Universe
August 2026
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Universe
Millions of volunteers' computer search for alien signals yielded 100 worthy targets
Science & Engineering
Space shuttle Endeavour's 12-mile journey took 68 hours to clear obstacles by inches
Universe
NASA's Roman Space Telescope launches after surviving three cancellation attempts
Science & Engineering
Bell Labs engineer discovered cosmic radio signals while hunting for phone line static
Universe
Physicists predicted in 1936 that a powerful magnetic field could turn empty space…
Science & Engineering
Camera bound for deep space will map billions of galaxies and overwhelm astronomy with data
Science & Engineering
Before JWST began science operations, a dust-sized particle struck one segment of…
Science & Engineering
Mimic octopus transforms into its own predator to escape attack
Science & Engineering
Lunar base could face 23,000 micrometeoroid strikes yearly, study finds
Human Behaviour
Personality quiz reached 87 million Facebook accounts without consent
Science & Engineering
Radio telescope archives reveal hidden stellar bursts missed by standard imaging
Science & Engineering
Astrobiologists far more skeptical of alien life than the public
Science & Engineering
Most of the ocean exists in permanent darkness below 1,000 metres
Universe
The universe’s total mass-energy budget, according to standard cosmology
Science & Engineering