Dark Spot in Mars Photo Is Probably Wreckage of European Spacecraft
The remnants of the Schiaparelli lander seemed to appear on Mars in photos taken by a NASA orbiter, the European Space Agency said Friday.
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CreditJames Yang Bottled Water or Tap: How Much Does Your Choice Matter?
What’s your daily plastic habit doing to the planet? Take this quiz and find out.
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If Planet Nine Is Out There, It Tilts Our Solar System
Astronomers have yet to confirm another planet-size body lies deep in the solar system, but they offered new evidence of its effects on other bodies.
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Meet the New Titanosaur. You Can Call It Wade.
Paleontologists say a newly discovered species, found in Australia, may provide insight into why these massive animals moved out of what is now South America.
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CreditNASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology, via Southwest Research Institute, via Malin Space Science Systems, via Alex Mai Juno Hobbled but Healthy After Glitch, NASA Says
The spacecraft put itself into “safe mode” early Wednesday and restarted its computer, scuttling observations that were to take place as it passed 3,000 miles above Jupiter’s clouds.
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CreditT. Falótico Monkeys Can Make Stone Tools, but They Don’t Use Them
Researchers found capuchin monkeys in Brazil that bang stones together, producing flakes that look similar to early human tools.
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CreditC. Blair/The Ain Ghazal Archaeological Project How the First Farmers Changed History
Skeletons from ancient settlements in the Near East are providing answers about how agriculture, and society, arose.
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CreditGerald and Buff Corsi/Getty Images The Secret Life of Krill
Scientists are trying to learn what melting sea ice means for the pinkish, feathery-limbed crustacean that sustains penguins, sea birds and whales.
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CreditAkihiro Ikeshita/Jaxa Venus: Inhospitable, and Perhaps Instructional
It is hoped that a Japanese space probe, Akatsuki, orbiting Venus will provide insights that could help in understanding Earth’s weather.
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CreditImpressions Photography/Getty Images The Orionid Meteor Shower Will Peak Tonight. Don’t Expect Much.
The annual show left in the wake of Halley’s comet is expected to peak Thursday night and Friday morning, but the moon will most likely obscure views of meteors.
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CreditNASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Pluto May Have Clouds, New Data Indicate
Findings from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft include images showing seven small, bright spots that might be clouds floating just above Pluto’s surface.
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CreditFred Tanneau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In Refrigerators, Tomatoes Lose Flavor at the Genetic Level
Once a tomato is picked from the vine, there’s only one thing you can do to preserve its flavor: Keep it out of the fridge.
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Credit Robotic Mussels Track Rising Temperatures for Climate Research
Brian Helmuth, the marine scientist who devised them about 18 years ago, says they are an example of “biomimicry,” a relatively new field.
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CreditMichael Westaway Kaakutja, Perhaps the First Known Boomerang Victim
A skeleton found in an Australia national park was of a man who lived between 1260 and 1280 and is thought to have been killed by a wooden weapon.
