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1,800 Volunteers Pull a 400-Ton Japanese Castle Keep Back Toward Its Original Location After a Decade of Restoration Work
1,800 Volunteers Pull a 400-Ton Japanese Castle Keep Back Toward Its Original Location After a Decade of Restoration Work The chance to help move...
'An exciting surprise': Ancient shark 'graveyard' uncovered in Egyptian desert
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What Are Mel Brooks’ Favorite Movies? To Celebrate His 100th Birthday, the Comedy Legend Picks 20 Films to Screen Across Los Angeles
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Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
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NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st...
A Historic Alabama Hotel Linked to the Civil Rights Movement Is Falling Apart. Can the Conservationists Fighting to Save It Turn the Tide?
A Historic Alabama Hotel Linked to the Civil Rights Movement Is Falling Apart. Can the Conservationists Fighting to Save It Turn the Tide? Selma’s...
Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
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Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC)...
Tiny tremors can’t always warn when fracking will trigger a bigger quake
News Earth Tiny tremors can’t always warn when fracking will trigger a bigger quake Foreshocks might give operators time to stop injections before a...
After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?
A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing back to Earth in the near...
'This is such a clear story': Climate change is supercharging El Niño to unprecedented strengths, study finds
Climate change is making El Niño stronger and more dangerous than ever before, scientists warn.In a new study, researchers have revealed that El...
Why Was This 17th-Century Polish Woman Buried With a Padlock on Her Toe and an Iron Sickle Across Her Neck?
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9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?
NASA's next-generation cosmic observatory — the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — is set to launch this weekend on a potentially decade-long...
Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)
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'Wildfire smoke is the fastest-growing environmental threat in the US': How a warming world will poison the air we breathe
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Devastating Nepal floods were triggered by glacier collapse, experts say — and there's a risk of more landslides to come
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Look up! Now’s your chance to spot an unusually luminous comet
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Landslides pose the largest risks to those who can least afford them
News Earth Landslides pose the largest risks to those who can least afford them Landslides are a growing risk. Decision-makers need to know who’s in...
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Paleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate
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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service
After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s...
Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch
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Freddie Mercury's Boundary-Pushing Costumes Take Center Stage at the Victoria and Albert Museum to Mark the 80th Anniversary of His Birth
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Glowing galaxy with anomalous extra arms | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2026
An image of this spiral galaxy NGC 4258 that combines X-ray observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory (seen here in royal blue), optical...
A space telescope was falling from orbit. Its rescue mission fell apart too
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At Least One in Four Former NFL Players Who Died Between 2016 and 2021 Had the Progressive Brain Disease CTE, Study Suggests
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On this day in space! Aug. 27, 1962: NASA launches Mariner 2 to Venus for ambitious flyby
On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet.Mariner 2 flew by Venus after a...
AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy
Washington State University researchers have used artificial intelligence to identify a faster and less costly way to 3D print a high-performance...
'Strange New Worlds' latest episode wastes a lot of time pretending to kill off major 'Star Trek' characters
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“I jumped from my chair” – Astronomers spot Betelgeuse’s hidden companion
Astronomers now have their strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse, one of the best-known stars in the night sky, has a stellar companion. A team led...
This American Commando Parachuted Behind Enemy Lines in Both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II
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Your dislike of eating bugs may be 9,000 years old
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Watch powerful Ariane 6 rocket launch European weather satellite to orbit today
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Eating more ultra-processed foods may raise prostate cancer risk by 30%
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The Prehistoric Paintings on the Walls of Caves Have Always Been Moving. But With the Right Kind of Light, Some Actually Seem to Move
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Vitamin C won’t prevent most colds, but it may do one small thing
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A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars
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An impressive partial lunar eclipse will turn the moon an eerie red for millions of people tonight
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Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material
A recently proposed form of magnetism known as altermagnetism could eventually help researchers make computer memory smaller, faster, and more...
324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land
The rise of complex ecosystems on land was one of the major turning points in the history of life. As organisms expanded beyond the oceans,...
Smart nanoparticles light up brain cancer and destroy what surgery misses
Glioblastoma is considered the most aggressive type of brain cancer. One reason it is so difficult to treat is that cancer cells spread into nearby...
