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SpaceX Declines Military Launch Contracts; Spanish MIURA 5 Rocket Nears ReadinessSpaceX Declines Military Launch Contracts; Spanish MIURA 5 Rocket Nears Readiness SpaceX Says No to Three Space Force Launch Contracts The US Space Force offered SpaceX three military satellite…
Free Science, on Tap: Where Seattle Bars Double as Lecture HallsFree Science, on Tap: Where Seattle Bars Double as Lecture Halls In Seattle, some of the liveliest science lectures come with a beer menu.
What is a neutrino anyway? The science behind this year's Physics NobelWhat is a neutrino anyway? The science behind this year's Physics Nobel Neutrinos: the lightest, most elusive elementary particles Neutrinos are elementary particles, meaning they cannot be broken…
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Coyote Launches Into the Air to Snatch a Pear Off a TreeCoyote Launches Into the Air to Snatch a Pear Off a Tree Trail Cam Captures a Coyote's Vertical Leap A Facebook video shared by Tom Miranda, who goes by Adventure Bowhunter, is going viral for all…
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Juvenile giant manta rays stay inshore while adults roam hundreds of kilometresJuvenile giant manta rays stay inshore while adults roam hundreds of kilometres A tracking study off Costa Rica has revealed a stark split in how giant manta rays use space across their lives:…
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Japan Launches Historic Mission to Bring Home Samples from Mars's Moon PhobosJapan Launches Historic Mission to Bring Home Samples from Mars's Moon Phobos Japan Launches MMX to Sample Mars's Moon Phobos At 4:41 a.m.
Why a West Coast Storm May Be the Start of Something Much BiggerWhy a West Coast Storm May Be the Start of Something Much Bigger A Kelvin Wave Is Raising Sea Levels A deep-ocean Kelvin wave is pushing sea levels higher along the U.S.
A Single Marsquake Shows the Solar System's Largest Canyon Is Still MovingA Single Marsquake Shows the Solar System's Largest Canyon Is Still Moving Valles Marineris is the largest canyon system in the solar system, stretching nearly 3,900 kilometres across Mars, reaching…
A Material That Finds Its Own BeatA Material That Finds Its Own Beat Published in Nature as wave coarsening The official account is a paper published on 14 October 2026 in Nature on wave coarsening in mechatronic metamaterials.
Earth's Core Has Been Quietly Leaking Water for Billions of YearsEarth's Core Has Been Quietly Leaking Water for Billions of Years A Leaky Core, Not a Sealed Vault For decades, geoscientists have treated Earth's metallic core and the rocky mantle above it as…
Japan Launches Five-Year Bid to Bring Home a Piece of PhobosJapan Launches Five-Year Bid to Bring Home a Piece of Phobos H3 roars off Tanegashima before dawn JAXA hails first-ever attempt, NASA cheers on JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa said a five-year…
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Six Minutes of Night at Noon: Why 2027 Is the Eclipse to BookSix Minutes of Night at Noon: Why 2027 Is the Eclipse to Book The Moon's shadow takes a 15,000-kilometer road trip On Monday, Aug.
Geology Says Europe and North America Never SplitGeology Says Europe and North America Never Split Seven continents shrink to six as Atlantic split stalls The familiar seven-continent map may be geologically wrong.
Roman's Main Camera Beats Its Own Blueprint by Nearly 30 PercentRoman's Main Camera Beats Its Own Blueprint by Nearly 30 Percent A mirror nudged by a hair's width, images sharpen nearly 30 percent NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has come out of its first…
Earth's Core Has Been Oozing Primordial Material Since the Planet Was BornEarth's Core Has Been Oozing Primordial Material Since the Planet Was Born The deepest layer never stopped leaking Earth's core is not sealed.
