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NASA Refines Threat Posed by Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Bennu
Bennu, as imaged by OSIRIS-REx.Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Data gathered during the years NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spent zipping around asteroid Bennu…
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In Wake of Miami Collapse, It’s Clear South Florida in Danger
Rescue workers work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside.Photo: Gerald Herbert (AP) On Thursday, a…
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Nyiragongo, One of the World’s Most Active Volcanoes, Erupts
Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo is seen in Buhene, on the outskirts of Goma, Congo in the early…
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Meet VIPER, NASA’s New Water-Hunting, Crater-Crushing Lunar Rover
Conceptual image of VIPER. Image: NASA Ames/Daniel Rutter Equipped with headlights and a suite of powerful instruments, NASA’s VIPER is…
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Citizen CEO Put Up the Bounty for Man Falsely Accused of Arson
Smoke rising from a brush fire behind homes in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Saturday, May 15.Photo: Ringo…
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Ingenuity’s Next Flight on Mars Could Be Its Most Interesting Yet
An illustration of the indomitable Martian helicopter Ingenuity.Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech The flimsy-looking but impressively tenacious Ingenuity has booked its sixth flight on…
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Ford’s Electric F-150 Could Change the EV Game for the Better
Image: Ford As Earther’s resident Guy Who Has Opinions About Cars, I have taken much pride and joy talking shit…
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Scientists Shot Tardigrades From a Gun to Test a Theory About Aliens
Microscopic image of a tardigrade. Image: AJ Cann (Fair Use) Microscopic tardigrades are among the toughest animals on Earth, capable…
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European Space Agency Lays Out Plans for a Lunar Satellite Network
A mock-up of the Heracles lunar lander, slated to head to the moon in the late 2020s.Illustration: ESA/ATG Medialab The…
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CDC Warns Americans to Stop Kissing Birds, You Salmonella Freaks
Annie, a domesticated Rhode Island red chicken, about to chow down on a newly molted periodical cicada on May 20,…
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