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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the launch of the Crew-8 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. For the second time this year, SpaceX is preparing to send a quartet of people …

CNN

A killer whale known as Starboard preys on a great white shark in June off the South African coast, pushing it through the water while gripping its pectoral fin. Christiaan Stopforth/Drone Fanatics SA.

Space.com

illustration of a rover and a lander on the surface of mars, with a small. Artist’s conception of the vehicles that would participate in a Mars sample return campaign by NASA and the …

Space.com

A pioneering private space capsule captured spectacular footage of its fiery homecoming last month. Varda Space’s first-ever mission, called W-1, wrapped up on Feb. 21 with the successful recovery of the California’s startup’s off-Earth manufacturing …

Space.com

the eclipse app on mobile screen showing three different views for tracking the april 8 total. Plan your total solar eclipse viewing experience on April 8 with ‘The Eclipse App’ designed to …

EurekAlert

“Now that we are beginning to understand how this inflammation starts, we might be able to prevent this process, with the ultimate goal of limiting inflammation and treating disease,” said researcher Laura E. Newman, PhD.

Phys.Org

It’s been a long, eight-day leap week, and this weekend, I’m spending my free time working on the manuscript for my style guide for science writers, “How to Effectively Split an Infinitive.” It’s really a book about what they’re already doing …

Space.com

“Studying the relic radiation from the beginning of the universe is critical for understanding how the entire cosmos came to be and why it is the way it is.” Comments (1). Two metal devices with blue lights at their necks are pointed up toward the sky.

Space.com

“Normally, it seems that galaxies with lighter black hole pairs have enough stars and mass to drive the two together quickly. But the binary has scoured the central galaxy of such matter, leaving it stalled.” Comments (0). An illustration shows two …

BBC News

A solitary killer whale, or orca, has been filmed hunting and killing a great white shark in an “astonishing” attack. Scientists said it was “unprecedented” and showed the exceptional predatory skills of killer whales. Two orcas in particular off South …