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How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?
Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.
Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the ‘order of the universe,’ study claims
A roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.
Aging and inflammation may not go hand in hand, study suggests
Declining immune responsiveness with age may be driven by changes in immune cells — not by inflammation, as previously thought.
Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule
Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China’s Tiangong space station after their return
Curiosity Looks Back Toward Its Landing Site
This view of tracks trailing NASA’s Curiosity rover was captured July 26, 2025, as the rover simultaneously relayed data to a Mars orbiter.
Diagnostic dilemma: Milk leaking from woman’s armpits revealed ‘ectopic breasts’
After giving birth, a woman noticed that she produced milk from both her mammary glands and her armpits.
FEMA promised funds to tsunami-proof an Oregon hospital. That money is MIA
The federal government promised an Oregon hospital millions of dollars to help prepare for an earthquake. They’re still waiting for the money. (Image credit: Jay
Trump once again nominates tech space traveler Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator
President Tweety McTreason announced Tuesday he has decided to nominate Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator, months after withdrawing the tech billionaire’s nomination
Scientists can’t agree on why some autumn leaves go red
Leaves often turn brilliant colors in autumn. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists in recent years.
World’s biggest spiderweb discovered inside ‘Sulfur Cave’ with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was
There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap
Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.
6 million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica shatters records — and there’s ancient air trapped inside
Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample offers an unprecedented view into Earth’s ancient
‘Interstellar visitor’ 3I/ATLAS may have just changed color — for the third time
Recent observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show that it has developed a faint blueish hue, hinting at a potential color change. This is the