The Woman Who Wrote the Code for the Moon: Margaret Hamilton, 1936-2026The Woman Who Wrote the Code for the Moon: Margaret Hamilton, 1936-2026 An alarm during the final descent What kept the landing alive was the priority-driven design Hamilton's team had written into…
The Orionids Peak Oct. 21-22: Halley's Comet Debris, and How to Beat the MoonThe Orionids Peak Oct. 21-22: Halley's Comet Debris, and How to Beat the Moon The shower runs Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 and peaks overnight Oct.
When Arithmetic Gets Stressful, a Gamble's Downside Loosens Its GripWhen Arithmetic Gets Stressful, a Gamble's Downside Loosens Its Grip Under a countdown, losses lost some of their bite People who solved arithmetic problems while a countdown ran, buzzers fired and…
Hera Reaches the Crime Scene: Europe's Probe Goes to Weigh What NASA HitHera Reaches the Crime Scene: Europe's Probe Goes to Weigh What NASA Hit Hera arrives at Didymos this month Three burns brake a 12 km/s approach November: 30 kilometres out, then one By early…
NASA's SkyFall: Three Helicopters, No Lander, and a 1,000-Meter Drop Into the Martian SkyNASA's SkyFall: Three Helicopters, No Lander, and a 1,000-Meter Drop Into the Martian Sky Three helicopters let go 1,000 meters up NASA is moving fast on SkyFall, a mission that will send three…
Venus Finally Gets Its Turn: NASA's Two Long-Delayed Venus Missions Have Launch DatesVenus Finally Gets Its Turn: NASA's Two Long-Delayed Venus Missions Have Launch Dates Both missions are back on track After two years of budget scares and slipping schedules, NASA's two Venus…
Carolinas Wake Up to a SpaceX Sky Show, Then a Sonic Boom Back in FloridaCarolinas Wake Up to a SpaceX Sky Show, Then a Sonic Boom Back in Florida A glowing cloud over two states before sunrise Residents across North Carolina and South Carolina looked east early Tuesday…
South Pole Ice Telescope Wins Physics Nobel as Halzen Is Honored for Cosmic NeutrinosSouth Pole Ice Telescope Wins Physics Nobel as Halzen Is Honored for Cosmic Neutrinos Stockholm Hands the Prize to Antarctic Ice Sweden's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on October 6 that…
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Nine States Could Catch the Northern Lights Tuesday Night as a Coronal Hole Winds Down the Storm CycleNine States Could Catch the Northern Lights Tuesday Night as a Coronal Hole Winds Down the Storm Cycle A Quieter Kind of Aurora Night After a weekend that hurled the aurora as far south as England's…
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Ten States Could Catch the Aurora Tonight in the Wake of Saturday's Rare G3 StormTen States Could Catch the Aurora Tonight in the Wake of Saturday's Rare G3 Storm Ten states sit inside tonight's window NOAA's latest forecast puts the aurora over ten northern states on Monday…
Voyager 1 Is About to Cross the One Light-Day LineVoyager 1 Is About to Cross the One Light-Day Line November 18 Is the Date NASA Keeps Citing A Five-Year Mission Now in Its Forty-Ninth Year NASA's Wording Is Deliberately Conditional The Round Trip…
Solar System May Fall Apart 100 Times Faster Than Thought, New Study SaysThe Solar System's retirement plan may need to be moved up. A new study finds that after the Sun dies, the outer planets' orbital lifetime is not the previously estimated 10^18 years (a billion…
Why Big Dogs Age Faster: Science Study Points to Runaway 'Jumping Genes'Why do Great Danes rarely see ten while Chihuahuas can reach eighteen? A study published October 8 in Science offers the first compelling molecular explanation: "jumping genes" run out of control…
Variable Water Clouds Found 7.5 Light-Years Away: Webb Confirms Weather on Another WorldJust 7.5 light-years away, a failed star has skies that thicken and thin like weather on Earth.
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- Nobel Physics Laureate Halzen: I Was Using Neural Networks Back in 1991
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Chemistry Nobel Goes to Kagan and Soai for Cracking the Mirror-Molecule MysteryFrench and Japanese Chemists Take the Prize The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Henri B. Kagan of France and Kenso Soai of Japan.
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