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Barrel jellyfish

See This Rare Jellyfish the Size of a Human

"It's an experience we'll never forget"

Chandryaan-2

India Readies A New Lunar Mission

Apollo 11

New Poll: 11% of Millennials Believe Moon Landing Was Faked

We need some new rules for outer space

Elon Musk Might Be Able to Settle Mars, According to the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty

Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Tapes Will Be Auctioned In July

Spinach steroid

Study: Spinach Is Pretty Much a Steroid, Maybe We Should Ban It

Apollo 11 moon landing site

50 Years Later, Tangible Benefits of Moon Landing Still Unclear

Methane gas on Mars

NASA Rover on Mars May Have Found Evidence of Life

Declassified Spy Images Show Himalayan Glaciers Melting

Declassified Spy Images Show Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Expected

Energy industry

America’s Fastest Growing Industry Is Leaving Women Behind

Boaty McBoatface

Boaty McBoatface Comes Through With Actual Groundbreaking Discovery

Human skull

All the Ways Modern Life Is Warping Our Skeletons

UFOs

How Belief in Alien Life Is Becoming a New Religion

Moon landing

First Commercial Moon Landing Contracts Signed by NASA

Asteroid

Mile-Wide Asteroid to Squeak Past Earth This Weekend

Virgin Galactic

First Commercial Spaceflight by Virgin Galactic Planned for This Year

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Jean-Jacques Savin crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel at the age of 72.

A 72-Year-Old Just Crossed the Atlantic in an Unpowered Wooden Barrel

Beluga Whale

Is a Beluga Whale Working for the Russian Navy?

Researchers at UCLA developed Snow TENG to harvest electricity from snow.

Researchers Figured Out How to Harvest Electricity From Snow

Vietnam Literally Just Had Its Hottest Day Ever

Vietnam Literally Just Had Its Hottest Day Ever

First image of a black hole (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

How Global Teamwork Helped Create the First Black Hole Image

Lyrid meteor shower lights the sky. (GettyImages)

When to Look for the Lyrid Meteor Shower

This Hypercarnivore Ruled the African Food Chain 22 Million Years Ago

This Hypercarnivore Ruled the African Food Chain 22 Million Years Ago

Bottled water

Report: Dr Pepper, Whole Foods Bottled Water Has Unsafe Levels of Arsenic

Ocean Plastic Pollution

There’s Even More Plastic in the Ocean Than We Thought

A newfangled cereal comes from a perennial grain. (Getty)

How a Different Kind of Cereal Could Help Save the Planet

Scott Kelly in space

How a Year in Space Impacted Scott Kelly and His Twin Brother

human cousin bones found

Bones Found in Philippines Cave Reveal Evidence of New Human Cousin

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