Boeing Starliner capsule is back on Earth while crew will hitch a SpaceX ride home in 2025
This week, see the Boeing Starliner spacecraft return to Earth without its astronauts, solve a shark murder mystery, watch a ...
Ancient asteroid 20 times larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs likely hit Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
A new study revealed that a massive asteroid may have hit Jupiter’s moon Ganymede about 4 billion years ago, shifting the ...
Scientific discovery that turns mouse skin transparent echoes plot of H.G. Wells’ ‘The Invisible Man’
A commonly used food coloring can make the skin of a living mouse transparent, allowing scientists to see its organs function ...
Robot controlled by a king oyster mushroom blends living organisms and machines
Harnessing electrical signals made by a king oyster mushroom and its sensitivity to light, researchers engineered biohybrid ...
Ancient humans built a bridge inside a cave on Mallorca nearly 6,000 years ago
Mineral deposits on a submerged bridge in a Spanish cave are helping researchers determine when ancient humans settled on ...
A pregnant shark was tagged and monitored for 5 months, then disappeared. Scientists now know its fate
Scientists tracked the movements of a large pregnant porbeagle shark for months. Then, its tag floated to the ocean surface, suggesting a larger shark had eaten it.
Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
Researchers uncovered matching sets of hundreds of dinosaur footprints in Africa and South America, revealing a dinosaur ...
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‘Enthusiastic amateur’ finds ‘remarkable’ Pictish ring buried for more than 1,000 years
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SpaceX pushes launch of daring Polaris Dawn mission back to Wednesday. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading it
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NASA spacecraft collision may have created a meteor shower that will last for 100 years
Small, rocky debris created when NASA intentionally slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid could create a new meteor shower that may be visible from Earth or Mars.
NASA finally gives Boeing Starliner capsule a return date. But it will fly home without its crew
After 12 weeks in space, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to return home from the International Space Station on September 6 — albeit without its two-person crew.