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The most powerful rocket ever built is now even bigger and more powerful. But will it work?
Asteroid mission captures rarely seen perspective of Mars during close flyby
Neptunian moon Nereid could be lone intact survivor from ancient satellite system
An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth
A quantum computing deadline looms. It threatens to kick off the biggest cybersecurity crisis ever
New species of giant dinosaur identified from remains found in Thailand
What proteins in prehistoric teeth reveal about Stone Age sex between early human species
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Scientists find clues that a new tectonic plate boundary is forming
Jane Austen’s cause of death has remained a mystery. But her letters and books offer clues
An object in a satellite image defies explanation. Could it solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries?
Two billionaires have very different — and equally wild — visions of a future in space. Is either possible?
An ancient stone staircase seemed to lead nowhere. Now it’s revealing the ‘lost Pompeii’
Best meteor shower in the Southern Hemisphere peaks tonight
Astronomers find atmosphere around a solar system object that shouldn’t have one
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59,000-year-old tooth offers a rare glimpse into how Neanderthals handled a medical problem
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DNA reveals identities of 4 sailors from doomed 1845 Franklin expedition
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This small sea area between Europe and Africa is the site of 124 shipwrecks, archaeologists find
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Prehistoric dice suggest that Native Americans may have been gaming since the last ice age
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David Attenborough turns 100 and gets a newly identified species named after him
A new experiment deepens the mystery over gravitational constant, Big G
Wild parrots copy their friends when deciding whether to try new foods, study finds
Chimpanzees in Uganda are in a ‘civil war,’ and researchers are unsure how it will end
Giant, 60-foot octopuses were apex predators 100 million years ago, fossil discovery shows
This 250-million-year-old fossil proves mammal ancestors laid eggs
Fossils from China show complex life evolved millions of years earlier than once thought
