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Will the new moon race turn Earth's nearest neighbor into a dumping ground?
Tereza Pultarova · Space.com
We need rules to prevent space companies from dumping their old rockets onto the moon's surface in the future, experts say.…
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Eclipse Solar Total em Campo de Girassóis
HQ Web Team · NASA
Esta imagem composta mostra a progressão de um eclipse solar total sobre San Millán de los Caballeros, Espanha, na quarta-feira, 12 de agosto de 2026. Um eclips…
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US Space Force gives Rocket Lab $397 million to build threat-tracking 'Flatellites'
Josh Dinner · Space.com
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Rocket Lab $397 million to manufacture a new fleet of "Flatellites" designed to detect and track airborne threats from space.…
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Taking the stairs could protect your heart and help you live longer
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Simply choosing the stairs could have surprisingly big benefits for your heart and longevity. A large analysis involving more than 480,000 people found that reg…
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APOD: 14 de agosto de 2026 - Eclipse Solar Total da Groenlândia
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APOD Ciência APOD APOD: 14 de agosto de 2026 – Total... Hoje no APOD Arquivo de Submissões Índice de Pesquisa Calendário RSS Educação Sobre Discutir APOD (Ima…
Can Venus cast a shadow? Here's how to see it for yourself
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As Venus gets close to its greatest brilliancy in the evening sky, it’s a good time to test one of astronomy’s less believable claims.…
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Women taking estrogen had fewer signs of Alzheimer’s in their brains
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Women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy later in life were less likely to develop dementia and showed fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, a…
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A Visão de um Girassol da Totalidade
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A Lua deslizou entre o Sol e a Terra para produzir um deslumbrante espetáculo celeste visível da Espanha em agosto de 2026.…
Water can survive surprisingly close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, James Webb Space Telescope finds
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Water and cosmic dust can survive in the harsh environment near Sagittarius A*, new observations reveal.…
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This common vitamin deficiency becomes far more dangerous when paired with belly fat
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A large study of more than 5,500 adults over 50 found a striking combination of risk factors: abdominal obesity paired with vitamin D deficiency was linked to a…
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On this day in space! Aug. 14, 1992: Meteorite shower hits Uganda
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On Aug. 14, 1992, a space rock entered the atmosphere over Mbale, Uganda and exploded into hundreds of pieces!…
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Drinking orange juice every day may change thousands of genes
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Orange juice may have a much bigger effect on the body than scientists once realized. Drinking it regularly appears to influence genes tied to inflammation, blo…
ISS photobombs the sun during solar eclipse | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2026
Chelsea Gohd · Space.com
The silhouette of the ISS transiting across the sun's face during the Aug. 12, 2026 total solar eclipse.…
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Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds
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JWST has uncovered surprising clues that Neptune’s strange inner moons may be the wreckage of an ancient cosmic catastrophe. Researchers detected clay-like mine…
India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
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NASA has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation to collaborate on its Moon Base program, which aims to build a permanent human outpost near the lunar so…
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A massive new cosmic map is revealing black holes, rare stars, and hidden gas
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Astronomers have released more than three million new spectra in a sweeping expansion that, for the first time, brings SDSS-V optical observations to the Southe…
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SpaceX rocket's moon crash highlights 'a tangible operational risk' of lunar settlement
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A SpaceX rocket body slammed into the moon earlier this month, showcasing a risk that will increase as humanity establishes a footprint on Earth's nearest neigh…
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JWST spots a bizarre “black hole star” 100 billion times brighter than a star
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre object from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang that looks like an en…
Our expert thinks this portable Celestron telescope will delight beginners and younger stargazers
Gemma Lavender · Space.com
Small telescopes have really come on leaps and bounds in recent years. There was a time when refractors with apertures smaller than 4 inches were seldom to be r…
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A 236-million-year-old fossil could rewrite the story of mammalian birth
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Scientists may have uncovered evidence that a mammal ancestor was giving birth to live young 236 million years ago. A fossilized cynodont showed a neonatal grow…
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A surprising brain discovery could help explain why we overeat fatty foods
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A protein inside appetite-controlling brain cells may play an important role in preventing overeating and obesity, particularly when high-fat foods are readily …
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Why your brain keeps making the same decisions – even when better options exist
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Why do we keep making the same choices even when better options are available? Researchers found that simply repeating a decision can reshape what we prefer, ca…
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