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The first flight of NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, was delayed until April 11 to give the team and aircraft more time to prepare. Originally scheduled to fly on April 8, NASA delayed …

The Ingenuity helicopter made it through its first cold Martian night alone. ASA / JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover and Wit helicopter have a parent-child relationship. The helicopter spent its first weeks on …

Credit: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain Nine of the hottest years in human history have occurred in the last decade. Without a major change in this climate trajectory, the future of life …

Baby starfish may look innocent and adorable, but they are little cannibals and eat their own siblings for their own survival, according to a new study. Two researchers discovered this behavior among …

China’s Mars probe, Tianwen-1, has been hovering around Mars in a parking orbit for nearly two full months, preparing for its landing in May. But it’s not just about sitting there in …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by biologists at Stanford University finds an explanation for the idea that physical characteristics, such as skin pigmentation, are “only superficial.” Using genetic modeling, the …

Jezero Crater, a former lake bed on Mars and the current site of the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter, can drop to temperatures of minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s low enough …

In a fight of hours, up to 70 orcas hunted and killed a blue whale off the southwestern coast of Australia, according to a marine biologist who saw the event “astonishing, a …

Library of images of science and society | fake images Researchers have long debated what the 10-foot-long tooth protruding from a narwhal’s head actually is. by. Perhaps it has something to do …

This time I promise I only have a couple of stories from Elon Musk’s company. SpaceX’s latest Starship test launch ended with another explosion, proving that space hardware is still difficult to …