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US to seek rival bids for Artemis 3 as SpaceX lags, NASA chief says
NASA's top official on Monday said the U.S. space agency was opening up the contract for its Artemis 3 moon mission to compete against SpaceX, which he said was running behind sche...
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Study shows how solar eclipse made some birds sing like a new day dawned
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse traversed a wide swathe of North America stretching 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from Mexico's Pacific Coast through Texas and across 14 other U.S...
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Coral reef discovered off Naples, in rare find for Mediterranean
A large white coral reef containing important species and fossil traces has been discovered at a depth of more than 500 metres in the Gulf of Naples, in a rare discovery for the Me...
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Astronomers spot young rogue planet gobbling up its surroundings
Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all by themselves, called rogue planets. While their origins...
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Trio win Nobel chemistry prize for work on 'Hermione's handbag' materials
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help t...
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Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics in action
U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action", paving the way fo...
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Rock samples show moon's farside interior is cooler than the nearside
The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so different than its side always facing our planet. And the diffe...
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Eutelsat needs to close funding gap to gain ground on Starlink
Satellite operator Eutelsat must secure investment from more European countries to bolster its efforts to challenge billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink, EU lawmakers and analysts say ...
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Firefly Alpha rocket booster destroyed in testing mishap
Firefly Aerospace on Monday said the booster stage for an Alpha rocket that was due to launch in the coming weeks was destroyed during a testing mishap in Texas.
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Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution
In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis n...
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To save aging space telescope, NASA taps startup to push it farther into space
NASA has tapped startup Katalyst to save a $500 million orbiting observatory from falling into Earth's atmosphere by launching a spacecraft meant to push it farther into space, NAS...
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How mean was this new Argentine dinosaur? It had a croc leg in its jaws
A fossil unearthed in Argentina of a newly identified species of meat-eating dinosaur is providing insight into a poorly understood group of Cretaceous Period predators, thanks not...
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First U.S. Artemis astronaut mission around the moon on track for April, officials say
NASA officials on Tuesday said the agency's first crewed flight in its Artemis program - a trip around the moon and back - is on track for launch in April next year and could poten...
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Amber from Ecuador reveals insects from the age of dinosaurs
Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse of a Cretaceo...
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Peru researchers unveil 10-million-year-old dolphin-like fossil found in desert
Paleontologists in Peru unveiled on Wednesday the fossilized skeleton of an ancient, dolphin-like creature estimated to be between 8 and 12 million years old.
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Wealthy ancient Roman's tomb discovered in Albania
Archaeologists in Albania have discovered a large Roman burial chamber dating from the third to fourth century AD, the first of its kind found in the Balkan country that was once p...
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Italy exhibition explores how sound helps us to savour food
An exhibition in northern Italy is expanding traditional ideas about taste by exploring how sound influences the way people experience their food.
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Tiny carved animals found in Turkey tell story of prehistoric myth making
A set of carved stone animals - a fox, a vulture and a wild boar - is shedding light on the way prehistoric people told stories after being unearthed by archaeologists in southeast...
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