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SpaceX finds cause of Falcon 9 failure, eyes return to flight as soon as July 27 - Space.com

The culprit was "a crack in a sense line for a pressure sensor" in the rocket's upper stage.

Have You Seen This? Hunting orca tail-whips a seal into space - KSL.com

An orca was captured on video launching a seal so high and far, it had to show its passport upon landing.

Terrifying NASA Video Shows America Spewing CO2 Into Atmosphere - Futurism

NASA has released a new visualization that shows copious amounts of carbon dioxide swirling around the Earth's atmosphere.

Key Neurons for Maternal Bonding Identified - Neuroscience News

A new study reveals that specific neurons in the brain's zona incerta (ZI) are crucial for early social interactions between infants and their mothers.

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There's a 2nd El Niño — and scientists just figured out how it works - Livescience.com

A new simulation shows that an El Niño-like climate pattern begins near New Zealand and Australia, and can trigger temperature changes across the Southern Hemisphere.

NASA Honors Debbie Allen And Phylicia Rashad's Mother Vivian Ayers Allen For Her Contributions - Blavity News

'Failed star' brown dwarf runaway races through the cosmos at 1 million mph - Space.com

"This discovery mainly opens up a new pathway to studying brown dwarfs that are in remote regions of the Milky Way. If they get thrown at us, it's much easier!""

Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now - Futurism

Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch youngest woman above the Kármán line - Space.com

Six people will fly on the NS-26 mission, including a college student who will make history.

A soft needle in an oceanic haystack: Scientists discover a new species of chordate - Phys.org

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart prey, scientists find - The Washington Post

NASA telescope discovers Jupiter-like exoplanet that takes more than 100 years to orbit its star - Fox News

2024's first supermoon to dazzle skywatchers on August 19 - NewsBytes

Chinese eagerly discuss ‘planting veggies’ on lunar surface following ground-breaking discovery - Global Times

Following a significant finding by Chinese researchers that for the first time in human history hydrated mineral containing molecular water was found in lunar soil, Chinese netizens started heated discussions over the possibility of growing a variety of veget…

How to See July's Double Meteor Shower - Lifehacker

SpaceX rocket failure highlights need for multiple launch options: 'Falcon 9 is not invulnerable' - Space.com

"Falcon 9 is not invulnerable. And that really bolsters NASA's case for having multiple vendors."

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic Dawn - NASA

Today, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t always the case. During its infancy, the universe was filled with a “fog” that made it

Sunita Williams 'Gardening' In Space As 10-Day Test Flight Stretches Beyond 50 - NDTV

Having taken off on Boeing Starliner's maiden flight for what was supposed to be a 10-day mission, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has now been in space for 50 days and counting.

'Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world:' Scientists search for mate for world's loneliest tree with AI - Livescience.com

A single specimen of an ancient tree species was found in 1895. Now scientists are using AI to find it a mate.