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Roman Telescope Mirror Gets Its Final Inspection Before Launch
The most expensive and precise mirror ever built for a NASA space telescope just got its final closeup. Engine
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Hubble Spots a Ghostly Galaxy 11 Million Light Years Away
A faint, disorganized galaxy is drifting through space 11 million light years from Earth, and the Hubble Space
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A Spiral Galaxy Is Being Dragged Into the Heart of the Virgo Cluster
A spiral galaxy 47 million light years away is being pulled, slowly and inexorably, toward the center of a mas
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NASA’s X-59 Jet Aims to Break Sound Barrier Without the Sonic Boom
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is about to do something no civilian jet has done before: fly faster than so
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Saltwater creeping into coastal groundwater worldwide, study finds
Nearly every coastal region on Earth faces a hidden threat beneath the surface. A new global study has found t
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Curiosity Drills Into Mars Rock After Months of Searching
After months of searching across the Martian terrain, NASA's Curiosity rover finally drilled into a rock and c
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A Mineral Fingerprint Reveals Mars Was Once Much Colder Than Thought
Mars may have been a cold, icy world for most of its ancient history, not the warm and wet planet scientists o
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NASA's Roman Telescope Will Hunt Planets in the Galactic Core
NASA is about to turn a new kind of eye on the most crowded part of our galaxy. The Roman Space Telescope, set
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Stem Cells Grow Faster in Space, Offering New Hope for Cancer Treatment
Stem cells grown aboard the International Space Station multiplied faster and more robustly than identical cel
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White House calls Harambe a 'true patriot' in bizarre 10-year tribute
The White House has declared the late gorilla Harambe a “true patriot” and a “symbol of American greatness,” m
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Tourist threw rock at Hawaiian monk seal, says he was saving turtles
A Ukrainian tourist in Hawaii is accused of hurling a rock at a critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. His
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Students Build Moon Robots for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
College students across the United States are building robots that could one day dig for resources on the moon
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Finds a Black Hole That Existed Before Its Galaxy
A black hole has been found that appears to have formed before the galaxy surrounding it. That discovery, made
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Fermi telescope finds what fuels the universe's brightest supernovae
A supernova 440 million light years away has become the first ever to send a clear gamma ray signal to NASA's
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Vermont bans paraquat, first US state to act on Parkinson's link
Vermont has become the first state in the United States to ban the weedkiller paraquat, a highly toxic herbici
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RFK Jr. wrestles two snakes in Florida, video goes viral
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video of himself wrestling two snakes in Florida, and the clip quickly spread a
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A Solar Radio Signal Lasted 19 Days. NASA Is Stunned.
A routine solar radio burst in August 2025 refused to stop. It lasted 19 days straight, shattering the previou
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