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India’s lunar rover fell asleep and may never wake up
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission delivered its Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to the lunar surface on…

What to know before takeoff from Cape Canaveral
It’s launch day in Florida. SpaceX teams are set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket…

NASA’s Perseverance rover spots ‘shark fin’ and ‘crab claw’ on Mars
The new NASA image is the latest example of a phenomenon known as pareidolia. Where…

Study proves the difficulty of simulating random quantum circuits for classical computers
This article has been reviewed in accordance with the editorial process and policies of Science…

Revolutionizing organometallic chemistry: the 21-electron metallocene “sandwich”
Crystal structure of newly synthesized 21-electron metallocene compound showing nitrogen (blue), cobalt (red), hydrogen (green)…

Faster than you can explain: Photonic time crystals could revolutionize optics
Researchers have produced photonic time crystals in the near-visible spectrum, potentially revolutionizing scientific applications of…

An ‘unusual’ exoplanet appears to have shrunk, and we don’t know how
A recently discovered exoplanet has posed an interesting problem for astronomers. It’s called TOI-332b, and…

Human ancestors almost disappeared 900,000 years ago
Nearly a million years ago, a devastating event nearly wiped out the ancestors of mankind….

A superheavy exoplanet is denser than steel, scientists say
A newly discovered exoplanet has such peculiar characteristics that astronomers believe it must have suffered…