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Science • Jun 15

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon Returns Packed with Space Station Science

Scientists await a big splash in the Pacific Ocean as one of the most research-packed Dragon spacecraft to date returns, completing the 34th SpaceX...

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Science • Jun 15

Scientists Propose That Entire Universes Can Form Inside Collapsing Stars

The demise of a large star can lead to a tiny, nascent universe that's loaded with dark energy pushing outward, instead of a black hole.

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Science • Jun 15

Rocket Attached to Aircraft for Katalyst-NASA Swift Boost

Engineers attached a Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket to the company's Stargazer aircraft at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Friday,...

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Science • Jun 15

Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth

It's a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, “How long will life on Earth survive?” But in this case—a study by Jacob Haqq‐Misra of Blue Marble Space...

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Science • Jun 15

NASA management wants a word and won't say why

A mystery calendar event is certainly one way to find out about being selected for the Artemis III crew.

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Science • Jun 15

Astrobites at AAS 248: Welcome!

This week, Astrobites and AAS Nova are attending the American Astronomical Society (AAS) summer meeting in Pasadena, CA. Astrobites Media Intern Niloofar...

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Science • Jun 15

Food Waste Becomes a Powerful Carbon Trap in Climate Breakthrough

Food waste may become a powerful climate tool thanks to tiny reusable beads that capture carbon directly from the air.

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Science • Jun 15

NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way

NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1700 years ago, ejecting debris at 2 million mph.

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Science • Jun 15

Mysterious 'cold blob' discovered in Atlantic. Does it mean trouble?

A mysterious Atlantic 'cold blob' or 'warming hole' signals weakening currents, prompting warnings of collapse from scientists. These maps show where.

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Science • Jun 15

How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?

Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at first glance, ought to be clear. How many kinds of...

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Science • Jun 15

This man with ALS is "the first power user" of a brain implant that lets him speak

Casey Harrell uses his implants to talk to friends and family, read to his young daughter, and perform his job.

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Science • Jun 15

Long-term independent use of an intracortical brain–computer interface for speech and cursor control

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) can provide naturalistic communication and digital access to people with severe paralysis by decoding neural activity...

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Science • Jun 15

Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip

A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the...

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Science • Jun 15

How Ancient People Moved a 6-Ton Stone 700 Kilometers to Stonehenge

Stonehenge's giant Altar Stone likely traveled about 700 kilometers from Scotland through a carefully planned human effort.

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Science • Jun 15

Test Your Knowledge of Books That Inspired Popular Screen Adaptations

Books about pivotal moments in America's past are often transformed into films or television shows. Try this quiz to see if you can identify these five...

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Science • Jun 15

Experience the Launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Are you ready for a new view of the universe? The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal distant worlds, dark energy, and the structure of the cosmos...

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Science • Jun 15

The International Space Station orbits Earth roughly every 90 minutes, yet for years no American spacecraft could reach it — a gap a single private company stepped in to close

When the Space Shuttle retired in July 2011, the United States lost the ability to reach the very space station it had built — and for nearly nine years,...

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Science • Jun 15

Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks

Ten days ago, in a moment of very high drama in orbit, NASA directed its astronauts living on the International Space Station to briefly seek emergency...

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Science • Jun 15

The Mother of All Deep Space Radio Telescopes Is Going Up in the Nevada Desert

Caltech says its Deep Synoptic Array will be larger and 100-times faster than any radio telescope ever constructed.

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Science • Jun 15

Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found'

Scientists analyzing a powerful X9 solar flare found unusual changes in the sun's atmosphere hours before eruption, offering clues to space weather...

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