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An out-of-control Chinese rocket is scheduled to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend, but no one is sure exactly…
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May 7
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Angkor, in what is now Cambodia, was one of the most populated cities in the world from the 9th to 15th centuries CE.…
May 6
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A genetic and genealogical analysis has allowed a team of archaeologists to identify the skeletal remains of a…
May 6
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A glistening image of China’s wayward Long March 5B rocket, which is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry into…
May 5
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After years of delays, Blue Origin says it’s finally ready for a crewed launch of its New Shepard suborbital…
May 5
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On Wednesday afternoon, SpaceX will attempt a high altitude test of SN15—the first of the next generation of…
May 5
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A group of archaeologists has found the oldest deliberate burial of a modern human ever discovered in Africa, dating…
May 4
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During its third flyby of Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe recorded natural radio emissions from within the Venusian…
May 3
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Astrobiologists with the Breakthrough Listen project have released the preliminary results of a SETI survey, in…
May 3
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A radiological examination of a 2,000-year-old mummy presumed to be a male priest shows it’s actually the preserved…
Apr 30
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An international exercise to simulate an asteroid striking Earth has come to an end. With just six days to go before…
Apr 30
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Following yesterday’s launch, the core stage of China’s Long March 5B rocket inadvertently went into low Earth…
Apr 28
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A fictitious asteroid is headed our way, and a group of real experts is currently doing their best to deal with the…
Apr 28
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A remarkable image taken this past Sunday by the Ingenuity helicopter is providing one of the most unique views of a…
Apr 27
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A known DDT dump site off the coast of Southern California is considerably larger than suspected, in a discovery…
Apr 27
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Last week, NASA selected Elon Musk’s SpaceX over two other contenders to build the upcoming Artemis lunar lander.…
Apr 26
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What happens if you put 15 people together in a dark cave and take away their ability to track the passage of time?…
Apr 26
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Update 4/26/21 2:09 p.m. ET: According to a statement from U.S. Space Command, as obtained by the AP, the near…
Apr 23
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On this, the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, astronomers with NASA and ESA have released a…
Apr 23
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Proxima Centauri—the nearest star to our own—has produced one of the most powerful flares on record. The observation…