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A Bonus 'Hitchhiker' Will Come Back From Mars in Perseverance...

Isaac Schultz

The Perseverance rover has been toiling on the Martian surface for over three years, collecting rock samples that will eventually be brought to Earth if all goes according to plan. But the rover has

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New piranha-like fish with 'human teeth' and Eye of Sauron ma...

Harry Baker

A new species of piranha-like fish has been discovered in the Amazon River after secretly masquerading as another, nearly identical species for almost 200 years. Scientists have named the newfound fi

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Confirmed: Strange debris found in western NC part of SpaceX ...

Ryan Bisesi

It's official: Debris found littered across several places in western North Carolina were part of a SpaceX spacecraft that broke apart during re-entry. A statement from NASA Public Affairs on Thursd

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Why smaller planets are better at building large moons - Spac...

Keith Cooper

New simulations that describe how moons, including Earth 's own moon , formed strongly imply that exomoons are more likely to be found around rocky exoplanets . Our moon is thought to have form

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Woman who had man's hands transplanted onto her reveals the s...

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An Indian woman became the first woman on the planet to don a man's hands - and noticed some shocking changes she experienced since the transplant. Eight years ago, 18-year-old Shreya Siddanagowder

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Family whose roof was damaged by space debris files claims ag...

Eric Berger

The piece of debris that fell through Alejandro Otero's roof (right) came from a support bracket jettisoned from the International Space Station. 70 The owner of a home in southwestern Florida has

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Rare lunar standstill not seen since 2006 is visible TONIGHT ...

Juliana Cruz Lima

SKYGAZERS around the world will be treated to a celestial spectacle as a rare "lunar standstill" will take place tonight. For the first time in almost two decades, the moon will periodically rise an

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Boeing Races to Catch SpaceX in Orbit -- But Has It Already L...

Rich Smith

Boeing's days in space may be numbered. And SpaceX may have become NASA's new favorite space contractor.The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth at an altitude of 250 miles. That doesn'

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'Humanzee' was grown in a lab before scientists euthanized it...

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The worlds first humanzee was a success after being grown in a lab, before scientists euthanized it not long after. Its often thought that humans evolved from apes, but one group of scientists decid

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7 common Michigan garden bugs: How to get rid of the pests - ...

Kylie Martin

With the arrival of warm weather also comes the arrival of summer's menaces: bugs. While some people might detest insects just for being so buggy, for gardeners, each year might feel like another ne

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As Chinas lunar ambitions blast off, it admits it is in a moo...

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In the historical context of that period, the race to demonstrate superior political strength made lunar exploration unsustainable, the plan said. It is foreseeable that in the next 20 to 30 years,

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Saturn's planet-wide storms driven by seasonal heating, Cassi...

Sharmila Kuthunur

Like a lightbulb switching between high- and low-power modes, Saturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, a fresh analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals.

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A Huge Imbalance of Energy Has Been Detected on Saturn - Scie...

Michelle Starr

Will the shenanigans of Saturn never end? Scientists have found that the ringed planet sports a massive, seasonal energy imbalance across its globe. The discovery marks a turning point in our unders

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Study Confirms One Type of COVID Mask Is 'Significantly Bette...

David Nield

Considering COVID-19hasn't gone away, and we want to be as prepared as possible for the next potential pandemic, a new study into the most effective type of face mask offers some important insights:

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Man who found SpaceX debris in yard reacts to NASA confirmati...

Marc Liverman

FRANKLIN, N.C. (WLOS) After weeks of speculation and mystery, NASA confirmed on Thursday, June 20, that the burned debris found in parts of Western North Carolina is from the trunk of a SpaceX spacec

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First Hubble Image Taken In New Single Gyro Pointing Mode - H...

Maya Posch

After Space Shuttle Atlantis drive-by repair of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in May of 2009, the end of the STS program meant that the space telescope had to fend for itself with no prospect for

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Triassic Crocodile-Like Reptile Discovered in Brazil - Sci.News

Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of gracilisuchid reptile from the Triassic period has been identified from fossils found in the Santa Maria Formation in Brazil. Artistic representation of a Middle-Late Tria

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Parents need to address sexual choking with their teens now. ...

Laura Yuen, Star Tribune

Add sexual strangulation to the list of all the things you wish you never had to talk to your teenage kid about, but probably should. Known as "choking," in heterosexual encounters it's when a partn

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discover...

Kristel Tjandra

Geologistsdigging into the massive ice sheet ofWest Antarctica have discoveredthe remains ofan ancient river system that once flowed for nearly a thousand miles. The discovery offers a glimpse i

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How neutron stars 'playing it cool' could unlock exotic physi...

Keith Cooper

Scientists have found that three neutron stars , born in the fires of other exploding stars, have cooled off surprisingly quickly, bringing us closer to understanding the exotic nature of matter wit

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'Immortal' stars at the Milky Way's center may have found an ...

Andrey Feldman

A peculiar cluster of stars swirling around the violent center of the Milky Way could become "immortal" by continuously capturing and destroying dark matter particles in their cores, a new study sugg

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Its A Lovely Day In The Pleistocene And You Are A Horrible Gi...

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If you're a Pal-level subscriber at Defector, you get access to a premium weekday newsletter called The Cipher, which has a recap of the blog day, links to other sites, and extra takes and bits from

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Surf's up! Liquid methane waves on Saturn moon Titan may erod...

Rahul Rao

Nearly 20 years ago, the Cassini probe and its Huygens lander peeked under the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan and gave us our first glimpse of the moon's familiarly strange surface.

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