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  • This artist’s concept depicts the young Beta Pictoris planetary system with the newly discovered giant exoplanet; Beta Pictoris d; at the right. Beta Pictoris c circles closest to the star (left in this artist’s concept); Beta Pictoris b follows on a wider orbit; and the newly discovered Beta Pictoris d lies farther out; just inside the debris disk’s inner edge. In this artist’s concept; the planets are shown at their correct relative orbital distances; but the planets themselves have been enlarged and are not to scale relative to their orbits.
    NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Ralf Crawford (STScI)
    Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system
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    Ian Atkins/Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello
    DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson’s hair reveals the truth about his relationship with Sally Hemings
  • (Nov. 2, 2023) --- The sun's glint beams across the Pacific Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Hawaiian island chain.
    NASA
    Google is firing the first salvo in a brewing race to deploy AI data centers in orbit
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    Nikon Small World/ Dr. Ning Xu
    Winner of Nikon microscopy photo contest faces criticism over AI usage
  • NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory orbits above Earth in this artist’s concept.
    Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
    A storied NASA observatory could be weeks away from falling to Earth after failed rescue attempt
  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by SpaceX/UPI/Shutterstock (17174984c)
SpaceX's next-generation Starship successfully launched atop the new Super Heavy V3 booster, from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Monday, September 28, 2026. Starship completed its first orbital mission where it delivered Starlink V3 satellites to space for the first time.
SpaceX Successfully Launches Fourteenth Flight Test of Starship, Inserting It Into Orbit, Boca Chica, Texas, United States - 28 Sep 2026
    SpaceX/UPI/Shutterstock
    SpaceX’s megarocket is on the verge of paradigm-shifting success. It’s spurring a ‘crisis’
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    João Menezes
    Scientists identify two of the world’s noisiest birds – and they’re as loud as a jackhammer
  • art002e009287 (April 6, 2026) – Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Orientale basin is perched on the edge of the visible lunar surface. Hertzsprung Basin appears as two subtle concentric rings, which are interrupted by Vavilov, a younger crater superimposed over the older structure. The lines of indentations are secondary crater chains formed by ejecta from the massive impact that created Orientale.
The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.
    NASA
    New evidence deepens mystery of moon’s ancient magnetic field
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    ‘The tree against hunger’ could feed millions. So why is it only cultivated in one place?
  • Boeing Starliner Spacecraft 2 approaching the ISS in May 2022, during Orbital Flight Test 2.
    NASA
    NASA reveals new plan for Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft and commander of future mission

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    An ancient stone staircase seemed to lead nowhere. Now it’s revealing the ‘lost Pompeii’
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  • The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026. REUTERS/Steve Nesius     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    Steve Nesius/Reuters
    SpaceX’s massive Starship is finally going to orbit — and the effects could be seismic
  • The full harvest moon rises over Sri Lanka on September 29, 2023.
    Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto/Getty Images
    The harvest moon pairs up with Saturn for a 2-for-1 celestial display
  • A zoomed-in view of the Moon made from images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.
    NASA Goddard/Intuitive Machines/Robert Wagner
    Lunar orbiter spots ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ new crater on the moon
  • Captured by the Artemis II crew, the heavily cratered terrain of the eastern edge of the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin.
    NASA
    Cities won’t survive on the moon as there isn’t enough water, scientists say

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    Tom Brughmans/Handout/Reuters
    Analysis busts myths of Roman road network — and offers insight into ancient world
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    MAPANG Project
    Earliest known drug use may have trapped prehistoric foragers in a ‘vicious cycle’
  • Around 700 silver objects and fragments were uncovered.
    Nordjyske Museer
    ‘Biggest surprise of my life’: Denmark’s largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered in backyard
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    Rinat Zhumatayev
    Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites

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  • A specimen of the new sea spider species Callipallene pilosuspedes
    Cormac Toler-Scott
    New hairy-legged, three-lipped, red-eyed sea spider species discovered
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    Courtesy of Dr. Randler
    Which bird has the most melodious song? A new study has an answer
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    DigitalGlobe via Getty Images
    North Korea’s nuclear tests may have reactivated seismic faults
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    Nikon Small World/ Dr. Ning Xu
    Astonishing footage of abnormal cell movement in lungs wins 2026 Nikon video microscopy prize

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    Tyler Lyson/Denver Museum of Nature & Science
    A teacher spotted two unusually large footprints. They turned out to be a first for science
  • Photo of the skull of Thomas the Tyrannosaurus rex (LACM150167) on the mounted skeleton in the Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
    courtesy Dinosaur Institute/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Fossil tooth analysis confirms Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded
  • A fossilized feather seen preserved in dinosaur poop.
    Jingmai O’Connor/Field Museum
    Some birds survived the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs. A fossilized poop can help explain why
  • Example-of-a-titanosaur-egg
    Darla Zelenitsky
    Fossilized eggs of the largest known dinosaurs have been unearthed in an unexpected place
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