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Meet the extinct sea cow that cultivated Pacific kelp forests
The world’s largest active volcano is erupting in Hawaii
Orion sends back new images of the moon’s craters, some of which could be home to ice and water
What human and octopus brains have in common
The first private lander is about to head to the moon
The leap second’s time will be up in 2035—and tech companies are thrilled
These ‘fake’ ancient Roman coins might actually be real
Signs of past chemical reactions detected on Mars
Astronomers now know how supermassive black holes blast us with energy
Aftershocks hit Indonesia after deadly 5.6-magnitude earthquake
Eyeless army ants chomped their way through Europe millions of years ago
Oldest evidence of digested plants in a roughly 575-million-year-old creature’s gut
These pleasantly plump salamanders dominated the Cretaceous period
Ridiculously hot gas giant exoplanet is about to be swallowed by its dying sun
Microgravity tomatoes, yogurt bacteria, and plastic eating microbes are headed to the ISS
Tomb of a forgotten queen is one of several new stunning Egyptian discoveries
Despite pushback, NASA won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope
Orion will air kiss the moon today during important Artemis exercise
Flickering fireflies pulse to a beat that mathematicians have long been seeking
Your AirPods Pro can act as hearing aids in a pinch
The solar-powered LightSail 2 spacecraft took one last look at Earth before burning up
We’re only 8 years away from stronger El Niño and La Niña events
A distant Earth and Orion capsule’s ‘moonikin’ are the Artemis mission’s first images
Gigantic fossils hint at super-sized 7,000-pound sea turtle
New JWST image shows a hidden, fiery protostar
Why it’s hard to tell if moon craters are holes or bumps
Want to learn about something in space? Crash into it.
This 18-foot python’s last meal was a whole alligator
Two meteorite mysteries are helping astronomers investigate the origins of life
Snakes may not have legs, but they do have two penises
10 incredible lunar missions that paved the way for Artemis
Scientists still are figuring out how to age the ancient footprints in White Sands National Park
With Artemis 1 launched, NASA is officially on its way back to the moon
Three nations pledge to reverse decades of destruction in the rainforest
Kids learn faster than adults. This neurotransmitter could explain why.
Get ready to watch NASA’s most powerful rocket head for the moon
World’s largest telescope array is almost ready to stare straight into the sun
Monkeys with close friends have friendlier gut bacteria
The slow, but promising progress of electrode therapy for paralysis
Magnets might be the future of nuclear fusion
Saying goodbye to NASA’s InSight lander before it’s buried in Martian dust
New James Webb Space Telescope image shows a secluded galaxy in stellar detail
NASA astronaut Victor J. Glover on the cosmic ‘relay race’ of the new lunar missions
Improve your focus by taking more breaks every day
Bees can sense a flower’s electric field—unless fertilizer messes with the buzz
This photographer captures birds as poetry in motion
Ancient ivory comb shows that self-care is as old as time
Pig bystanders are pretty good at resolving anxiety and conflict in the pen
The ISS’s latest arrivals: a 3D printer, seeds, and ovarian cow cells
A blood moon, lunar eclipse, and fiery meteor shower will all grace the sky this week
The Milky Way’s oldest star is a white-hot pyre of dead planets
NASA’s New Horizons mission begins again at the edge of the solar system
23 tons of rocket debris landed in the remote Pacific Ocean today
The science behind our circadian rhythms, and why time changes mess them up
Climate change is threatening archeological treasures from Alaska to Egypt
Scientists want to know how our tiny gut organisms change when we bring them along to space
NASA has major plans for asteroids. Could Psyche’s delay change them?
Tonga survived the largest volcanic plume in the planet’s history this year
This far-off galaxy is probably shooting us with oodles of ghostly particles
Does playing devil’s advocate do more harm than good?
Enter your prospector era by learning how to pan for gold
Sex, not violence, could’ve sealed the fate of the Neanderthals
How do we know that birds are real?
After years of delays, SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket
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