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Apes engage in playful teasing, study shows
Orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas all engage in different forms of playful teasing, researchers report in the journal Proceedings of…
NASA engineers trying to fix stuck dust cover on Perseverance Mars rover camera
NASA’s Perseverance puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in a set of images captured in June and July 2022…
Second Japanese H3 launch test scrubbed over weather concerns
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency has delayed the second test launch of its H3 launch vehicle after a previous test (pictured in 2023)…
In search for life elsewhere in universe, researchers create new way to look for signals
Earth-size exoplanets such as Kepler 1649c (pictured in a NASA illustration, showing the planet's imagined surface) are intriguing in the search…
Report: 20% of U.N.-protected migratory species facing extinction
Sharks were among 44% of migratory species that signatories to a United Nations treaty are pledged to protect that are in decline or in danger of…
SpaceX sends 22 Starlink satellites into orbit from West Coast
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Friday evening from California, joining the network of…
Axiom 3 astronauts safely splashdown off Florida coast
1 of 4 | The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean at 8:30 a.m. EST, the company confirmed in a video…
Floridians feel magnitude 4 earthquake with epicenter off state’s east coast
The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 4 earthquake struck off the coast of Florida Wednesday, and some east coast residents of the Sunshine…
French astronomers find ocean that could support life beneath second Saturn moon
Temperature map (R) and regular images of Mimas taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft failed to capture the normal tell-tale clues of a hidden…
Following repeated delays, NASA launches new PACE Earth-observing satellite
NASA launched a rocket topped with a new Earth-observing satellite into space early Thursday from Florida. Photo courtesy of NASA's Kaynch…