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By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - There is a lot of evidence from orbiting satellites and surface rovers indicating that liquid water was present long ago on the surface of Mars in the form of ponds, lakes and rivers. But the idea that Mars once had a...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Glorianna Davenport looks out at hundreds of acres of protected wetlands that were once her family’s cranberry farms. In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels. It’s hard to believe...

Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the discovery also shedding light on a remarkable survival story.The fossil, found in South Africa, belongs to a tightly curled embryo of a...

By Evan GarciaHOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The two professional photography instructors who trained Artemis II astronauts to take pictures of the moon and Earth during their historic lunar flyby said they were as impressed as the public by the stunning celestial...

Record-breaking heat is expected to take hold across states from the Plains to the Northeast this week, causing temperatures to soar to unseasonable highs.The early heat wave comes less than a month after oppressive heat choked much of the western United States. Now,...

Now that the four astronauts who flew around the moon are safely home, NASA is investigating how its spacecraft fared during the final minutes of the Artemis II mission.The Orion capsule’s heat shield — the protective layer at the bottom engineered to prevent it from...

By Joey RouletteCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 14 (Reuters) - After the safe return of four astronauts from a historic flyby of the moon last week, NASA is shifting focus to its next challenge: putting competing lunar landers from Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff...

Americans’ concerns about being able to afford electricity and home heating fuel are elevated since the beginning of the Iran war. But newly released nationwide data shows that even before the war began, these concerns were widespread, long-standing and getting worse...

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions.To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way. In a pendulum clock, that tick is the regular swinging of the...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Inset crew images: NASA, graphic created in Canva ProWhat do astronauts near the moon do when it's time to talk to their colleagues orbiting the Earth on a...

Our Earthly concept of time looks very different in space. For astronauts on board a space station orbiting our planet roughly every 90 minutes, there are multiple sunrises and sunsets within 24 hours.What watch then, should an astronaut wear? One Swiss maker has a...

The Artemis II mission was inspiring, moving, occasionally funny and, more than anything, a reminder of how magical space exploration can be. As joyful as it was to see the crew splashdown safely in the Pacific Ocean last week, that was soon followed by the sobering...