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Earliest Fire Use Pushed Back to 1.8 Million Years in South Africa

Earliest Fire Use Pushed Back to 1.8 Million Years in South Africa

The earliest controlled use of fire by human ancestors may date back 1.8 million years, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE. The researc...

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Jupiter's Gravity May Have Saved Earth's Life-Building Elements

Jupiter's Gravity May Have Saved Earth's Life-Building Elements

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, may have played a crucial role in allowing life to emerge on Earth by acting as a gravitational ba...

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Mysterious Space Signal Decoded: The Rosetta Stone of Radio Transients

Mysterious Space Signal Decoded: The Rosetta Stone of Radio Transients

Astronomers have finally found a long-period radio transient that acts as a cosmic Rosetta Stone, unlocking the mystery of these enigmatic signals ...

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Solid Rocket Fuel Breakthrough: Scientists Finally Solve the Shutdown Problem

Solid Rocket Fuel Breakthrough: Scientists Finally Solve the Shutdown Problem

Solid rocket fuel has long been the workhorse of spaceflight, but its inability to stop and restart has been a persistent Achilles' heel. Now, a te...

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China's Tianwen-2 Mission to Reach Kamo'oalewa Asteroid

China's Tianwen-2 Mission to Reach Kamo'oalewa Asteroid

China's Tianwen-2 mission is about to reach Kamo'oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid that has puzzled scientists for years. The spacecraft, launched in M...

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Space Data Centers: Why They Make More Sense Than You Think

Space Data Centers: Why They Make More Sense Than You Think

Space data centers are often dismissed as a sci-fi fantasy, but a deeper look reveals they might actually make sense. Elon Musk and others are push...

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NASA Evacuation Alert on ISS: Astronauts Shelter in Crew Dragon

NASA Evacuation Alert on ISS: Astronauts Shelter in Crew Dragon

NASA issued an evacuation alert on the International Space Station (ISS) after an air leak in the Russian segment worsened, prompting astronauts to...

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James Webb Corrects Hubble's Exoplanet WASP-94A b Atmosphere Data

James Webb Corrects Hubble's Exoplanet WASP-94A b Atmosphere Data

The James Webb Space Telescope has resolved a long-standing mystery surrounding the exoplanet WASP-94A b, showing that earlier Hubble observations ...

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Massive Black Hole Weighs 6 Billion Suns, Study Finds

Massive Black Hole Weighs 6 Billion Suns, Study Finds

A massive black hole weighing 6 billion times the mass of the Sun has been measured for the first time by researchers at Carnegie Science in Califo...

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Supermassive Black Hole Awakens: First Ultraviolet, Then X-Rays

Supermassive Black Hole Awakens: First Ultraviolet, Then X-Rays

A supermassive black hole awakening has been observed in unprecedented detail, with astronomers capturing the sequence from ultraviolet spark to X-...

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PLD Space Wins €158.9M ESA Contract to Boost MIURA 5 Rocket

PLD Space Wins €158.9M ESA Contract to Boost MIURA 5 Rocket

PLD Space has won a €158.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to reinforce the MIURA 5 rocket, a significant step for Spain's space ambitions and Europe's autonomous...

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Parenting Pressure: Experts Push Back on Impossible Standards
Parenting Pressure: Experts Push Back on Impossible Standards
Parenting pressure has reached a breaking point, and experts are now pushing back against the impossible standards that leave caregivers feeling like they are failing. In February 2026, the American... Read more...
Biphasic Sleep: How the Industrial Revolution Killed
Biphasic Sleep: How the Industrial Revolution Killed
The disappearance of biphasic sleep—the habit of sleeping in two distinct blocks separated by a period of wakefulness—is a story of how the Industrial Revolution reshaped one of humanity's oldest... Read more...
CERN's High-Luminosity LHC Returns 300% on Investment
CERN's High-Luminosity LHC Returns 300% on Investment
The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) at CERN is not just a monumental scientific instrument; it's also a sound economic investment. According to physicist Javier Santaolalla, who participated in the... Read more...
Japan's Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Defense Test: What to Know
Japan's Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Defense Test: What to Know
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is quietly conducting asteroid defense tests that could prove crucial for protecting Earth, even though it hasn't generated the same headlines as NASA's DART mission. After... Read more...
NASA Creates Emeritus Astronaut Title as Retirements Rise
NASA Creates Emeritus Astronaut Title as Retirements Rise
NASA has introduced a new emeritus astronaut title as a growing number of veteran spaceflyers approach retirement age. The move comes as three of the four astronauts from the Artemis... Read more...
NASA's Roman Telescope Gains 12 Extra Years to Explore Dark Matter
NASA's Roman Telescope Gains 12 Extra Years to Explore Dark Matter
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has just received a major boost: NASA announced that its mission lifetime will extend by nearly a decade, from an initial estimate of 10... Read more...
Hoba Meteorite: Why a 60-Ton Space Rock Left No Crater
Hoba Meteorite: Why a 60-Ton Space Rock Left No Crater
The Hoba meteorite, a 60-ton iron giant that fell to Earth in what is now Namibia, remains one of the most puzzling space rocks ever discovered. Despite its massive size,... Read more...
James Webb Red Dots Explained by Early Universe Simulation
James Webb Red Dots Explained by Early Universe Simulation
The James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious red dots have puzzled astronomers since they first appeared in images in late 2022. Now, the most precise simulation of the early universe yet... Read more...
Starship's Next Orbital Test Flight Set for September 22
Starship's Next Orbital Test Flight Set for September 22
SpaceX's Starship is scheduled for its next orbital test flight on September 22, pending regulatory approval. This mission marks a significant step for the program, as it aims to achieve... Read more...
Youngest Exoplanet Elias 2-24b Discovered by Chilean Scientists
Youngest Exoplanet Elias 2-24b Discovered by Chilean Scientists
Astronomers from Diego Portales University in Chile have discovered Elias 2-24b, the youngest exoplanet ever detected. At less than one million years old, this infant gas giant is still surrounded... Read more...
School Suspensions Don't Work: Science Proposes a Better Approach
School Suspensions Don't Work: Science Proposes a Better Approach
School suspensions for bad behavior don't work as intended, according to a growing body of scientific research that challenges the long-held zero-tolerance approach in education. As a new school year... Read more...
Moon City Dream Dashed: Water Shortage Limits Lunar Colony Size
Moon City Dream Dashed: Water Shortage Limits Lunar Colony Size
A Moon city may be impossible due to a severe water shortage, according to a new study that dashes dreams of large-scale lunar colonization. The research, by Martin Elvis and... Read more...

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