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Science • Jul 09

Did you see it? Falcon 9 launch dazzles morning sky in Florida with 'jellyfish' effect

Multiple WPTV viewers were mesmerized Thursday morning by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center that produced a "jellyfish effect"...

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Science • Jul 09

'Astronomers have to revise estimates': The Milky Way may be larger, heavier and more lopsided than we realized

Two of the Milky Way's gigantic spiral arms appear to be much farther away than we realized, scientists have discovered after listening to the echoes of...

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Science • Jul 09

Scientists' plan to halt rare El Niño heatwave may trigger something unstoppable

Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have revealed a controversial geoengineering technique that could stop a potentially devastating Super...

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Science • Jul 09

FCC Approves Extremely Controversial Space Mirror Satellite That Could "Flash Blind" Drivers And Ruin Astronomy

The United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Reflect Orbital's plan to place a reflecting satellite into orbit that will bring...

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Science • Jul 09

Volcanoes and wildfires are adding water vapor to the stratosphere, raising climate concerns

Moderate volcanic eruptions and extreme wildfires since 2005 have led to an increase in the amount of water vapor in the stratosphere, a layer of Earth's...

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Science • Jul 09

These Fossils May Be the Earliest Evidence of Handedness in Animals

Are you right-handed? Roughly 90 percent of people are. But apparently the prevalence of righties is nothing even close to new: A batch of fossils from...

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Science • Jul 09

Hip Replacements Are Lasting Far Longer Than Doctors Once Thought

A large international study suggests today's hip replacements may last much longer than previously thought.

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Science • Jul 09

Earliest evidence of behavioural handedness in the Ediacaran motile bilaterian Spriggina floundersi | Scientific Reports

Fossils of the Ediacara Biota preserve the oldest macroscopic communities that include animals. Classification of many of these taxa has proved contentious.

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Science • Jul 09

SpaceX stock in focus as launch, Starlink business hit new milestones

SpaceX stock was in focus on Thursday after the company hit two major launch milestones, offering investors something positive to latch on to following a...

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Science • Jul 09

A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon

A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo'oalewa.

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Science • Jul 09

Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check

Is there life on Mars … in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

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Science • Jul 09

Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline

A study suggests Earth surpassed the 1.5°C warming threshold in 2020, sparking debate among scientists about the accuracy of global climate data.

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Science • Jul 09

Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans

Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted the same animals and both...

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Science • Jul 09

Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space

Brookhaven physicists found the first direct evidence that virtual quark pairs in the quantum vacuum leave measurable spin imprints.

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Science • Jul 09

Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and Mars simulation

For anyone who has ever wondered whether they could handle life on another planet, NASA is offering a chance to find out – well, sort of.

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Science • Jul 09

Why Elephants Avoid Mice: The Real Reason Isn’t Fear

Unlike the cartoons, elephants aren't afraid of mice. They back up for a far more sensible and human-like reason.

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Science • Jul 09

Unique cloud in the East Sky Thursday Morning

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Early risers across Northeast Florida were treated to an unusual sight Thursday morning as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch created a...

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Science • Jul 09

Astronomers scrutinize exoplanet that survived the death of its star

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - In about 5 billion years, our sun will begin its death throes by ​expanding in size and engulfing the innermost planets...

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Science • Jul 09

Returning astronauts describe pain in the soles of the feet and lower back within days of landing — the spine suddenly forced to support half the body's weight again after months of weightlessness

When NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returned from his record-breaking 371-day mission aboard the International Space Station in September 2023,...

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Science • Jul 09

Starlink deployments on record pace

SpaceX is currently ahead of last year's record-setting pace for Starlink satellite deployments. SpaceX launched 1,589 Starlink satellites into low-Earth...

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