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NASA Astronaut Shares Image of Bizarre Tentacled Object Growing on ISS - The Daily Galaxy

NASA Astronaut Shares Image of Bizarre Tentacled Object Growing on ISS - The Daily Galaxy

A strange tentacled object photographed on the ISS by NASA astronaut Don Pettit turns out to be something totally unexpected.

If Humans Vanished Tomorrow, Scientists Say This Animal Could Secretly Take Over the Planet - The Daily Galaxy

If Humans Vanished Tomorrow, Scientists Say This Animal Could Secretly Take Over the Planet - The Daily Galaxy

If humans suddenly vanished, the planet wouldn’t stay empty for long. Some animals would spread rapidly, others would struggle, and a few might quietly gain an advantage no one saw coming.

Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test - Ars Technica

Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test - Ars Technica

The US Space Force might move additional payloads off of ULA's grounded Vulcan rocket.

Scientists Uncover a New Way to Keep Astronauts Fit on Mars, Thanks to Mice - The Daily Galaxy

Scientists Uncover a New Way to Keep Astronauts Fit on Mars, Thanks to Mice - The Daily Galaxy

Mars might look like the next big step for human exploration, but there's a hidden risk astronauts will face...its gravity.

Everest Isn’t Earth’s Tallest Mountain Anymore: Scientists Uncover Hidden Mega-Structures 100X Taller and Billions of Years Old - The Daily Galaxy

Everest Isn’t Earth’s Tallest Mountain Anymore: Scientists Uncover Hidden Mega-Structures 100X Taller and Billions of Years Old - The Daily Galaxy

A new deep-Earth analysis reveals colossal structures beneath Africa and the Pacific that may be older than complex life, and far more extreme than anyone imagined.

'Major disruption in Neanderthal history': 65,000 years ago, all Neanderthals in Europe died out except for one lineage - Live Science

'Major disruption in Neanderthal history': 65,000 years ago, all Neanderthals in Europe died out except for one lineage - Live Science

The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient DNA reveals.

NASA is developing the '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft.' What about the Voyager probes? - Space

NASA is developing the '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft.' What about the Voyager probes? - Space

What is nuclear electric propulsion and how is it different from radioisotope thermoelectric generators?

Ask Ethan: Does dark energy curve the Universe over time? - Big Think

Ask Ethan: Does dark energy curve the Universe over time? - Big Think

Early on, the Universe needed near-perfect flatness, or atoms, stars, and galaxies couldn't form. What happens once dark energy takes over?

NASA's Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon: The long road to launch - Phys.org

NASA's Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon: The long road to launch - Phys.org

NASA is once again shooting for the moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft, called Orion, into orbit. From there, th…