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How Solar Wind Stripped Mars of Its Atmosphere Science

How Solar Wind Stripped Mars of Its Atmosphere

Billions of years ago, Mars had rivers, lakes, and a thick atmosphere. Today it is a frozen desert. The culprit is the solar wind—and the loss of the...

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Project Hail Mary: Gosling's Sci-Fi Epic Opens March 20 Culture

Project Hail Mary: Gosling's Sci-Fi Epic Opens March 20

Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, arrives in cinemas on March 20, 2026, earning near-universal critical...

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How the LHCb Experiment Discovers New Subatomic Particles Science

How the LHCb Experiment Discovers New Subatomic Particles

CERN's LHCb detector has confirmed dozens of never-before-seen particles, including exotic baryons with two charm quarks. Here is how the machine work...

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How LEO Satellite Internet Works—and Why It Matters Technology

How LEO Satellite Internet Works—and Why It Matters

Low-Earth orbit satellite constellations like Starlink are rewriting the rules of global internet access. Here's how the technology works—from phased-...

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How Commercial Moon Landers Work—and Why They Matter Science

How Commercial Moon Landers Work—and Why They Matter

NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program contracts private companies to deliver scientific instruments to the Moon at a fraction of tra...

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Jupiter's Europa: Why Scientists Think It May Host Life Science

Jupiter's Europa: Why Scientists Think It May Host Life

Beneath Europa's frozen crust lies a vast saltwater ocean that contains carbon compounds, tidal heat, and the chemical ingredients for life—making Jup...

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How NASA's Artemis II Mission Works—and Why It Matters Science

How NASA's Artemis II Mission Works—and Why It Matters

NASA's Artemis II will carry four astronauts around the Moon in 2026—the first crewed deep-space mission in more than 50 years. Here is how the missio...

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What Is the Migdal Effect and Why It Matters Science

What Is the Migdal Effect and Why It Matters

The Migdal effect is a quantum phenomenon predicted in 1939 that could unlock the detection of light dark matter — and scientists have only just confi...

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What Are Mars Boxwork Formations and Why They Matter Science

What Are Mars Boxwork Formations and Why They Matter

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring eerie spider-web-like rock structures on Mars called boxwork formations. Here's what they are, how they form...

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What Are Fast Radio Bursts and How Do They Work? Science

What Are Fast Radio Bursts and How Do They Work?

Fast radio bursts are millisecond-long flashes of radio energy so powerful they outshine entire galaxies—yet their exact cause remained a mystery for...

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Artemis II: Humans Head to the Moon for First Time Since 1972 Science

Artemis II: Humans Head to the Moon for First Time Since 1972

NASA has set April 1, 2026 as the launch date for Artemis II, sending four astronauts on a 10-day free-return journey around the Moon — the first crew...

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How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way Science

How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way

New research reveals the Sun traveled roughly 10,000 light-years outward from the Milky Way's dangerous inner core billions of years ago — a journey t...

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