enormous scales, which could force a reevaluation of a pillar of...

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Science • Jul 06

Roadside Pollinator Corridors and the Danger of Feel-Good Conservation

Researchers are starting to question the widely held belief that all pollinator corridors are good.

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Science • Jul 06

Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo’oalewa, first image revealed

HELSINKI — China's Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the near Earth asteroid to be a small, elongated rocky body.

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Science • Jul 06

Japan's space agency confirms Hayabusa2 space probe mission was successful

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe successfully made a close flyby of the asteroid Torifune, the country's space agency said Monday, releasing...

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Science • Jul 06

A probe called Cassini spent thirteen years orbiting Saturn, flew through the plumes of its moon Enceladus, tasted water and organic molecules in the spray, and then was deliberately crashed into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017 so it could not contaminate what

For thirteen years, a spacecraft called Cassini circled Saturn. It flew straight through the icy plumes erupting from the little moon Enceladus,...

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Science • Jul 06

Meet The World Cup Country About To Have 3 Spectacular Solar Eclipses In 3 Years

Spain is about to become the eclipse capital of the world. On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will cross the country — about to play Portugal in the World...

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Science • Jul 06

European space telescope Euclid spots oldest quasars yet

Think of quasars as time machines. Rare but revealing. They are light from the beginnings of the universe that let astronomers investigate how early...

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Science • Jul 06

Astronomers witness the birth of a magnetar for the first time

A strange "chirping" signal from a distant supernova has revealed the birth of a magnetar, confirming that these incredibly magnetic neutron stars can power...

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Science • Jul 06

Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense

The encounter marks a new phase for Hayabusa2, which completed its primary mission in 2020 after returning samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth.

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Science • Jul 06

Scientists Calculated When The Last Plants on Earth Will Die

If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in knowing that plantkind as a whole will probably survive for a very long time.

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Science • Jul 06

JAXA Releases Photo of Asteroid Torifune

Courtesy of JAXA, the University of Tokyo, the Chiba Institute of Technology, the Institute of Science Tokyo, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial...

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Science • Jul 06

Astronaut Don Pettit described the light flashes crossing his eyes on the International Space Station as 'luminous dancing fairies' — the same cosmic rays Apollo crews reported, still arriving decades later above your head tonight

Don Pettit, floating in the darkened lab of the International Space Station, closed his eyes and watched streaks of light cross his vision — the same...

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Science • Jul 06

Today, Earth Reaches Aphelion, Our Most Distant Point From The Sun. So Why Is It So Stupidly Hot?

Today, 6 July 2026, Earth reaches its aphelion, our furthest point from the Sun on our yearly journey around it. As always, this has quite a few people...

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Science • Jul 06

When the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in July of 2015 after a nine-and-a-half-year journey from Earth, it was traveling so fast — roughly 32,000 miles per hour — that it had less than 30 minutes to photograph the entire dwarf planet, and the images

At 7:49 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, 14 July 2015, the piano-sized robotic spacecraft New Horizons flew past the dwarf planet Pluto at roughly...

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Science • Jul 06

Locations of the 31 new Euclid quasars

This graphic shows the location of the 31 newly discovered quasars (yellow dots) by the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope, and the mission's survey...

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Science • Jul 06

Japan’s asteroid sample retriever rapidly buzzes remote space rock

Zipped just 800m past Asteroid Torifune as part of very extended mission - and sent back a pic, too.

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Science • Jul 06

Euclid discovers the most ancient quasars in the universe

The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found. Two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores,...

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Science • Jul 06

See The Milky Way At Its Best As Planets Glow: The Night Sky This Week

North America's celestial highlights for the week ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere. This week: bright planets at...

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