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NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health – NASA Science
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.On June 23, flight...
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Salt batteries are about to shake up EVs and grid storage
On 5 February, a black sedan was speeding down an icy track in northern China at 95 kilometres per...
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University Team Proposed Retractable, Pressurized Tunnels for Missions to Mars
NASA and China's national space agency plan to send crewed missions to Mars in the coming decades. Per NASA's Moon to Mars mission architecture, this will involve using infrastructure established through...
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Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe
Science & Exploration
06/07/2026
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The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found. Two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the...
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NASA tests advanced new Mars rover prototype in the California desert (video)
A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck in the lunar or Martian dust.The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain...
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Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring
Orangutan mothers seem to make trips into the territories of other mothers with similarly aged offspring so the youngsters...
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NASA’s Artemis II Breaks Agency Streaming Record – NASA
NASA’s live coverage of the Artemis II mission mission drew unprecedented public interest – including more than 149.4 million views of the launch, lunar flyby, splashdown on NASA-owned platforms, including the 24/7 streams covering the mission and the Orion spacecraft views – demonstrating strong, sustained global engagement throughout the mission. NASA’s Artemis II Crew Launches to...
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Good Morning, Earth! – NASA
NASA astronaut Chris Williams took this photo of an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station on June 26, 2026. In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets.
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A Supermassive Black Hole Gets Blamed for Quenching Star Formation
Some of the most massive galaxies in the Universe appear to be missing a lot of stars. That seems unusual, since birthing stars is one of a galaxy's main tasks as...
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Webb studies how a planet survived the death of its star
Science & Exploration
01/07/2026
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10 likesAn international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to watch the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WD 1856 b transit its host star, measuring the planet’s mass and temperature and even...
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Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol – then North Koreans found K-pop
Growing up in a military family, Yeon-su was taught the South was the enemy. When she escaped, she tried...