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European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and ...

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Columbia’s new campaign challenges flat Earth claims with a bold photo dare, shifting the debate toward clear, testable ...

A new acoustic levitation technique combines sound waves and electric charge to control multiple particles without physical ...

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Gravity, the force that keeps everything anchored to Earth, is predictable, at least most of the time. But there are places around the world where this fundamental law of nature seems to defy itself.

A new study has found that Earth's innermost core isn't a conventional solid, but rather in a 'superionic state'.

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Shubhanshu Shukla shares his incredible journey to the International Space Station for an 18-day mission, his life, the ...