Scientists discover a brain “brake” that can shut down chronic pain
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APOD: 2026 August 27 – Colorful Aurora over an Icelandic Waterfall
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Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert
In August 2026, back-to-back winter storms left parts of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile covered in a rare blanket of snow. The typically arid...
Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light
Nearly 90 years ago, Werner Heisenberg predicted a strange quantum effect known as vacuum birefringence, in which seemingly empty space can change...
NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS
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From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA's Roman Space Telescope
NASA took the guts out of old spy satellites to build the groundbreaking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – but how? And why?Years of hard work and...
‘Proof by Underpants’ offers a cheeky way to test soil
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How worried are you about the health impacts of extreme heat?
Earth is getting hotter, and people across the world are starting to feel the effects. The past decade includes all 10 of the warmest years on...
Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson
NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years...
For the First Time, a Selection of Islamic Masterpieces From the Louvre Is Coming to the United States. See the Treasures Soon to Be Displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
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Turn Your Eyes to the Night Skies This Week to See a Near-Total Lunar Eclipse. It'll Temporarily Turn the Moon Red
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A Brittle Coating on a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Reveals How Ancient Sailors Kept Their Ships Afloat
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Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar
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Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX...
'Unlike anything seen before': Archaeologists unearth a unique, 11,000-year-old statue of a person riding a leopard from one of the world's earliest settlements
Archaeologists working at a Stone Age site in Turkey have discovered a unique depiction of a person sitting on the back of a leopard. The...
See 16 Stunning Animal Images From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards
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These Medieval Manuscript Fragments Were Reused as Parchment, Inadvertently Preserving Them for Centuries
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Monkeys hunt small animals when fruit is scarce
News Animals Monkeys hunt small animals when fruit is scarce Capuchin monkeys may provide insights into the dietary evolution of our early ancestors...
Indigenous nations in present-day Georgia may have enjoyed cacao
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Astronomers discover hot watery exoplanet destined to be swallowed by its star
Astronomers have discovered a new ocean world outside the solar system that orbits extremely close to its parent star. This means that the...
Dolly Parton Was One of the Biggest Stars in the History of Country Music. She Wanted to Be Remembered as a Songwriter
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NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona,...
A black star in a false Spanish twilight: Here's the story of my 1st total solar eclipse
I had never seen a total solar eclipse. That's a strange thing to admit for the skywatching writer at Space.com, but the truth is that the...
The Soccer Ball Used for Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ World Cup Goal Sells for $3.35 Million at Auction
The Soccer Ball Used for Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ World Cup Goal Sells for $3.35 Million at Auction Despite its role in one of the most famous...
I took a big risk for the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse — and the reward was glorious
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Over 2,000 animals spotted off the coast of Cape Cod
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Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'
Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers...
This Deadly Shellfish Poisoning Has No Antidote. A Protein Found in American Bullfrogs Could Change That
This Deadly Shellfish Poisoning Has No Antidote. A Protein Found in American Bullfrogs Could Change That A study in mice found that a protein called...
Butterfly wing crystals inspire new eco-friendly glitter
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Rare red northern lights may be visible alongside red moon during tomorrow night's partial lunar eclipse
A striking red aurora may be visible to some skywatchers alongside tomorrow night's blood-red partial lunar eclipse, astronomers say.The full moon...
Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs
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Chance gaze at old Hubble Telescope image leads to discovery that could reveal dark matter's secrets
In late June 2023, on a morning train commuting to work in New York City, David Hendel was scrolling through a recent astronomy paper on his phone...
NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational...
Heat shield under fire | Space photo of the day for Aug. 26, 2026
At the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, researchers are testing the capsule heat shield for the Draco mission. (Image credit: ESA)Sometimes,...
On this day in space! Aug. 26, 1978: Sigmund Jähn becomes 1st German in space
On Aug. 26, 1978, cosmonaut and pilot Sigmund Jähn became the first German to fly in space.Jähn was an experienced pilot for the East German Air...
A New Telescope Still Under Construction Accidentally Reveals How a Dying Star Returns Matter to Space
A New Telescope Still Under Construction Accidentally Reveals How a Dying Star Returns Matter to Space Researchers captured an unprecedented image...
NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published in December, was revised Aug. 26, 2026 with an update on a new phase of testing, including video...
Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Jeret Howard
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'Star Wars: Zero Company' review: XCOM-like strategically recaptures the magic of your favorite Star Wars films
Across the decades, Star Wars' secret sauce has always been a feeling – an intoxicating mixture of whimsy and adventure that’s nearly impossible to...
Scientists may have found a shortcut to calorie restriction’s anti-aging benefits
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Naked mole rats make their own perfume—and it’s excellent birth control
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190-year-old DNA reveals a hidden pangolin species
Pangolins look almost prehistoric. These medium-sized mammals, found only in Africa and Asia, have long, powerful tails, large curved claws, and...
Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
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SpaceX's final Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida creates gorgeous 'jellyfish' over New York City (video)
SpaceX's launch from Florida early this morning (Aug. 25) was memorable in more ways than one.The mission, which sent 29 Starlink internet...
To Dismantle the Concept of Separate but Equal, Thurgood Marshall Methodically Devised a Winning Strategy: Divide and Conquer
To Dismantle the Concept of Separate but Equal, Thurgood Marshall Methodically Devised a Winning Strategy: Divide and Conquer While other activists...
Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole
Previous lunar missions explored the moon’s equator, where high ultraviolet radiation and daily temperature swings make the surface inhospitable to...
'Hunger Stones' Resurface in Europe, Bringing Centuries-Old Warnings Back Into View as Rivers Hit Historic Lows
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What you eat before age 2 may affect your health 70 years later
Could how much sugar you consumed before your second birthday shape your health decades later – even into your 70s? A new study that my colleagues...
SpaceX sends Starlink satellites to orbit on predawn launch from California
SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 26), in a predawn liftoff from California's central coast.The...
In 1952, You Could Buy a Pack of Baseball Cards That Included This Mickey Mantle at a Corner Store. Today, You Would Probably Have to Go to an Auction House
In 1952, You Could Buy a Pack of Baseball Cards That Included This Mickey Mantle at a Corner Store. Today, You Would Probably Have to Go to an...
Turmeric compound may protect blood vessels from diabetes damage
Curcumin, the natural compound responsible for turmeric's vivid yellow color, is widely studied for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant...
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is ready to hunt thousands of alien worlds
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Inside the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory
NASA is just days away from launching its next major space observatory.The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to lift off Aug. 30 aboard a...
Diagnostic dilemma: A man tried to self-treat his incontinence by gluing his urethra shut
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One asteroid strike may explain two mysteries of Mars’ moon Deimos
An international team led by the University of Bern has found evidence that a single asteroid collision may have dramatically reshaped Deimos, the...
Trump's childhood vaccine order will threaten children's safety, even if it doesn't directly change policy
President Donald Trump's recent executive order on childhood vaccines has generated a predictable and understandable debate around public health...
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A missing color in indoor light may help prevent myopia
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Childhood trauma may leave a lasting “scar” inside brain cells
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Watch the partial lunar eclipse online Aug. 27-28 with these free livestreams
A spectacular partial lunar eclipse will darken 96% of the full "Sturgeon Moon" overnight on Aug. 27-28. Here's how you can watch the "almost blood...
APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST Images The Lion’s Head Nebula
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A Changing World for Emperor Penguins
With their charming waddles, heat-conserving huddles, and tuxedo-like plumage, emperor penguins are among the world's most recognizable animals....
Your genes may decide whether a low-carb diet sends cholesterol soaring
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Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyria
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New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network
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'You just saved the video dish': Two astronauts complete spacewalk to replace ISS antenna
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NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama
NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger...
400-year-old ‘vampire’ grave discovered in Poland
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'Aliens: The Video Games' author Mike Diver on overlooked Alien games, tracking down retro game developers, and the future of the Xenomorph (interview)
The history of Alien video games is long and twisty, but Mike Diver — veteran writer, editor, critic, and journalist — decided a few years ago to...
NASA Ames’ Contributions to Roman’s Mission
Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle...
Cast Your Vote for the Chunkiest Alpine Rodent During Colorado's First-Ever Fat Marmot Week
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2 people die of measles in Pennsylvania as vaccination rates drop across the nation
Two people in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have died of measles, marking the first measles-related deaths in the United States this year.Neither...
