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An 11-Minute Flight To Space Was Just Auctioned For $28 Million
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is going into space on July 20 on a reusable rocket made by his space exploration company, Blue Origin. So is his younger… -
Apple iPhones Can Soon Hold Your ID. Privacy Experts Are On Edge
Buying a coffee and grabbing a train is already possible with an iPhone, but Apple wants to replace the physical wallet completely. To that end, earlier… -
What Causes The Northern Lights? Scientists Finally Know For Sure
Nothing can ruin our joy in the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, those ribbons of blue, green and violet light that cascade from the sky. Not even… -
NASA Is About To Fly By The Largest Moon In The Solar System
Jupiter's moon Ganymede will have a visitor from Earth on Monday. At 1:35 p.m. ET, NASA's Juno spacecraft will zoom by, just 645 miles above the surface… -
The Vatican's Space Observatory Wants To See Stars And Faith Align
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — At a time of growing diffidence toward some new scientific discoveries, the one and only Vatican institution that does scientific… -
NASA Picks Twin Missions To Visit Venus, Earth's 'Evil Twin'
NASA has decided to send two new missions to Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, making it the first time the agency will go to this scorching hot… -
Why Jumping Spiders Spend All Night Hanging Out — Literally
Jumping spiders, which use their four pairs of big eyes to spot prey so that they can pounce, can spend a lot of the night just hanging… -
Brood X's Cicadas, Undeterred By A Fungus That Causes Their Genitals To Fall Off, Are Sex-Obsessed
A fungus that affects 10 percent of the cicada brood causes the insects to lose their genitals and become hypersexual. -
Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Taking The Witness Stand Friday. Here's Why It's A Big Deal
Apple CEO Tim Cook will take the witness stand on Friday in a high-stakes trial over whether his company is abusing its market power that is unfolding in… -
China Lands On Mars In Major Advance For Its Space Ambitions
China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step…