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Space-Aged Wine Returns to Earth

You can really taste the cosmic rays! I’m no sommelier, so I don’t completely understand the process of aging fine...

By Wilson AutumnJanuary 14, 2021

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Chinese Moon Mission Sends Back Moon Rocks

We’ve got new moon samples for the first time in decades. On the entire planet, there are only a handful...

By Polly OberlinDecember 17, 2020

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SpaceX Wants to Race RC Cars on the Moon

This is probably the closest we’re getting to a real-life Yogi’s Space Race. As the possibility of returning to the...

By Wilson AutumnDecember 3, 2020

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Curiosity Tweets a Selfie from Mars

The little rover sent a vacation photo from its latest dig site. NASA’s next Mars rover, Perseverance, is still hurtling...

By Polly OberlinNovember 16, 2020

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Hubble Spots Unbelievably Valuable Asteroid

This rock is literally worth more than all the money in the world. The majority of asteroids hurtling about the...

By Daniel TrockOctober 30, 2020

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Two-Headed Snake Found in Florida

The strange creature was discovered by a house cat. Florida is something of a weirdness magnet. I would not be...

By Graham KingOctober 26, 2020

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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Fossil Uncovered in China

Volcanic ash left these samples in pristine condition. If you recall the story of Pompeii and the eruption of Mt....

By Wilson AutumnSeptember 21, 2020

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NASA Test-Fires New Rocket Booster

Break out the hot dogs, because this thing is fiery. Yesterday afternoon, a colossal roar shook the hills of Promontory,...

By Polly OberlinSeptember 3, 2020

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Bacterial Ball Survives Three Years Aboard ISS

A resilient lump of bacteria could lay credence to a theory on life in the universe. Since the 1970s, scientists...

By Wilson AutumnAugust 26, 2020

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Greenland Ice Sheet Melts Past Irreversible Point

Snowfall can longer restore what has been lost. The second largest ice sheet in the entire world is in Greenland....

By Polly OberlinAugust 17, 2020

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InSight Lander Scans Depths of Mars

What lurks beneath the surface of Mars? We’re coming up on two years since the NASA’s InSight lander touched down...

By Mary ChevalierAugust 10, 2020

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SpaceX Astronauts Successfully Splashdown

The two astronauts successfully returned home after months in orbit. Back in May, SpaceX successfully launched a Crew Dragon capsule,...

By Marlow BronsonAugust 3, 2020

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Buck Moon to Light Up the Fourth of July

It’s like fireworks, except it hopefully won’t explode. If there’s one thing you can count on the Fourth of July...

By Graham KingJuly 1, 2020