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Science • Mar 27

Scientists claim to have found the two types of water that explain the liquid’s oddness

Despite being the most familiar liquid, water is weird. It breaks many of the usual rules that govern the liquid state. In 1992 a team of researchers...

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Science • Mar 27

NASA just walked away from its lunar space station dream. Here's why.

NASA will shelve its plan for a small lunar space station in favor of building a base directly on the moon. For years, the U.S. space agency talked up...

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Science • Mar 27

The Indian scientist couple history forgot — and the new study bringing their ‘Jeewanu’ back to life

A groundbreaking experiment revives interest in forgotten scientists Krishna Bahadur and S. Ranganayaki, exploring life's origins through innovative...

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Science • Mar 27

With Artemis Changes, Europe is Left Holding the Bag

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman this week proposed widespread changes to the Artemis program—at the expense of years of hard work, and millions of euros...

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Science • Mar 27

Ask Ethan: Does dark energy curve the Universe over time?

Early on, the Universe needed near-perfect flatness, or atoms, stars, and galaxies couldn't form. What happens once dark energy takes over?

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Science • Mar 27

NASA's Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon: The long road to launch

NASA is once again shooting for the moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission,...

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Science • Mar 27

NASA telescopes team up for clearest view of Saturn ever. See images

Observations from two of NASA's most prolific space telescopes have revealed Saturn and its iconic rings in unprecedented detail.

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Science • Mar 27

SpaceX launches batch of Starlink satellites from the West Coast

Liftoff of the Starlink 17-17 mission occurred at 4:03:19 p.m. PDT (7:03:19 p.m. EDT / 230319: UTC). The mission was originally scheduled for March 24 but...

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Science • Mar 27

Cameras capture rare meteorite sightings across United States

Many people across Texas and the country have reported hearing a loud boom and seeing bright fireballs streak across the sky over the last week.

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Science • Mar 26

International Space Station observes an unknown phenomenon 55 miles above Earth

According to NASA, the ISS detected a previously unknown phenomenon surging through Earth's atmosphere, roughly 55 miles above the planet.

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Science • Mar 26

Quantum entanglement speed is measured for the first time - it's too fast to comprehend

Quantum entanglement happens when two particles become interconnected and share a single state. Scientists have measured how fast it happens.

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Science • Mar 26

Novel measurement confirms a 50-year-old prediction: Dark points are faster than light

A research group from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology reports in Nature an unprecedented achievement in electron microscopy: the direct...

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Science • Mar 26

U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft

HELSINKI — Commercial space tracking data shows U.S. satellites coordinating maneuvers to maintain proximity and continuous observation of a pair of Chinese...

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Science • Mar 26

Scientists identify new Fusarium species behind wheat disease outbreak in Ethiopia

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a destructive disease of wheat that can reduce grain yields and contaminate grain with toxins harmful to humans and livestock.

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Science • Mar 26

Tiny LED design could power next-generation technology

From 3D movie screens to augmented-reality devices, many modern technologies rely on our ability to manipulate light. Doing so in a cost-effective and...

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Science • Mar 26

8 night sky events to see in April, from a planet parade to a full pink moon

April's night sky gives stargazers myriad reasons to look up, from impressive galaxy sightings to a planet parade and one of the first good meteor showers...

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Science • Mar 26

Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life.

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Science • Mar 26

from quantum fluctuations to cosmic structure (IMAGE)

This illustration shows how tiny quantum irregularities in the newborn universe can be stretched and amplified during cosmic inflation, eventually seeding...

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Science • Mar 26

Hitting the brakes: Hubble Space Telescope watches doomed comet reverse its spin

The unprecedented observations of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák show its rotation slowing, reversing and then speeding up, and jet-like outbursts of gas...

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Science • Mar 26

DNA shape explains crucial gene-therapy challenges

CRISPR is a powerful DNA-editing tool that has underpinned huge advancements in human health care in the last decade. It is a precision tool,...

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