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Bizarre evolutionary roots of Africa’s iconic upside-down baobab trees revealed

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The iconic, “upside-down” baobab tree first emerged on the island of Madagascar, new research into its tangled evolutionary history reveals. It’s still ...

NASA, ESA join forces on life-hunting ExoMars rover

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Europe’s long-delayed ExoMars rover mission to the Red Planet just got a boost for its projected launch in 2028. NASA and the ...

SpaceX launches 50th Falcon 9 mission of the year

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

SpaceX hit the 50th launch mark less than halfway through the year, continuing its efforts to get as close as possible to ...

Ask Ethan: Are we expanding along with the Universe?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

It only took three pieces of evidence, together, to completely revolutionize our picture of the Universe in the early 20th century. We ...

Farmer finds mysterious charred space object on his land…and experts brand it ‘deadly’

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A MYSTERIOUS and “deadly” space object has plummeted from the sky to land in the canola field of an unsuspecting farmer in ...

Junk from a SpaceX Dragon ‘trunk’ may have crashed into a Canadian farmer’s field (photos)

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Pieces of a SpaceX spacecraft might have landed in Saskatchewan. A charred piece of debris, possibly from a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, ...

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals Dynamic Shifts on Europa’s Frozen Surface

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby on September 29, 2022. ...

Could a single SLS megarocket solve NASA’s Mars sample return problems?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Boeing has put forward its own idea to help NASA get its Mars Sample Return project back on track and on budget. ...

Einstein is right again! Scientists prove that plunging regions exist around black holes

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have proven the existence of the plunging region around black holes  This discovery confirms theoretical predictions made by Einstein 109 years ...

Satellite captures ISS image at dizzying proximity

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Australia-based HEO Robotics captured an incredible image of the International Space Station (ISS) with one of its satellites. The ISS and the ...