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Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Listen Expands Global Search with New Telescope Network
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has taken a significant step forward with the expansion of the Breakthrough Listen initiative to include new world-class telescopes. The program founded by Yuri Milner now operates across multiple continents, creating the...
CRISPR Gene Editing Study Demonstrates How Hox Genes Impact Appearance
Lots of scientists know of the “McGinnis experiment”, which William McGinnis undertook in 1990 to examine how high-level control genes, known as Hox genes, determine our physical characteristics. He investigated whether proteins encoded by the human or mouse Hox gene...
Is Living on Mars a Future Possibility?
Scientists have long been exploring the possibility of life on other planets and the ability of humans to live there one day too. There may come a time when earth is uninhabitable in many ways and having a backup planet to go to would be beneficial. In particular,...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
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Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA astronaut Chris Williams flexes his muscles while on a spacewalk in this image snapped by fellow astronaut Jessica Meir on June 30, 2026. | Credit: NASA/Jessica...
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity
The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their surroundings, all at the same time.DNA is contained in each cell of every plant, animal, fungus and microbe. It carries the genetic instructions needed...
Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Artist's depiction of an asteroid being blown apart into smaller pieces of rock. | Credit: Elen11/Getty ImagesHow do you stop a large, threatening asteroid on its way...
SpaceX launches 81 satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket on ship at sea
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter-17 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 7, 2026. | Credit: SpaceXSpaceX launched...
SpaceX launches 81 satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket on ship at sea
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter-17 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 7, 2026. | Credit: SpaceXSpaceX launched...
Even astronauts in space saw America 250 fireworks on the Fourth of July. See their ISS view of Los Angeles…
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Screenshot from a video captured from the International Space Station that shows hundreds of firework shows going off in the Los Angeles area on July 4, 2026. |...
Artemis II crew member Jeremy Hansen says he’s stepping down from astronaut role
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who captivated the world when he flew around the moon alongside three American crewmates during the Artemis II mission in April, said Monday that he would step back from a full-time astronaut role in September.In a social media post,...
Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch 81 satellites early on July 7
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on the Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 30, 2026. | Credit: SpaceXSpaceX will launch a...
More clues surface about the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.3I/ATLAS, imaged by the Very Large Telescope moving against the background stars. | Credit: ESO/O. HainautMore evidence that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is much...
NASA just found a planet ‘hiding’ in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of the newly discovered exoplanet Gaia23bra b. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting...
NASA rover takes a closer look at organic carbon on Mars
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Using NASA's Perseverance rover, scientists are getting a greater understanding of the nature of some of the organic carbon — the molecular backbone for all known living organisms — detected on Mars as they explore the...
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Asteroid Torifune as seen by the Hayabusa2 probe's Optical navigation camera (telephoto) (ONC-T) on July 5, 2026. | Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)A...