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Science • Jun 15

SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon set to undock from ISS tomorrow: Here's how you can watch it live

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is set to depart from the International Space Station tomorrow, June 16. Live coverage of the undocking will begin at 11:45 a.m....

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Science • Jun 15

An asteroid long thought to be a chunk of the Moon may be ordinary space rock instead, a new study finds, as China's Tianwen-2 circles it to grab a sample

A reanalysis of Kamoʻoalewa's spectrum and a laser-weathering experiment on meteorite powder point to an ordinary asteroid, not a piece of the Moon,...

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Science • Jun 15

Supernova Remnant Close to the Galactic Center Is 1,700 Years Old and Expanding at 2 Million MPH

An international team of astronomers believes it has found evidence of one of the closest supernova ever to have occured near the center of the galaxy.

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Science • Jun 15

Pasadena Hosts National Astronomy Conference as Scientists Prepare for NASA’s Next Flagship Astrophysics Observatory – Pasadena Now

Hundreds of astronomers, students, educators and science professionals gather in Pasadena this week as the 248th meeting of the American Astronomical...

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Science • Jun 15

Federal Science Agency Adds New Cannabis Compounds To Its Library Of 'Chemical Fingerprints'

A federal science agency has added dozens of new marijuana components to an official government library of compounds that is used to help identify unknown...

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Science • Jun 15

Success! Physicists Build The World's First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei

A breakthrough in chronometry decades in the making could redefine the limits of how we keep time. Using atoms of thorium-229, physicists have built...

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Science • Jun 15

Hundreds of hidden earthquakes discovered beneath Antarctica — and they're happening in a very odd location

Antarctica was long thought to be seismically calm, but new technology makes it possible to detect unexpected types of earthquakes beneath the ice.

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Science • Jun 15

Scientists Finally See How Antibodies Really Attack Viruses

A new nanodisc breakthrough lets scientists see viruses more realistically, revealing hidden clues that could lead to better vaccines.

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Science • Jun 15

Scientists Finally Discover How Venus Flytraps Snap Shut So Fast

To succeed in a hunt, a predator often needs to be faster than its prey. Plants are not known for their speed. Even so, one plant has evolved a snappy...

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Science • Jun 15

Giant, 3.5 billion-year-old impact turned the moon's surface molten, rare lunar meteorite reveals

A meteorite shows evidence that an ancient crash on the moon 3.5 billion years ago was so powerful, it turned the surface molten.

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Science • Jun 15

Purine bias in bacterial genes is driven by runaway transcription

Genes in many bacteria are rich in purine nucleotides (A and G), but the origin of this preference is unclear. Here, using a large-scale reporter assay in...

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Science • Jun 15

New studies suggest consciousness exists in organisms without brains

We assume consciousness requires a human or animal brain—an assumption that author and philosopher of science Natalie Lawrence argues is the biggest...

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Science • Jun 15

NASA spots the possible remains of a massive supernova in the middle of the Milky Way

If the supernova remnant is confirmed, it would be one of the closest to the supermassive black hole that lies in the center of the Milky Way.

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Science • Jun 15

We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th

Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.

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Science • Jun 15

How will Australian native bees cope with climate change? Their nests hold a clue

Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European honeybees, often found in tree cavities.

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Science • Jun 15

Building on the Moon: NASA's Architectural Strategy for Permanent Lunar Habitation

Learn about the architectural challenges of building on the Moon, from extreme temperatures to resource utilization.

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Science • Jun 15

On June 9, 2026, NASA named Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano as pilot of Artemis 3, making him the first European ever assigned to an Artemis crew — and within hours ESA's director general framed the seat not as a courtesy but as the opening move in a ne

On 9 June 2026, inside a room at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the agency named the four people who will fly Artemis 3 — and one of them was not...

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Science • Jun 15

Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger

Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger's cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quantum in nature.

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Science • Jun 15

Watch live: bigger booster, more powerful Ariane 6 launch

The next Ariane 6 rocket launch is set for liftoff on 17 June 2026 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana with a launch window of 08:53–09:22 local time...

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Science • Jun 15

A single illustration reveals the entirety of cosmic history

After a period of cosmic inflation came to an end, the hot Big Bang commenced. 13.8 billion years later, we arrived. Here's how we got here.

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