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The Darkest Parts of the Moon are Revealed with NASA's New Camera 3 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 985
Watch a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 1 year in space on Sept. 27 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1145
Here's a Swell Idea for Our Times: Build Column Bioreactors Strong Enough for Typhoons. 1 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1092
Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US 25 milestogo Sep 2023 Sep 2023 33 4600
Was looking at latest Webb Telescope image, and that reminded me of the whole graphic image set up.. 1 electric_blue68 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1440
NASA's Perseverance rover sets record for longest Mars drive on autopilot 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1180
Surprising jellyfish finding challenges what's known about learning and memory 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 10 1215
Funding Announced to Replace the Netherlands 62 Year Old Petten Reactor for Medical Isotopes 0 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1309
An Interesting Equation of State for Fusion Reactors. 0 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 894
A Nice Chemical Engineering Paper on the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol. 5 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2433
Historic OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples successfully return to Earth 2 MomInTheCrowd Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1374
Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed in Zambia 29 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2023 Sep 2023 66 5182
Scientists discover something good for our teeth. graphic alert 9 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 6177
Gene-edited spider silk 6x stronger than bulletproof Kevlar 6 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1031
Spent coffee grounds can be used to make stuff 0 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1688
Scientists excited to find ocean of Europa contains carbon 1 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2023 Sep 2023 9 1268
Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module caused tremors on the moon 7 LymphocyteLover Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 2169
Using a gyroscope to measure variations in Earth's rotation 3 Jim__ Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1136
World's 1st mountaintop impact crater discovered in northeastern China 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1194
Earth's mysterious core may be encased by an ancient ocean floor... 3 WestMichRad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 19 1535
'I want to see the first African woman in space': the Kenyan stargazer bringing astronomy to the peo 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1480
Meet the Woman Launching the UAE Into the Asteroid Belt 3 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 969
OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe makes final maneuver before Sept. 24 sample delivery 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 995
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reaches perilous ridge on Red Planet after 3 failed attempts 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1335
Watch Rocket Lab launch radar Earth-observation satellite early Sept. 19 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 799
Very Large Telescope surprisingly finds exoplanet lurking in 3-body star system 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1554
Webb finds molecule only made by living things in another world 6 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 28 1751
Legendary Viking Sunstones Did Exist: Viking Sagas Were More Truthful Than We Realized 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 2038
150 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Had Uniquely Long Legs Never Seen Before 8 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1800
Octopuses used in research could receive same protections as monkeys 3 sl8 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 938

Science Continued...

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Hubble telescope spots glowing galactic disk floating in deep space (photo) 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 2021
Scientists Reveal That Jupiter Is Not What We're Being Told 5 YoshidaYui Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1666
High-energy electrons in Earth's magnetic tail may form water on the moon 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1402
Scientists finally detected O-28. It's instability surprised them 5 WestMichRad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 1268
Hubble Space Telescope discovers 11-billion-year-old galaxy hidden in a quasar's glare 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 1663
Look how renewables are making a difference in California! 1 Eko Aug 2023 Sep 2023 10 1651
Scientists Trapped Light Inside a Metamaterial and Made It 10x More Magnetic 8 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Sep 2023 12 2579
Astronomy Photographer of the year- BBC 2 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1024
Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029. Why do scientists want NASA to send a probe there first? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 10 1756
Starlink subscriber growth well below SpaceX projection 4 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1015
Why Hurricane Lee Is Growing Bigger - Scientific American 2 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1378
On This Day In Space: Sept. 12, 1992: Mae Jemison Becomes 1st African-American woman in space 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1483
Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1856
I'll wait for DU4 to discuss this paper. 4 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1039
India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander shines in radar images from lunar orbit (photos) 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1354
Comet Nishimura - Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA) 14 usonian Sep 2023 Sep 2023 17 1695
CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab 2 milestogo Sep 2023 Sep 2023 16 3120
A golden egg? Mysterious shiny orb seen on seafloor off Alaska stumps ocean explorers 5 usonian Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1977
Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 2463
Japan launches SLIM moon lander, XRISM X-ray telescope on space doubleheader 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1192
Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 16 1375
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flies on Mars for the 56th time 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 15 1222
Newly found comet now visible to naked eye in 'once-in-a-lifetime' event 10 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 25 3321
Good vs. bad science: how to read and understand scientific studies podcast 1 littlemissmartypants Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1299
India's lunar rover finds 1st evidence of sulfur near the moon's south pole 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1430
Does dark matter actually exist? 12 Takket Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1920
Scientists have finally decoded mysteries of the Y chromosome. Here's why it matters (CNN) 24 eppur_se_muova Sep 2023 Sep 2023 38 8000
Recovery of Gallium from the Bayer Process for Alumina Using Amidoxime Impregnated Fibers. 3 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2820
India's Chandrayaan-3 probe to attempt historic moon landing today: Watch it live 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Sep 2023 6 1395
Indian Moon Rover Hits Jackpot, Detects Wealth Of Elements At Lunar South Pole 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 17 1830

Science Continued...

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James Webb Space Telescope gazes into the Whirlpool galaxy's hypnotic spiral arms (photos) 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Sep 2023 8 1645
Bohr was the first recipient of the "Atoms for Peace" Prize. No one knew what that prize was for... 0 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1666
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula 0 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 888
Where Are They? Neil deGrasse Tyson's Favorite Solutions to The Fermi Paradox 7 Eko Aug 2023 Sep 2023 15 2454
A "Clinical Trial" of Modes of Teaching Calculus. 4 NNadir Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1331
James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova 4 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 1626
The dependence of CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on the surface coordination of copper catalysts. 2 NNadir Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 6132
2.6 earthquake in New Madrid, Missouri today 5 Tetrachloride Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1222
Math fact of the day. 1135809 is an odd composite number composed of four prime numbers multiplied together. 19 usonian Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 4344
Blue Moon of the Supermoon variety 3 BootinUp Aug 2023 Aug 2023 16 1351
Brian Cox - Alien Life & The Great Filter Hypothesis 0 Eko Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1422
New research finds Late Pleistocene glaciations terminated by Earth's axis tilt rather than ... 1 Jim__ Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 1589
India's moon rover confirms sulfur and detects several other elements near the lunar south pole 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1741
Bizarre super-puffy exoplanet hosts rare 'thermometer molecule' 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 940
Our universe may be a bit more stable than was supposed 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1789
Astronomers May Have Spotted the Birth of a Planet 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 864
Mysterious Loops in The Fabric of Reality: Physicists Get First Glimpse of 'Alice Rings' 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 17 2284
Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come 5 elleng Aug 2023 Aug 2023 27 1788
Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2023 Aug 2023 14 2166
The mystery of why some people develop ALS 5 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 Aug 2023 19 1538
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