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Artemis 2 astronauts — now halfway to the moon — report 'burning smell' from toilet, but everything's fine - Space

Artemis 2 astronauts — now halfway to the moon — report 'burning smell' from toilet, but everything's fine - Space

Mission Control isn't concerned about the Orion toilet smell, but is looking into to it.

Your squishy, wormlike ancestors are at least 4 million years older than you thought - CNN

Your squishy, wormlike ancestors are at least 4 million years older than you thought - CNN

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them possibly our vertebrate ancestors.

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch - NASA (.gov)

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Resupply Launch - NASA (.gov)

Filled with approximately 11,000 pounds of cargo, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will launch from Space Launch

Scientists Tracking the Microplastic Pollution Just Realized They Were Measuring Their Own Lab Gloves - ZME Science

Scientists Tracking the Microplastic Pollution Just Realized They Were Measuring Their Own Lab Gloves - ZME Science

Researchers discovered their own lab gloves are artificially inflating environmental microplastic counts.

The Planetary Society urges Congress to reject historic cuts to NASA, again - The Planetary Society

The Planetary Society urges Congress to reject historic cuts to NASA, again - The Planetary Society

A statement in response to the release of the FY 2027 top-line budget request for NASA, which would cut the agency by 23% and slash the Science Mission…

Watch Atlas V rocket launch its heaviest-ever payload early on April 4 - Space

Watch Atlas V rocket launch its heaviest-ever payload early on April 4 - Space

Liftoff of the LA-05 mission is scheduled for 1:45 a.m. ET on Saturday (April 4).

Astronomers Just Found a “Forbidden” Giant Planet Orbiting a Tiny Star, and Its Atmosphere Is Rewriting Planet Formation Theories - The Daily Galaxy

Astronomers Just Found a “Forbidden” Giant Planet Orbiting a Tiny Star, and Its Atmosphere Is Rewriting Planet Formation Theories - The Daily Galaxy

A giant “forbidden” planet with a chemically puzzling atmosphere is forcing scientists to rethink how worlds form.

Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light - yahoo.com

Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light - yahoo.com

Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light.

Rare 'sungrazer' comet MAPS will shine superbright on Saturday — if it survives a dangerous encounter with our star - Live Science

Rare 'sungrazer' comet MAPS will shine superbright on Saturday — if it survives a dangerous encounter with our star - Live Science

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) could shine brightly in the evenings after April 4, but only if it survives a very close encounter with the sun.