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The microwave-sized satellite is on a pathfinder mission to evaluate a unique orbit for an eventual space station at the Moon.
An English herbarium has stored a misidentified sample of the newly discovered species for the past 177 years.
A well-preserved baby woolly mammoth has been discovered in the Yukon. It's the first time a complete mammoth ‘mummy’ has been found in North America.
We asked physicists to predict the discoveries that will blow our minds in the coming years.
The most recent goring victim, a 71-year-old, sustained non-life threatening injuries as she was returning to her car with her daughter.
Whether it's to deliver satellites to orbit or astronauts to the Moon, the next generation of rockets are poised make space more accessible.
In orbit since 2019, LightSail 2 is expected to burn up in the atmosphere at some point within the next few months.
Harvard researchers make the case for people storing their poop when young, in order to restore their gut microbiomes later in life.
Several great white sharks have been found dead with gruesome injuries. Researchers think a pair of killer whales is to blame.
It’s a discouraging result, but resistance exercises could help.
The U.S. reported 196,230 new cases and 693 deaths on Wednesday.
A follow-up mission by the European Space Agency could find a very different looking Dimorphos.
The world’s newest satellite telescope is the deep space paparazzo we need.
The NIH-led trial will enroll up to 100 healthy adults to test a vaccine that protected mice from lethal doses of six different flu strains.
A Boeing 747 carrier aircraft named Cosmic Girl will release a two-stage rocket after reaching an altitude of 35,000 feet.
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope will use liquid mercury to give scientists a view of the sky, and observations are set to begin later this year.
Cloudspotting on Mars is a new initiative for the public to team up with NASA to study Mars' atmosphere, so it's releasing 16 years' worth of data.
Up to 1.6 million doses will be made available this year, though preference will be given to people at higher risk of exposure to the virus.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Starship will be ready to launch in July, but the private space company has not yet secured permission for liftoff.
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