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A search of more than 1,300 galaxies for extraterrestrial signals has helped to constrain expectations as to how many communicating, technological civilizations may exist beyond Earth. Conducted with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) …

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts of SpaceX’s private Polaris Dawn mission that will perform the first commercial spacewalk are taking delays to their launch in stride. The mission was initially slated to launch Aug. 27, but was delayed to Aug …

The New York Times

They may be an ocean apart, but dinosaur footprints found in South America and Africa are so similar that their discovery suggests dinosaurs may have roamed a narrow corridor that connected the two continents before they split.

Space.com

The inaugural flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift rocket, which will send NASA’s ESCAPADE mission on its way to Mars, now has a tentative launch date. NASA announced on Monday (Aug. 26) that the mission will launch no earlier than Oct. 13.

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ML-2 is needed to transport NASA’s enormous Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket to the launch pad. The OIG report highlights significant cost overruns and delays. Initially projected …

The Washington Post

Marmoset monkeys use distinctive, whistle-like “phee calls” to address specific monkeys, similar to how humans use names, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The discovery …

Space.com

Blue Origin will launch its eighth suborbital space tourism mission this morning (Aug. 29), and you can watch the action live. Blue Origin, which is run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, plans to launch the six-person NS-26 flight from its West Texas …

Livescience.com

Over the past 41,000 years, viral communities have varied significantly between cold and warm climatic periods, scientists found. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Phys.Org

Scientists have uncovered how spaceflight profoundly alters the gut microbiome, revealing previously unknown effects on host physiology that could shape the future of long-duration space missions. Led by University College Dublin (UCD) and McGill …

Space.com

A spacecraft is seen drifting in space with the Earth toward the top of the screen. The European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite deploys from the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on …