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Space.com

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CNN

Researchers found fossils of the extinct species Homo floresiensis at the Mata Menge excavation site, seen circa 2014, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Gerrit van den Bergh.

The Wall Street Journal

Sunita Williams made headlines years ago for running a marathon on a treadmill—at the International Space Station. Preparing to return in June for a one-week visit, she didn’t plan on a repeat. “This time we might have…too little time to be able to do …

Space.com

On Episode 123 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur talk with astronomer Steve Fentress about the Perseids meteor shower. Each year, there are a handful of impressive meteor showers, and one of the largest and best this year will …

Phys.Org

Scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik fears that a flood of AI-generated images and text in academic papers could weaken trust in science. An infographic of a rat with a preposterously large penis. Another …

Yahoo News

“Not only is the shower rich in bright meteors and fireballs — No. 1 in fact — it also peaks in mid-August when the weather is still warm and comfortable,” Bill Cooke, who leads the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in …

The New York Times

On Thursday, scientists and engineers in Southern California got an exclusive glimpse at a recent snapshot of Fornax, a constellation of stars in the Southern Hemisphere. The image itself is not particularly exciting, at least not to the untrained eye.

Yahoo News

The next moon astronauts have a rapid escape route, in case of emergency. Should something go awry with the Space Launch System rocket supporting the Artemis 2 mission, an emergency exit via baskets will be at …

BBC News

The Perseid meteor shower – which Stargazers say is one of the best meteor showers of the year – is set to peak between August 11th and 13th. But you don’t need to wait that long, the first meteors were visible in July and will continue throughout most …

Florida Today

Then at 9:03 a.m., the second Falcon 9 should launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This is the Starlink 10-7 mission. Combined, both launches should lift 44 internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit on northeasterly trajectories.