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Four Artemis II Astronauts to Receive America's Highest Space Honor
President Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four Artemis II astronauts at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Augus…
By Jamie Sullivan · Aug 23, 2026
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China's Moon Mission Launches This Week to Hunt for Ice in Lunar Darkness
China's upcoming Chang'e-7 lunar mission aims to investigate water ice hidden in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon. Scientists believe conf…
By Sydney Parker · Aug 23, 2026
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A Half-Mile-Wide Asteroid Is Spinning So Fast It Should Have Shattered Long Ago
Astronomers have discovered a massive asteroid that should be tearing itself apart but isn't. The 710-metre space rock, roughly the width of eight foo…
By Cameron Brooks · Aug 22, 2026
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California's Most Dangerous Fault Is Moving Faster Than Scientists Realized
New research from San Jose State University reveals that the San Andreas Fault is moving faster than scientists previously believed. The findings rais…
By Hayden Walsh · Aug 22, 2026
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Newly Discovered Mega-Earth Baffles Scientists by Breaking the Rules of Planet Formation
Scientists have discovered a massive exoplanet being called a "Mega-Earth," a world that is more than 23 times the mass of Earth yet only about two an…
By Rowan Fletcher · Aug 21, 2026
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Radar Antenna Survives 200 Simulated Landings Without Losing a Signal
NASA is developing a lightweight radar antenna designed for the next generation of Mars helicopters, building on the success of the Ingenuity helicopt…
By Drew Mitchell · Aug 21, 2026
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SpaceX Rocket Left a 60-Foot Crater on the Moon After Uncontrolled Crash
NASA has captured images of a new crater on the moon formed after a defunct SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage crashed into the lunar surface this month. Th…
By Morgan Ellis · Aug 20, 2026
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Ancient Cliff the Size of a Continent May Solve the Grand Canyon's Greatest Mystery
Scientists believe a massive ancient cliff stretching thousands of kilometers across North America may solve one of geology's longstanding mysteries. …
By Casey Morgan · Aug 20, 2026
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A Mother's Age Leaves a Lasting Molecular Imprint on Her Children's Cells
A mother's age can leave lasting imprints on her children's physical and behavioral traits, a phenomenon scientists call maternal age effects. Researc…
By Cameron Brooks · Aug 19, 2026
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A Tiny Shark in Indonesia Could Solve One of the Ocean's Greatest Mysteries
Scientists may be one step closer to solving one of the ocean's biggest mysteries after a rare encounter with a baby whale shark. No one has ever disc…
By Riley Carter · Aug 19, 2026
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Physicists Confirm Strongest Evidence Yet for a Particle Made of Pure Force
Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet for a long-theorized exotic particle called a glueball, a discovery decades in the making. Glueballs …
By Reese Coleman · Aug 18, 2026
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Lunar Jobs Are Coming — Space CEO Says Moon Bases Will Light Up the Sky by 2030s
Voyager Technologies founder Dylan Taylor is joining a growing chorus of billionaires who believe humanity's future includes living and working beyond…
By Sydney Parker · Aug 18, 2026
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Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has Life's Ingredients — Finding Nothing May Be the Biggest Discovery of All
Saturn's moon Enceladus has long been considered one of the solar system's best candidates for hosting life, boasting liquid water, useful chemistry, …
By Riley Carter · Aug 17, 2026
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SpaceX Shatters Its Own Record by Launching Two Rockets 38 Minutes Apart
SpaceX set a new record on Saturday evening, August 15, by launching two Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart from opposite coasts of the United Sta…
By Rowan Fletcher · Aug 17, 2026
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A Dead Star 13,000 Light-Years Away May Have Cracked a 90-Year-Old Quantum Mystery
A magnetic star known as a magnetar may help scientists finally answer a question that has puzzled physicists for nearly a century: whether empty spac…
By Jordan Hayes · Aug 16, 2026
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At 100 Years Old, This Physicist Still Goes to Work and Refuses to Retire
A centenarian physicist who helped shape the foundations of quantum mechanics continues to work at the University of Pittsburgh, showing no signs of s…
By Quinn Foster · Aug 16, 2026
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Why Earth Thrives and Its Planetary Twin Venus Became a Toxic Hellscape
Venus and Earth are remarkably similar planets in size, mass, and gravity, yet they evolved in dramatically different ways. While Earth's tallest moun…
By Sydney Parker · Aug 15, 2026
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India's Solar Mission Cracks One of Science's Oldest Mysteries About the Sun
India's Aditya-L1 solar mission is producing new insights into some of the Sun's longest-standing scientific puzzles. Among the key questions research…
By Sydney Parker · Aug 15, 2026
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Eyeless 'Demon Cavefish' Found Hiding in Plain Sight Under Alabama Army Base
Researchers have identified a new species of eyeless cavefish in an Alabama cave system located beneath a military base, earning it the nickname "demo…
By Devin Marsh · Aug 14, 2026
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Ancient Fossil Rewrites the Origin of Live Birth by 90 Million Years
A new study suggests live birth may have evolved far earlier than scientists thought. Researchers examining a 236-million-year-old fossil have found t…
By Rowan Fletcher · Aug 14, 2026
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The Secret Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon and Terrify the Soviets
During the height of the Cold War, the US Air Force secretly developed a plan in 1958 to detonate a nuclear weapon on the Moon's surface, intended as …
By Sydney Parker · Aug 13, 2026
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Europe's First Total Solar Eclipse in 27 Years Stuns Millions From Spain to the Arctic
A total solar eclipse is set to occur on August 12, 2026, drawing widespread anticipation from skywatchers and astronomers around the world. Live cove…
By Emerson Gray · Aug 13, 2026
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The 1859 Solar Storm That Powered Telegraphs With the Sky Itself — and Could Cripple Us Today
In 1859, the most powerful solar storm on record, known as the Carrington Event, was so intense that it turned Earth itself into an electrical power s…
By Jamie Sullivan · Aug 12, 2026
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Europe Witnesses Its First Total Solar Eclipse in 27 Years Today
A total solar eclipse is just one day away, set to occur on August 12, 2026. Live coverage is underway tracking the buildup to the celestial event, wi…
By Jamie Sullivan · Aug 12, 2026