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NASA won’t give up hope on silent MAVEN Mars probe: ‘We’re still looking for it’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Artist's conception of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. . | Credit: NASA/GSFCNASA has yet to reestablish contact with its MAVEN Mars spacecraft despite ongoing...
Earthshine will reveal the moon’s hidden face tonight— here’s how to see it
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Earthshine illuminates the moon as it rises near the Empire State Building in New York. | Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesLook to the west after sunset this week...
Early Southwest heat is latest in parade of weather extremes as Earth warms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It’s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth’s warming builds.Experts said...
Repaired moon rocket heads back to launch pad for April 1 blastoff
NASA's repaired Artemis II moon rocket began a glacial 12-hour trip back to the launch pad early Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting the stage for a delayed April 1 launch to send four astronauts on a historic nine-day flight around the moon and...
Heat records topple as the West bakes
An early-season heat wave baking the West this week obliterated numerous all-time records in California and Arizona on Wednesday and Thursday.The summerlike conditions are expected to persist and expand east in the coming days.Across Southern California and the Desert...
Hawaii braces for more rain as storms take aim at wildfire burn scars
The rain-drenched Hawaiian Islands are bracing for another deluge on Thursday, less than a week after a record-breaking storm buckled roadways and collapsed buildings.More than 5 feet of rain fell in some parts of Maui from March 10 to 16, according to the University...
Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton (6,350 kilograms) space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a dazzling fireball that was seen from hundreds of miles...
These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can’t penetrate
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist's impression of the Kepler-51 system. | Credit: NASA/ESA/L. Hustak, J. Olmsted, D. Player and F. Summers (STScI)An exoplanet so light that it would float on...
Divers find marble treasure possibly taken from Parthenon at Aegean shipwreck
Archaeologists have discovered a piece of marble treasure among the remains of a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Kythira, which could be tied to an infamous robbery at the Parthenon, Greek officials said.Crews uncovered the marble slab while excavating...
Newly discovered ‘hell heron’ adds evidence in longstanding dinosaur debate
A fossilized skull and jawbones found in Niger belonged to a creature that had a large, bony crest atop its head and lived some 95 million years ago. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis, it is the first species of Spinosaurus to be identified in more than a century.The...
American Airlines and Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails that trap heat
American Airlines and Google said Thursday that they significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline's flights using an AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails.When airplanes fly through cold and humid areas, ice crystals can form around...
Ohio fireball may have dropped meteorites between Akron and Canton — should you pick it up if you find one?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Daytime fireballs are rare occurances created when large fragments of asteroids of comets collide with Earth's atmosphere. | Credit: © Dana Jason Wood, NOAAA rare...