Police seize massive Burmese python near Coney Island boardwalk
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NASA Ames Experts Available for Roman Space Telescope Interviews
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to...
Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site
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A New Statue Honors 'Moby-Dick' Author Herman Melville in the Massachusetts City Where His Whaling Adventures Began
A New Statue Honors ‘Moby-Dick’ Author Herman Melville in the Massachusetts City Where His Whaling Adventures Began The 7.5-foot-tall bronze artwork...
NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique...
Your brain may not actually “make” decisions
What we experience when making a decision may be very different from what actually happens inside the brain, according to Indiana University...
A Human Skeleton Was Found Inside a Mysterious Stone Structure in Scotland. Archaeologists Still Don't Know Why It Was Buried There
A Human Skeleton Was Found Inside a Mysterious Stone Structure in Scotland. Archaeologists Still Don’t Know Why It Was Buried There Built with...
Over 200 million migratory birds are hitting the sky this week
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Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
Scientists have found a new explanation for why Antarctica became covered in ice millions of years before the Arctic. The international study,...
The Roman Space Telescope will reveal the universe in a way the JWST and Hubble cannot
Even if you aren't the kind of person who often looks up the latest space images, it's hard to navigate life (especially on the internet) without...
Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra
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How NASA is prepping for lunar traffic jams
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A new cancer vaccine may keep melanoma from coming back
News Health & Medicine A new cancer vaccine may keep melanoma from coming back The personalized mRNA shot teaches the body to attack a patient’s...
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Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on SpacewalkFrom left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the...
Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk
From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie...
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Today (Aug. 25), the sun unleashed a powerful M6.9 solar flare from a restless Earth-facing sunspot, hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) into...
Astronauts make history repairing the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 25, 2026
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon complete a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026. (Image credit: Roscosmos/Anna Kikina)Intensely...
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On this day in space! Aug. 25, 1997: NASA launches Advanced Composition Explorer to track solar wind and so much more
On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite to study energetic particles traveling through space.It lifted...
This Rock Art in China Has Remained Bright Red for Nearly 2,000 Years. How? The Secret Ingredient Might Be Blood
This Rock Art in China Has Remained Bright Red for Nearly 2,000 Years. How? The Secret Ingredient Might Be Blood A new study offers clues about how...
Ritual solstice structure 1,000 years older than Stonehenge unearthed in Czech Republic
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Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk
Older adults who received a shingles vaccine after entering a skilled nursing facility were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the...
Polish startup Ares Shield hired to protect data center satellites with high-power microwave weapons
The final frontier is getting more and more contested, so satellite companies are investing in some self-defense.At least one of them is, anyway....
Integrating Model-Based Systems Engineering and Fault Management to Enable Autonomous Space Missions
Fully autonomous space mission operations require the ability to detect faults and compensate for them without human intervention. To address this...
Supercharged “natural killer” cells could be a powerful new cancer weapon
Cell therapies that harness the immune system have transformed treatment for some cancers of the blood and lymphatic system. Solid tumors, however,...
In Some Trattorias in Italy, Diners Can Enjoy a Meal and Take the Plate It Was Served on Home as a Souvenir
In Some Trattorias in Italy, Diners Can Enjoy a Meal and Take the Plate It Was Served on Home as a Souvenir The Piatti del Buon Ricordo, or “Plates...
A Manhattan-sized ice island just broke free from Greenland
Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the...
NASA satellites ace world's 1st 'lost-in-space' GPS-free navigation experiment
No GPS available in space? A satellite experiment may have a solution for that.NASA's Starling mission — made up of a swarm of four cubesats in low...
Less sugar early in life might decrease dementia risk
News Health & Medicine Less sugar early in life might decrease dementia risk People who had sugar rationed early in life around World War II had...
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' fourth season is well underway, and if you're determined not to miss an episode, this Surfshark VPN deal is for you....
Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s How Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway.
Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s How Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway. Meet the team that...
Atomic catalyst unlocks the hidden value of plant waste
Lignin gives plants much of their structural strength and represents the largest renewable source of aromatic chemicals found in nature. It can make...
Scientists find hidden “highways” guiding animal evolution
A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to have almost nothing in common, but their chromosomes still contain recognizable fragments inherited...
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