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NASA is one step closer on its transition to using commercially owned and operated satellite communications services to provide future near-Earth space missions with increased service coverage, availability, and accelerated …

2024 PT5, a new mini-moon of our planet, arrived in Earth’s orbit on September 29, 2024. 2024 PT5 will experience a temporarily captured flyby in 2024, from September 29 until November 25. …

ESA astronomers have released a 208-gigapixel mosaic of images taken by Euclid, a mission launched in 2023 to study why the Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. This mosaic …

Researchers utilized six wearable body sensors, a weighted vest, and wrist weights to simulate and monitor fatigue levels at the end of a workday shift. Credit: Payal Mohapatra and Vasudev …

Gum 39 is one of several nebulae in a vast stellar nursery called the Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2944), which is located about 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of …

The 21st century has opened in a very different way than science fiction writers of the 1960s might have imaged. Instead of a world that went all in on science …

Marine biologists have found adult tubeworms and other vent animals below the seafloor in the East Pacific Rise, a volcanically active, fast-spreading ridge with numerous hydrothermal vent fields. Seafloor surface …

An architect’s rendering of what Kairos’ first demonstration mini nuclear reactor will look like when it’s completed. Credit: Kairos Power Google is officially putting its weight behind advanced “mini” nuclear …

Moflin will develop its personality over weeks of interactions with its owner. Credit: YouTube / Casio Casio, perhaps best known for watches and calculators, is expanding its product line to …

An illustration showing an imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering India’a Kashmir Valley, 400,000 years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer. In the distance, a small …

Making the most of a solar eclipse demands attention to detail. Do you have what it takes? NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie project launched a new coding competition, and they need your …

A bright comet from the Oort cloud named C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is passing by Earth and will be visible through the second half of October 2024. This image, taken by …

Skip to main contentScientific AmericanOctober 15, 2024 Science Crossword: Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes By Aimee Lucido This crossword is inspired by the November 2024 issue of Scientific American. Read it …

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Boophis janewayae is named after Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager. Ths tree frogs in thai genus are found across the rainforests of Madagascar. Mark D. Scherz Scientists have …

BEIJING (AP) — China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon. Now it …

This 2,471-pound pumpkin would make one spooky jack o’lantern. Image: 2024 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off For the second consecutive year and fourth time overall, Travis Gienger won the 51st …

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world. Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School in Lake Forest planted a so-called “Moon Tree” that was grown with seeds …

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