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Perseverance rover has found a rock with potential signs of ancient life on Mars! Scientists can’t wait to bring it back
The rock exhibits chemical signatures and structures that might have formed billions of years ago, …
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Geologist Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor and helped solve one of science's biggest controversies
In the 1950s, geologist Marie Tharp turned depth measurements into detailed maps of the ocean floor…
Jenny McGrath
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The Voyager spacecraft will probably last a billion years, says a scientist on the mission for nearly 5 decades
The Voyager spacecraft will run out of fuel soon, but a longtime mission scientist says they may co…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists finally finished mapping Earth's 8th continent Zealandia, helping them solve the lost continent's mysterious history
The huge landmassl, Zealandia, sits East of Australia. It's been lost underwater for millennia. Sci…
Jenny McGrath,Marianne Guenot
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Mars Rover Curiosity Completes An Incredible Journey, Reaches Mount Sharp
According to scientists, the analysis of these layers could expose the presence of life-affable e…
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31 Nobel Prize winners had ties to the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer isn't on the list.
The Manhattan Project employed hundreds of thousands of people, including at least 31 Nobel Prize w…
Jenny McGrath
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Over 600 cubes of Nazi uranium made their way to the US after the war. Two scientists are trying to figure out where they are now.
Only 14 of the 1,000-plus cubes from Nazi Germany's nuclear program remain. Two researchers have sp…
Marianne Guenot
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Thanks to a secret Cold War project, researchers found fossilized plants 4,500 feet under Greenland's ice sheet
Fossilized plants found deep below the ice suggest the ice sheet disappeared at least once in the l…
Aria Bendix
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100 red objects in deep space vanished over the last 70 years. A group of scientists say giant alien-built structures could be to blame.
Usually, a supernova explosion occurs after a massive star (those with at least eight times the mas…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists found accessible ice sheets on Mars, and it could be a 'game-changer' for colonizing the planet
The exposed portions of ice are located at mid-latitudes, where the temperatures are a bit balmier …
Jeremy Berke
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Everything you need to know about PyTorch, the world's fastest-growing AI project that started at Facebook and powers research at Tesla, Uber, and Genentech
PyTorch, which was first built by Facebook engineers, helps power many of the social network's serv…
Rosalie Chan
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Scientists discovered how to grill a steak using lava
The Syracuse University Lava Project is a collaboration between sculptor Bob Wysocki and geologist …
Devan Joseph
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10 things scientists are doing right now so humans can inhabit Mars
Humans are not used to such confined environments, where they would seldom leave (and when they did…
Jessica Orwig
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Alaska's once crystal-clear rivers now resemble dirty orange soda, puzzling researchers
Rivers and streams in Alaska are turning orange and acidic. The cause may be warmer summers and mel…
Jenny McGrath
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Vast reserves of clean hydrogen fuel could be hiding beneath our feet
Clean hydrogen gas from underground reservoirs could be a key source of carbon-free fuel. Bill Gate…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Sam Altman's mission to increase human lifespan with a $180 million shipping container experiment at Retro Biosciences
Sam Altman started a $180 million side project called Retro Biosciences, hoping to add 10 healthy, …
Hilary Brueck
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Lost samples from a secret army base reveal that Greenland's ice vanished 416,000 years ago. That means it could melt way faster than expected.
The Cold War-era mission uncovered evidence of catastrophic melt when the atmosphere had 50% less c…
Maiya Focht
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A mine in Wyoming could contain $37 billion worth of rare earth minerals necessary for wind turbines, electrical vehicles, and other tech
Brook Mine in Wyoming may contain a fortune in rare earth elements like neodymium. The US wants to …
Jenny McGrath
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Why we love to anthropomorphize space-faring robots
Robot explorers have been surveying the Martian landscape for decades. NASA engineers and scientist…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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For 15 years, NASA engineers played the Opportunity rover a daily 'wake-up' song. Listen to the best songs from the Mars morning routine playlist.
Mission engineers played a song each day to inspire Opportunity to turn back on. The rover lasted f…