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Study unlocks the secrets of the whiskers on an elephant's trunk
An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the roughly 1,000...
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Canadian fossil reveals one of the first plant-eating animals
Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land verteb...
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Radar data reveals cavernous underground lava tube on Venus
A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity created by a lava flow, the fir...
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SpaceX prioritizes lunar 'self-growing city' over Mars project, Musk says
Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years.
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SpaceX delays Mars plans to focus on 2027 moon landing, WSJ reports
Elon Musk's SpaceX told investors it will prioritize going to the moon first and attempt a trip to Mars at a later time, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources.
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New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resemblin...
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Germany eyes lasers, spy satellites in military space spending splurge
The $41 billion plan is aimed at countering threats from Russia and China in orbit.
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Singapore to launch space agency in response to global investment surge
Singapore will launch its own space agency on April 1 as it bids to "fully harness the value and opportunities of the growing global space economy", the country's trade ministry an...
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Blue Origin shutters New Shepard rocket program to focus on moon lander development
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Friday said it was "pausing" flights of its New Shepard rocket for at least two years, effectively cancelling the company's centerpiece spa...
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China plans space‑based AI data centres, challenging Musk's SpaceX ambitions
China plans to launch space‑based artificial intelligence data centres over the next five years, state media reported on Thursday, a challenge to Elon Musk’s plan to deploy SpaceX ...
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SpaceX weighs June 2026 IPO at $1.5 trillion valuation, FT says
Elon Musk's SpaceX is weighing a mid-June initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as $50 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5 trillion, the Financial Times said on Wed...
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Bezos' Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites for new 'TeraWave' communications network
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and b...
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Hand stencil in Indonesian cave seen as the oldest-known rock art
The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling the oldest example of rock art in the world, created at l...
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Italy uncovers basilica designed by Vitruvius, the 'father of architecture'
Italian officials on Monday hailed the discovery of a more than 2,000-year-old public building attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect and engineer known as the "fathe...
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Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall
A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, thanks to new imaging technology that has revealed nearly...
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NASA rolls giant SLS rocket to launchpad for second Artemis moon mission
NASA rolled its massive Space Launch System rocket toward its launchpad in Florida on Saturday, kicking off a final phase of preparations for the agency's Artemis II mission that i...
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Study finds Tyrannosaurus rex did not reach full size until age 40
There is no question that Tyrannosaurus rex got big. In fact, this fearsome dinosaur may have been Earth's most massive land predator of all time. But the question of how quickly T...
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Four space station crewmates, one ailing, begin emergency return flight
A SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on Wednesday carrying a four-member crew on an emergency return flight to Earth necessitated by an undisclosed serious med...
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