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New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn’t just change the motion of Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos; the crash also shifted the orbit of both asteroids aro

Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently issued a geomagnetic storm watch due to a high-speed solar wind stream, increasing the potential for geomagnetic activity across several northern US states and Canadian provinces from Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8.

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.

In a discovery that astronomers are calling a “truly extraordinary” find, a powerful "space laser" mega-beam has been detected from across the cosmos.

A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year.

As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people around the world can pinpoint Orion during its journey using the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW). During the approximately 10-day missi

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The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

SpaceX’s Starship could dramatically shorten the time and costs for NASA’s long-awaited mission to Uranus, offering new hope for space exploration in the 2030s.

Scientists in Italy captured a red fox entering a den as part of a project to understand wolf population dynamics in the country.

After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA and its international partners, the Cygnus XL spacecraft supporting Northrop Grumman’s 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission is scheduled to depart

Chickpeas are growing in lunar soil for the first time, but is this discovery the key to feeding astronauts on the Moon?

Is the world getting hotter, faster? It’s a big question which has been puzzling and dividing scientists for years. A new paper says it has the answer, and it’s not good news.

Physicists have finally detected the massless "demon" particle, a 67-year-old theory come to life.

For decades, this part of northern Germany was known for natural gas. Now the same deep underground system is drawing attention for a very different reason.

A researcher dives into the latest research on how the health of the gut microbiome can influence the aging process.

A laser scan finally reveals what surrounds Darwin’s preserved specimens, without opening the fragile 200-year-old jars.

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A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries.

The night sky is full of wonder. Here's what to look out for tonight.

An ancient hornless rhino fossil found in the Canadian Arctic, Epiaceratherium itjilik, shows rhinos once lived much farther north.

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a gigantic, flat sheet of matter surrounded by huge empty voids. T…

As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.