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Space.com

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first-ever astronaut mission that it will likely be able to stay in orbit beyond the initially envisioned 45-day limit, NASA says. Starliner, which launched on June 5, is docked at the …

Space.com

“You wouldn’t need extra effort to look for these technosignatures, if your telescope is already characterizing the planet for other reasons — and it would be jaw-droppingly amazing to find them.” Comments (0). Four side by side images of an earth-like …

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is preparing to launch a batch of Starlink satellites using a booster that ran into technical issues during the final seconds of its last launch attempt. The launch is the first of the month for the company, which is aiming for an average of 12 …

Phys.Org

A team of astrophysicists led by Caltech has managed for the first time to simulate the journey of primordial gas dating from the early universe to the stage at which it becomes swept up in a disk of material fueling a single supermassive black hole.

Space.com

“If you believe you have identified a piece of debris, please do not attempt to handle or retrieve the debris directly.” Comments (0). a large black piece of fiberglass covered in metal bolts and plates lies on the ground. Space debris found on a …

The New York Times

The life of a Florida carpenter ant can be brutal. These half-inch ants are territorial and have violent bouts with ants from rival colonies in the Southeast. Combat can leave the ants with leg injuries. But as scientists recently discovered, …

Space.com

a black-and-white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches into a blue sky. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on June 23, 2024 …

CNN

Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in prosthetic legs for running, water, high heels, rowing and …

Stanford University News

The Cambrian explosion, a rapid burst of evolution 540 million years ago, may have been triggered by only a small increase in oxygen levels in Earth’s atmosphere and shallow ocean waters, according to a July 2 study in Nature Geoscience from an …

Smithsonian

New research adds evidence to the controversial idea that the hot, solid ball at the center of our planet has been reducing its speed for years as part of an oscillating cycle. Rudy Molinek. Mass Media Fellow, AAAS. July 1, 2024 2:29 p.m. …