Politics
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NASA’s Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape
A new study using simulations suggests the impact in 2022 transformed the space rock into an M&M-like flat-top oval.
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Odysseus Sends Moon Landing Photos Home With Time Running Out
The privately built American spacecraft’s ability to send home images and other data has been limited by its sideways landing.…
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Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say
The Odysseus spacecraft was drifting horizontally as it set down, and a landing strut may have hit an obstacle on…
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A U.S.-Built Spacecraft Lands on the Moon for the First Time Since 1972
For the first time in a half-century, an American-built spacecraft has landed on the moon. The robotic lander was the…
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Dirty Ice May Be Ugly, but It Has One Advantage
Freezing water with salt or other impurities yields ice that is easier to loosen from a surface, according to a…
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U.S. Moon Landing: How to Watch and What to Know
If all goes as planned, Odysseus, a private spacecraft, will touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday. It will…
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Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar
University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging…
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Jeff Bezos’s Big Rocket Moves Into View and Closer to Launch
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rolled to the launchpad for a series of tests in preparation for its flight debut…
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These Whales Still Use Their Vocal Cords. But How?
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how baleen whales call out at sea.
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A Voracious Black Hole at the Dawn of Time?
Scientists debate whether this object is the brightest in the visible universe, as a new study suggests.