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NASA Ends Swift Telescope Mission After 22 Years as It Falls Back to Earth
NASA has ended the science mission of its Swift space telescope after nearly 22 years, and the spacecraft is now falling back…
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Lizards Have Been Shedding Tails to Stay Safe for 99 Million Years, Research Finds
A lizard tail trapped in a piece of amber just 18 millimetres long has given researchers the clearest fossil evidence yet that…
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Lumina Simulation Brings the Early Universe to Life on a Record-Breaking Scale
Scientists have built the largest simulation of the early universe ever attempted. Called Lumina, it follows the first two billion years of…
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Three Black Holes Discovered in a Young Galaxy for the First Time
Astronomers have found three actively feeding supermassive black holes in a single galaxy from the early universe, the first time such a…
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Firefly Species Lost for Over 40 Years Rediscovered in Delaware Meadow
A firefly species unseen by scientists for more than 40 years has turned up alive in a Delaware meadow, according to a…
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Giant Robotic Claws Will Grab Dead Satellites in Space
Britain is building a spacecraft with giant robotic claws to grab dead satellites out of orbit, under a new mission from the…
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How to Catch the Hunter’s Moon This Weekend, and Maybe Saturn, Too
October’s full moon graces the sky this weekend, and skywatchers who look closely may also catch Saturn sitting close by. The moon…
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Musk Disputes NASA Safety Panel’s Lunar Launch Estimates
Elon Musk has disputed a NASA safety panel estimate that about 22 Starship launches would be needed to refuel a lunar lander…
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples Reveal a 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Secret
Samples from asteroid Bennu have revealed where the ancient space rock really came from, and the answer rewrites part of the story…
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Chimpanzees Steal Less Food From Their Friends, Study Finds
Chimpanzees steal less food from their friends than from other chimpanzees, even when the prize is pineapple, researchers at the University of…