Science

NASA, Roscosmos Hatch New Plan to Bring Stranded ISS Crew Back to Earth

From left, astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin before their September launch. NASA/Victor Zelentsov There have…

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Xbox, You’re Better Than This

Xbox's latest update is a welcome development but it doesn't square with some of its other initiatives. Microsoft/Xbox Wire The…

2 years ago

Egg Shortage: What’s Behind Soaring Prices – and When Will They Go Back Down?

The bird flu epidemic has led to an acute egg shortage. Karrastock While the world has been gripped by COVID-19,…

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For This Invisible Star System, One Year Is Only 20.5 Hours Long

An illustration of an ultracool dwarf star (front, red) with a companion white dwarf (back, white with blue haze).  Getty…

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Mars Challenge: Spot the Tiny NASA Helicopter in This Rover Image

This Perseverance rover image from Jan. 8, 2023 shows wheel tracks, rocks, dunes and the Ingenuity helicopter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Processing by Amanda…

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Elon Musk Updates Timeline for Starship to Finally Launch to Space

Starship 24 shows off what just one of its engines can do. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET It's been over…

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Green Comet Likely to Be Visible to Naked Eye Won’t Be Back for 50,000 Years

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki The new year is just over a week…

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First Ever Honeybee Vaccine Approved to Target Deadly Global Disease

The vaccine targets American Foulbrood, a deadly disease caused by a bacteria known as Paenibacillus larvae. Getty Images/NurPhoto The US…

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China’s First Mars Rover May Have Run Into Trouble on the Dusty Planet

Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie came from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars. CNSA…

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Grim 2022 US Climate Report Details $165 Billion in Disaster Costs

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured this view of Hurricane Ian south of Florida on Sept. 26, 2022. CIRA/RAMMB/NOAA Extreme weather and…

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