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Science • Jun 12

SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral as stock trades on the Nasdaq for first time

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 12, 2026, on the Starlink 10-54 mission.

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Science • Jun 12

Why birds ignore Newton: New theory could sharpen models of flocks, crowds and cells

Birds in flocks, bacteria and cells: In many collective systems, individual elements respond to only part of their surroundings, seemingly defying Newton's...

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Science • Jun 12

Goblin shark seen alive in natural deep-sea habitat for the first time

The goblin shark had only previously been seen when caught by fishermen and they died shortly afterward.

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Science • Jun 12

Falcon 9 | Starlink 10-31 Launch [Image 9 of 9]

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-31 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida,...

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Science • Jun 12

Goblin shark seen alive in natural habitat for the first time: "The most iconic of all the deep-sea sharks"

The goblin shark had only previously been seen when caught by fishermen and they died shortly afterward.

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Science • Jun 12

Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself.

At first, scientists thought Earth's water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth's water is homegrown.

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Science • Jun 12

The San Andreas Fault Is Under More Stress Than Ever Before, And We Should Pay Attention

Is The Big One round the corner? It all comes down to Cajon Pass.

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Science • Jun 12

Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite.

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Science • Jun 12

Live updates from SpaceX Starlink launch just before Nasdaq IPO kickoff

Live updates from SpaceX's Friday morning Starlink 10-54 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Science • Jun 12

DNA Study Reveals That Space Permanently Changes The Human Body

Space is a dangerous place to be, but thanks to a recent DNA study, we know that an extended visit can wreak long-term changes to your genome.

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Science • Jun 12

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday morning.

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Science • Jun 12

Scientists Tracked These Strange Arctic Icebergs and Found Something Unexpected on the Seafloor

A polar research expedition back in 2021 noticed something weird along the Fram Strait, a marine passage into the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and...

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Science • Jun 12

Tiny ‘crawling’ robot solves Japan’s moon lander mystery

A palm-sized shape-shifting rover helped scientists understand what went wrong with Japan's SLIM moon landing by capturing an image of the spacecraft lying...

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Science • Jun 12

My quiet obsession with satellites — and how they're ruining everything

Satellites once fuelled my stargazing obsession. Now mega-constellations are transforming the night sky in ways that concern astronomers.

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Science • Jun 12

San Andreas fault at highest stress level in 1,000 years

Researchers report that tectonic stress on the major San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems has climbed to its highest levels in a millennium,...

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Science • Jun 12

Goblin shark filmed alive in the deep ocean for the first time

Scientists have captured the first live footage of a goblin shark in its natural deep-ocean habitat, extending the species' known depth and geographic range...

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Science • Jun 12

Scientists Discover a Strange Global Pattern in The Way Humans Walk

Suppose you're wandering around a space without any particular destination in mind – exploring a park maybe, or ambling across a music festival site.

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Science • Jun 12

Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday

Welcome to Edition 8.45 of the Rocket Report! Even though we are now two weeks removed from the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and its LC-36A...

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Science • Jun 12

Engineering quantum Hall stripes in 2D materials inside electromagnetic cavities

Quantum materials, materials with properties that are governed by the laws of quantum mechanics, have proved to be highly promising for the development of...

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Science • Jun 12

Breathable oxygen has now been produced on the surface of Mars — generated between 2021 and 2023 by a NASA experiment about the size of a toaster, riding inside the Perseverance rover — in the first time humans have ever made air on another planet,

Sometime around midday on April 20, 2021, a microwave-sized device on Mars finished its first hour of work and reported back to its operators at the...

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