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Editor's note: SpaceX announced that the target liftoff time is 9:49 p.m. EDT Thursday.Original story: After pulling off a weekend rocket launch doubleheader, SpaceX is targeting Thursday night for its next Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, navigational warnings show.Per the Federal Aviation Administration and National…

Galaxy cluster, left, with ring of dark matter visible, right. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)Explorations in dark matter are advancing with new experimental techniques designed to detect axions, leveraging advanced technology and interdisciplinary collaboration to uncover the secrets of this elusive component…

A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 8, 2022. Psyche will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky<span class="glossaryLink"…

Peering back to the very earliest days of the universe sounds like something that would only be possible in science fiction, but experts have managed to find something from far back in the depths of time for real. Some of the world’s leading astronomers have discovered something ‘really surprising’ from billions of years ago which could…

Researchers have discovered a rare dust particle in a meteorite, formed by a star other than our sun. Using advanced atom probe tomography, they analyzed the particle’s unique magnesium isotopic ratio, revealing its origin from a newly identified type of hydrogen-burning supernova. This breakthrough provides deeper insights into cosmic events…

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on the planet. Scientists are exploring geological sources and seasonal patterns for these emissions, with methane levels showing unusual fluctuations and disappearing during the day. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comA…

Theoretical physicists have proposed a new solution to the Schrödinger's cat paradox, which may allow the theories of quantum mechanics and Einstein's relativity to live in better harmony.The bizarre laws of quantum physics postulate that physical objects can exist in a combination of multiple states, like being in two places at once or…

Astronomers celebrated the 34th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope by capturing an image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, 3400 light-years away. Hubble has conducted 1.6 million observations and contributed to over 44,000 scientific papers. Its findings continue to expand our understanding of the universe, complemented by the James Webb…

An event that is only known to have happened three times before in the history of life on Earth has just been documented again. A marine bacterium was subsumed into its algal host organism, co-evolving with it for long enough that it can now be considered an organelle, part of the alga’s cellular machinery. That means these algae are the first…

A dentist was visiting his parents’ newly renovated home in Europe when he noticed something odd: One of the floor tiles in a corridor leading to a terrace held what looked like a human mandible, sliced through at an angle, including a cross section of a few teeth.Not knowing exactly what steps to take, the dentist posted a photo of the…