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This cosmic particle was never meant to reach Earth. Now scientists think they finally know why it did

Pineapple on pizza and rain on weekends shouldn’t exist on Earth, yet somehow they do. And a mysterious cosmic particle that was detected in 2022 shouldn’t have made it to.

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House passes stopgap bill that pauses changes to federal science grant-making process

A Trump administration effort to give political figures control over a large swath of U.S. science funding is off the table until at least December. On Tuesday members of the.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX to expand beyond Texas Starbase with new Louisiana spaceport dedicated to Starship

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is ready to expand its horizons beyond its Starbase in South Texas. On Tuesday the company announced it will build a spaceport in Louisiana dedicated to launching.

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Land speed record holder shatters hydrogen car record with 406-mph race

Andy Green is the only person to ever break the sound barrier on land. And on Tuesday he shattered several more speed records, driving faster than anyone ever had officially.

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Wormholes could be the key to time travel

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Why Einstein’s theories of relativity make time travel possible

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Mesmerizing NASA time-lapse reveals Mars’s craters, polar ice caps and deserts

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid beyond Mars—and it’s enjoying the scenic route. In a flyby maneuver earlier this year, Psyche used the planet’s gravity.

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Experimental immune therapy shows promise against deadly childhood brain cancer

Brain and spinal cord tumors are the deadliest childhood cancers, and treatments for the most aggressive forms often leave families with few options. Now an experimental immune-cell therapy has cleared.

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Why are the steel beams inside a Manhattan skyscraper buckling? Experts explain

The evacuation of a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan and the surrounding area was ordered on Tuesday after the building showed signs of potential collapse that may have been caused by.

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NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base

NASA is ramping up its efforts to establish a sustained human presence on the moon—including potentially shifting resources away from its efforts to explore Mars. On Tuesday, the space agency.

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