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Archaeologists Discovered Sand Beneath A 5,000-year-old Temple, Traced Back To Mountains 30 Miles Away - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/05/09 13:15:00

Archaeologists Discovered Sand Beneath A 5,000-year-old Temple, Traced Back To Mountains 30 Miles Away - The Daily Galaxy

Deep beneath a Mesopotamian temple, scientists found sand that shouldn’t be there; at least not according to what archaeologists believed about this ancient city.

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Genetics link Angola's 'ghost elephants' to populations hundreds of miles away - Phys.org
science 2026/05/09 13:00:03

Genetics link Angola's 'ghost elephants' to populations hundreds of miles away - Phys.org

For more than a decade, conservation biologist Steve Boyes searched for “ghost elephants”—nocturnal giants rumored to roam a remote, high-altitude wetland in eastern Angola. When a motion-sensor camera finally captured their image in 2024, Boyes turned to Sta…

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Artemis 2 Astronauts Catch Rare Meteoroid Impact Flashes on the Moon’s Hidden Side - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/05/09 12:45:00

Artemis 2 Astronauts Catch Rare Meteoroid Impact Flashes on the Moon’s Hidden Side - The Daily Galaxy

Artemis 2 astronauts have observed meteoroid impact flashes on the moon’s far side, providing crucial data for scientists studying lunar craters and impact hazards.

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A close brush with Mars will reshape NASA's Psyche journey in a way few missions attempt - Phys.org
science 2026/05/09 12:41:20

A close brush with Mars will reshape NASA's Psyche journey in a way few missions attempt - Phys.org

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet’s surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will harness the planet’s gravitational pull to speed up and adjust it…

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Starship Cannot Build a City on Mars Without First Collecting These Materials From Space - Indian Defence Review
science 2026/05/09 12:30:00

Starship Cannot Build a City on Mars Without First Collecting These Materials From Space - Indian Defence Review

Building a permanent city on Mars may depend less on rockets leaving Earth than on mining resources already floating through space.

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Scientists Just Solved the Mystery of Why Crabs Walk Sideways - SciTechDaily
science 2026/05/09 12:28:16

Scientists Just Solved the Mystery of Why Crabs Walk Sideways - SciTechDaily

Crabs may owe their famous sideways walk to one evolutionary event that happened 200 million years ago.

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