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These 45 exoplanets may be the best places to search for alien life
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's interpretation of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. | Credit: NASA/JPL–CaltechAstronomers have narrowed the search for extraterrestrial life from thousands...
A 3-limbed Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is now being tracked at sea by satellite
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they have rehabilitated. They're particularly interested in amputees.Using satellite tracking devices in a collaboration between the...
Scientists reveal earliest evidence for shifting of Earth’s crust
The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered the emergence of life on our planet, but exactly when the geological process...
100 new alien worlds: Scientists find hidden haul in data from NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of the TESS exoplanet hunter detecting close-in planets around a distant star. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)Astronomers have discovered...
Clones of Stumpy, Washington, D.C.’s beloved cherry blossom tree, have flowered for the first time
Stumpy lives again.Clones of the scraggly, beloved cherry blossom tree felled two years ago in the nation’s capital have flowered for the first time this spring, reaching what federal officials described Wednesday as a “pinnacle achievement.”The National Arboretum...
Canada cancels its 1st moon rover: ‘It’s hopefully not a lost cause’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A prototype of a Canadian lunar rover in testing at the Canadian Space Agency, on moon-like terrain. | Credit: Canadian Space AgencyCanada will cancel its first rover...
Genetic study identifies earliest-known dog, dating to 15,800 years ago
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending long ago from gray wolves - though precisely when, where and why have remained unanswered. New genetic research now is offering...
New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from
NEW YORK (AP) — Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our companions for thousands of years.Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or...
Rocket shines under the northern lights | Space photo of the day for March 25, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket on the launch pad at Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway. | Credit: Isar AerospaceA gorgeous new photo shows the northern lights...
Skeleton of famed musketeer possibly found in Dutch church
A skeleton which could belong to d'Artagnan, the French soldier who inspired the novel "The Three Musketeers," has been discovered in a church in the Dutch city where he died centuries ago, local media reported Wednesday.The skeleton was found in Maastricht, in the...
When did plate tectonics begin? Scientists find new clues
The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered the emergence of life on our planet, but exactly when the geological process...
NASA to spend $20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station
(Corrects one of the companies working on Gateway in paragraph four from Vantor, which is not involved, to Lanteris)By Joey RouletteWASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - NASA is cancelling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components...