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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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Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Rocket LabRocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective early Friday morning (May 22).An Electron rocket...
How to watch SpaceX launch its 1st Starship V3 megarocket today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: SpaceX[embedded content]Update for May 22, 10 am ET: SpaceX will make a second attempt to launch its new Starship V3 megarocket today at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230...
Cosmic crystal ball reveals an ancient dying star | Space photo of the day for May 22, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NGC 1514, also known as the Crystal Ball Nebula, as seen by the Gemini North Telescope at Maunakea in Hawaii. | Credit: International Gemini...
NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan. You can find out how on May 26.
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA[embedded content]NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.The agency will...
Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing
Rice feeds more than half the world. From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, it underpins daily meals for billions of people.But the same flooded soils that help rice thrive also create ideal conditions for microbes that release...
SpaceX launch of more powerful Super Heavy-Starship rocket scrubbed at last minute
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Dying star resembles a billowing crystal ball in new telescope photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A dying star has never looked so lovely.The Gemini North Telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest peak, Mauna Kea, captured the star in its last gasps. The image was released Thursday by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, which operates the...
The most powerful rocket ever built is now even bigger and more powerful. But will it work?
After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX is set to launch a new, more powerful version of its Starship megarocket — reigniting a make-or-break testing campaign aimed at hashing out unprecedented rocketry challenges and getting the vehicle ready to carry NASA astronauts to...
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese Earth-observing satellite early on May 22
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the "Eight Days A Week" mission for Synspective from New Zealand on March 20, 2026. | Credit: Rocket LabRocket Lab will launch...
Asteroid mission captures rarely seen perspective of Mars during close flyby
A NASA spacecraft bound for an unusual metallic asteroid recently made a strategic flyby of Mars — and its cameras captured a rare perspective of the red planet along the way.The Psyche mission, launched in October 2023, is heading for Asteroid 16 Psyche in the outer...
Man arrested in 40-year-old rape and murder case after forensic genealogy investigation
A man was arrested in Connecticut this week after officials in Virginia say new evidence links him to the murder and rape of a woman 40 years ago.Roberta Walls was 22 years old when she was raped and murdered in Virginia Beach on May 15, 1986, according to the...
US scientists forecast below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
By Anjana Anil and Erwin SebaHOUSTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. government scientists said on Thursday they expect a below-normal Atlantic tropical storm season in 2026, likely producing one to three major hurricanes with sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour...