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Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth

Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But they almost certainly came from Earth.

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NASA spots 'flame-throwing Guitar Nebula' shredding antimatter along a cosmic string

New images show the rapidly rotating pulsar of the "Guitar Nebula" shooting out a gigantic cosmic plume of plasma, X-rays and supercharged particles spinning along a magnetic field line in interstellar space.

LiveScience

Goodnight moon! Astronomers snap photo of Earth's departing mini-moon

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the asteroid 2024 PT5 as it ended its stint as Earth's second moon on Monday (Nov. 25).

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Here’s what astronauts will be gobbling up on Thanksgiving

NASA astronauts on the space station will eat their Thanksgiving meal in zero gravity conditions – but it will still include some favorites

The Independent UK

Dinosaur Dominance Unveiled Through Fossilized Feces Study

Research on fossilized feces from Poland sheds light on dinosaur evolution and adaptation over 30 million years.

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How Vermont (and Travis Pastrana) Saved The Legacy of Japan’s Greatest Rally Team: Part 2

In 2000, at the age of 16, Travis Pastrana was already one of the most accomplished motorcyclists on Earth. He won the World Freestyle Motocross Championship in 1997 at the age of just 14, and would continue winning that championship every year through 2003. He’d won freestyle motocross gold at…

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China's Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere to end cargo mission (video)

The Tianzhou 7 spacecraft undocked from China's Tiangong space station on Nov. 10 and reentered Earth's atmosphere at around 8:25 a.m. EST (1325 GMT) on Nov. 17.

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Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures' rise

Scientists are using used fossilized feces and vomit from Poland to reconstruct how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth

The Independent UK

Thanksgiving night sky 2024: Venus, Jupiter and Saturn stay for dessert

For Thanksgiving 2024, we have a celestial feast as three bright planets shine prominently during the early evening hours:Saturn, Jupiter and Venus.

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A blind beetle named Hitler? The case for changing offensive names of animals and plants, and how it can be done

Taxonomy is the science of describing, classifying and naming organisms. It organises the vast diversity of life on Earth. Species are grouped based on shared characteristics, providing a system that allows scientists to understand and communicate about the natural world.

The Conversation

Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots to track Earth climate risks

New York-based Near Space Labs has launched a new fleet of balloon-borne zero-emission robots to keep a supersharp eye on Earth.

Space

'Supergiant' gold deposit discovered in China is one of the largest on Earth — and is worth more than $80 billion

Chinese officials have announced the discovery of a massive deposit of high-quality gold ore, potentially worth around $83 billion, which could end up being the largest known deposit of the precious metal anywhere in the world.

LiveScience

Robot cat built to always stick landing could revolutionise asteroid mining, scientists say

Scientists test robot in microgravity simulation to confirmed effectiveness

The Independent UK

What is the death zone on the world’s highest mountains?

Our mountaineering expert looks into the death zone and the reasons why climbing 8,000-meter peaks can be so dangerous

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Magnetic tornadoes on Jupiter are spawning Earth-size storms

Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar anticyclones, each the size of our Earth.

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Take an intergalactic joy ride in new trailer for Pixar's animated space odyssey 'Elio' (video)

A new trailer has arrived for Disney/Pixar's new animated sci-fi adventure, "Elio," the story of a young boy who is mistakenly identified as Earth's leader by intergalactic aliens.

Space

New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months

An engine hot fire test for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Epsilon S rocket ended prematurely when the engine caught fire and exploded.

Space

ISS astronauts open hatch to Russian spacecraft after strange smell delays cargo delivery

Cargo is finally being unloaded from a docked Russian Progress spacecraft at the ISS. A delay occurred after astronauts reported an unexpected smell on Nov. 23.

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Earth's mini-moon has finally departed. Will it ever return as a 'second moon?'

Departing on Monday (Nov. 25), Earth's recent "mini-moon" asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second moon again?

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Mercury Is In Retrograde: These Are The Most Impacted Zodiac Signs, According To Astrologers

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'Hidden black hole' devouring curious star exposed by new X-ray space telescope

In a "rite of passage," the JAXA/NASA X-ray telescope XRISM has mapped in detail Cygnus X-3, a curious binary system with a potential black hole feasting stellar winds blowing from a massive star.

LiveScience

ISS dodges its 39th piece of potentially hazardous space junk. Experts say it won't be the last.

The ISS performed its 39th ever space junk collision avoidance maneuver on Nov. 19. Although it was the first such maneuver in 2024, it may not be the last, experts say.

TechRadar

US government agencies told to patch these critical security flaws or face attack

CISA adds a new bug, affecting Array Networks AG and vxAG secure access gateways, to KEV.

LiveScience

'Behemoth star' captured in spectacular close-up image — and it's on the brink of exploding

Astronomers have taken a superdetailed, zoomed-in photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud's "behemoth star." The stunning image, which is the first of its kind from outside the Milky Way, shows that the giant star is right on the edge of going supernova.

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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart

A new theory proposes that Phobos and Deimos resulted from the wreckage of a larger asteroid that wandered too close to Mars and was ripped apart.

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