Meerkats seem to rejoice when zoo visitors return after lockdown

Penguins just carried on as normal. [caption id="attachment_12416" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Meerkats at a Zoo in Italy during a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of...

The weird long cloud on Mars is finally revealing some of its secrets

March 11, 2021

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A European spacecraft is unraveling the secrets of the weird long cloud that has been appearing again and again in the Martian sky for years....

Octopuses can ‘see’ light with their arms

March 10, 2021

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Octopuses can "see" light with their arms, even when their eyes are in the dark, researchers have found. When the arms of the octopus detect...

Hubble Space Telescope just entered ‘safe mode’

March 9, 2021

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It's not clear when the iconic space telescope will be back online. [caption id="attachment_12367" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The Hubble Space Telescope photographed in 2009 at the...

Can animals give birth to identical twins, triplets or even quadruplets?

March 8, 2021

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Humans aren't unusual in our ability to bear multiple young. [caption id="attachment_12355" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Are there any identical twins in this litter?[/caption] One new baby...

Skeletons of WWII-era nuns murdered by Soviets unearthed in Poland

March 6, 2021

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Religious objects, such as crucifixes and medallions, helped experts identify the victims. [caption id="attachment_12339" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Poland's Institute of National Remembrance previously discovered three of...

2nd SpaceX ‘Starship’ explodes during landing test

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021

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This is a very big machine trying to land very fast. [caption id="attachment_12218" align="alignnone" width="856"] SpaceX's giant Starship SN9 is pictured attempting to right itself...

Space station detectors found the source of weird ‘blue jet’ lightning

January 27, 2021

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A ‘blue bang’ sparks an unusual type of lightning in the upper atmosphere [caption id="attachment_12199" align="alignnone" width="1030"] The International Space Station spotted an exotic type...

Japan researchers show masks do block coronavirus, but not perfectly

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

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Shinto priests wearing protective face masks prepares to pray at one of the Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals, at Asakusa shrine in Tokyo, Japan October 18,...

Three-man US-Russian crew returns to Earth from ISS

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_11774" align="alignnone" width="1000"] ISS crew member and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin gets medical treatment shortly after the Soyuz MS-16 space capsule landed in a...