Astronomy
An enormous 'X' and 'V' will grace the moon's surface tonight. Here's how to see them
The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.
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Where does time actually come from?
The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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Where does time actually come from?
The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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Launch of Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris-1, delayed again
The Australian company Gilmour Space has delayed the launch of its Eris-1 rocket yet again, pushing back indefinitely from the previously planned July 2 date.
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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works
You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out
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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works
You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out
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U.S. National Climate Assessments Website Goes Dark
Links to the U.S.’s most comprehensive climate reports—the National Climate Assessments—disappeared from the Internet on Monday, along with the official government website that houses them
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US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says
American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches
People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans
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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches
People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans
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Astonishing 'halo' of high-energy particles around giant galaxy cluster is a glimpse into the early universe
A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black holes or a cosmic particle accelerator.
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NASA's Curiosity rover takes a closer look at 'spiderwebs' on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025
The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.
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Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean faster than expected
Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife
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Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean faster than expected
Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife
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Could China’s New Ozempic-like Drugs Beat Out Current Weight-Loss Medications?
GLP-1 drugs currently being tested in China target complications associated with obesity such as heart disease, fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes
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Russia’s Space Program Is Another Casualty of the War in Ukraine
To achieve its ambitious plans for missions to the moon and beyond, Russia needs other spacefaring nations as partners. But the war in Ukraine is making that help increasingly hard to find
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'This is the holy grail of theoretical physics.' Is the key to quantum gravity hiding in this new way to make black holes?
A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of physics.
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See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images
New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems
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Southern Europe’s land and sea sizzles
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A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals the temperature of the land surface.
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Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint at origins of life
Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells form could tell us something about the chances of life elsewhere
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