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Russian experts were guiding North Korea's space program ahead of Pyongyang blowing up its latest satellite: South Korean report
- North Korea's latest satellite launch failed in a fireball in the sky on Monday evening.
- That comes after South Korean media reported that Russia was helping Pyongyang's space program.
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Shipwreck hunters found a schooner that sank in 1881 intact in Lake Michigan
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Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.
Russia's grand return to the moon ended with its robotic lander crashing and forming a crater. That…
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The early ancestors of humans were reduced to 1,300 individuals and came close to extinction, scientists say
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Photos show 6,000 octopuses in one spot. It's the largest known gathering ever found and a mystery that scientists only just solved.
Five years ago, scientists stumbled upon the largest gathering of octopuses known to humans. Now, t…
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A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blows past Hubble again, revealing an iconic supernova in unprecedented detail
The supernova, which was first discovered in 1987, has a keyhole-like formation, full of clumpy gas…
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Mysterious remains of 3,000-year-old 'Priest of Pacopampa' found buried face down with accessories of human bone
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NASA discovered a new crater on the moon as wide as a 3-story building, and it's probably Russia's Luna-25 gravesite
It was Russia's first mission to the moon in decades. Had Luna-25 successfully landed, it would've …
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Dried-up Texan river bed reveals perfectly-preserved tracks of 111-foot-long dinosaur
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Aditya L1: Solar quakes can alter geomagnetic field of earth says top scientist
Ahead of India's Aditya-L1 solar mission, a top scientist said the monitoring of the Sun on a 24-ho…
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Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago
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Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed
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Hurricane categories are based on wind speed, but the worst damage usually comes from water. Photos show the real damage storms can do at different strengths.
Hurricane Idalia is seen barreling toward Florida as a Category 1 storm on Tuesday, August 29, 2023…
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New York has tried poison, traps, and birth control to fix its pest problem. Rat researchers say the city should focus on its people instead.
Earlier this year, New York mayor Eric Adams appointed Kathleen Corradi, a former school teacher, t…
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How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic bombs
Hydrogen bombs, considered nuclear weapons, work using a combination of nuclear fission and fusion.…
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NASA now has an instrument orbiting Earth that can see major air pollutants across North America, tracing them down to an exact neighborhood
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A thief suspected of plundering treasures from the British Museum vaults for 20 years is a 'possible case of kleptomania,' police source says
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200 monster hunters armed with drones join the biggest search in 50 years for Scotland's fabled Loch Ness creature
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Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found.
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Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.
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A rare blue supermoon rising tonight will be the biggest full moon of 2023 and won't happen again until 2037
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NASA moves forward with plans for supersonic planes that could fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours
NASA is working with private companies to come up with designs for commercial supersonic planes. It…
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Around 10,000 penguin chicks died when the Antarctic ice they lived on melted they were still too young to survive in the icy water
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Japan released treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean. Experts say it's safe, but one would avoid the fish.
Japan is releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean. Some are conce…
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Elon Musk's tweet is cited in a new DOJ lawsuit accusing SpaceX of routine discrimination against refugees
SpaceX has been sued by the DOJ for 'routinely' refusing to hire refugees for years and discouraged…