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Watch a Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Grab and Throw, Just Like People Can

Atlas is getting more sophisticated in how it interacts with objects and its environment. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Boston…

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What Is NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory? Inside the Plan to One-Up Webb

This is NASA's preliminary design of the Luvoir Telescope. The agency's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory could possibly look like a…

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Looked Totally Magical From the ISS

The view of the Jan. 15, 2023 Falcon Heavy rocket launch from the International Space Station. NASA What does a…

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First Asteroid to Buzz Earth in 2023 Came Closer Than Many Satellites

Space may be vast, but it definitely isn't empty, especially around Earth.  NASA An asteroid passed by closer to Earth…

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Scientists Discover Unusually Hefty Meteorite: ‘Rare, and Really Exciting’

This hefty meteorite found in Antarctica weighs in at nearly 17 pounds (7.7 kilograms). Maria Valdes Antarctica is a wonderland…

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Florida manatees still dying off at concerning rate, experts caution

Florida manatee deaths dropped last year from a record high, but experts are warning that they are still dying off…

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SpaceX Prepping for First Full Test Fire of Its Mega Starship Rocket

A magical, misty moment in Texas as Starship poses on the launchpad in January 2023. SpaceX After over a year…

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Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Can Now Grab and Toss, Like People Can

Atlas is getting more sophisticated in how it interacts with objects and its environment. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Boston…

2 years ago

Funky-Cute Echidnas Blow Snot Bubbles to Keep Cool in the Heat

Researchers used thermal vision to investigate how echidnas cool themselves off.  Curtin University Echidnas are magical little creatures. They're oddly…

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Supernova Ghosts Discovered in Most Detailed Radio Image of Milky Way

A combined image from Askap and Parkes shows bubbly looking supernova remnants that hadn't been spotted before. R. Kothes (NRC)…

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