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World's oldest meteor crater isn't what it seems

In 2012, geologist Adam Garde, of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, and colleagues said they had found evidence that the Maniitsoq structure was created by a meteor impact, calling it the earliest known example of its kind on Earth. However, ...

See SpaceX's most-flown rocket returns to home port after 9th flight (photos)

SpaceX's most-flown Falcon 9 rocket returned to Port Canaveral in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 16, 2021 after a record 9th launch two days earlier. (Image credit: Amy Thompson/Space.com). CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's most-flown rocket, ...

The New York Times

Making the Science of Covid Clearer

The New York Times

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As a science reporter for The New York Times, Apoorva Mandavilli knows the world of research, labs and technical papers.

SpaceX may try to launch its Starship SN11 rocket prototype Friday

SpaceX may attempt to test fire — then launch — its latest Starship rocket prototype at the company's South Texas facility on Friday (March 26). Officials in Cameron County, Texas, which is home to SpaceX's Starship test site near Boca Chica Village, have ...

NASA engineers analyze navigation needs of Artemis moon missions

"NASA has a multitude of navigation tools at its disposal, and Goddard has a half-century of experience navigating space exploration missions in lunar orbit." Alongside proven navigation capabilities, NASA will use innovative ...

Major Earth satellite to track disasters, effects of climate change

Designed to spot potential natural hazards and help researchers measure how melting land ice will affect sea level rise, the NISAR spacecraft marks a big step as it takes shape. An SUV-size Earth satellite that will be equipped with the largest reflector ...

Ben Nelson is the next NASA administrator: Space News, March 2021

Quartz

Quartz

There's a lot to like about Nelson's nomination. Washington watchers value the relationship between an agency leader and the president: Nelson's service alongside Biden in the Senate means the future NASA chief will get his phone calls to the Oval Office ...

Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in the Iberá Seedeater

Science Magazine

Science Magazine

Rapid radiations of recently diverged species represent an excellent opportunity for exploring drivers of speciation. The capuchino seedeaters, a group of South American birds, include a number of species that, in the field, are often discernable only through ...

Unexplained Results Intrigue Physicists at World's Largest Particle Collider

Scientific American

Scientific American

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then consider a tantalizing new result beguiling the world's particle physicists. Specifically, scientists are interested in fresh data from the LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) detector, an experiment studying the decays ...

Researchers develop 15-minute test to assess immune response

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) have developed a new label-free immune profiling assay that profiles the rapidly changing host immune response in case of infection, in a departure from existing methods ...