NASA’s New Horizons Probe Wakes Up 6 Billion Miles From Earth

2026-07-09T12:00:03.000Z NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto after spending nearly a year in hibernation. Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a time with little to do other than passively collect data. During these periods, the probe goes into a hibernation mode in which its instruments still collect data, but most other systems power down.

2026-07-09T12:00:03.000Z NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto after spending n...

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People Who Live to 100 Have One Thing in Common – And It's Not Just Diet

2026-07-08T00:35:11.000Z A study of people living in Sardinia, Italy – one of the world's so-called 'Blue Zones', where people may be more likely to celebrate their 100th birthday – found that an overlooked factor might be just as important: personality. Read on below, and follow ScienceAlert for more evidence-based health news.

2026-07-08T00:35:11.000Z A study of people living in Sardinia, Italy – one of the world's so-called 'Blue Zones', where people m...

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NASA Video Shows LA Fireworks From Orbit for US 250th Birthday

2026-07-07T11:00:06.000Z The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties down below. "The International Space Station orbited over Los Angeles on July 4th as America marked 250 years of independence with a burst of fireworks lighting up the city below — a celebration so bright it reached all the way to space!" NASA officials said on Monday (July 6) via the agency's ISS X account. That post featured a 15-second video captured from the orbiting...

2026-07-07T11:00:06.000Z The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the pa...

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How the Wright Brothers Set the Stage for U.S. Space Tech

2026-07-06T12:00:04.000Z Humanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds soaring overhead and trying to puzzle out their seemingly magical secret. We made some halting steps over the centuries — getting kites aloft in ancient China, for example, and drawing up ambitious but unrealized flying machines during the Renaissance — but our boots were still firmly rooted on the ground when the United States of America was born on July 4, 1776.

2026-07-06T12:00:04.000Z Humanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds soaring overhead and trying to p...

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ADHD and Autism May Be Facets of One ‘Neurodevelopmental Spectrum,’ Not Separate Boxes

2026-07-05T13:40:44.000Z A UK study of over 10,000 twins found ADHD, autism, and learning traits form one neurodevelopmental spectrum that predicts school performance for …

2026-07-05T13:40:44.000Z A UK study of over 10,000 twins found ADHD, autism, and learning traits form one neurodevelopmental spectrum that p...

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New Earth-Like Exoplanet GJ 3378b Found Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf Star

2026-07-03T12:00:04.000Z A potentially habitable rocky world has been found in the habitable zone around a red dwarf just 25 light-years from us. However, faced with a hostile wind of radiation from its host star, it remains unclear whether this new exoplanet supports an atmosphere, or the possibility of life. Nevertheless, astronomers are celebrating the discovery. "This one's exciting," said Paul Robertson of the University of California, Irvine, in a statement. "It's one of our closest cosmic neighbors...

2026-07-03T12:00:04.000Z A potentially habitable rocky world has been found in the habitable zone around a red dwarf just 25 light-years fro...

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New Earth-Like Exoplanet GJ 3378b Found Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf Star

2026-07-03T12:00:04.000Z A potentially habitable rocky world has been found in the habitable zone around a red dwarf just 25 light-years from us. However, faced with a hostile wind of radiation from its host star, it remains unclear whether this new exoplanet supports an atmosphere, or the possibility of life. Nevertheless, astronomers are celebrating the discovery. "This one's exciting," said Paul Robertson of the University of California, Irvine, in a statement. "It's one of our closest cosmic neighbors...

2026-07-03T12:00:04.000Z A potentially habitable rocky world has been found in the habitable zone around a red dwarf just 25 light-years fro...

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Psychology Says People Who Remember Their Dreams Every Morning Are Experiencing a Sleep Architecture Most Humans Lost 10,000 Years Ago

2026-06-27T06:47:21.000Z When you wake up with a vivid dream still hanging in your mind, it can feel a little magical, a little unsettling, and sometimes strangely …

2026-06-27T06:47:21.000Z When you wake up with a vivid dream still hanging in your mind, it can feel a little magical, a little unsettling, ...

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A Strange, Boiling Hole Just Appeared Out of Nowhere in Yellowstone

2026-06-26T12:30:04.000Z The new pool appeared in the Biscuit Basin sometime between June 14 and 16. The weird part? Nobody saw it happen. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for more.

2026-06-26T12:30:04.000Z The new pool appeared in the Biscuit Basin sometime between June 14 and 16. The weird part? Nobody saw it happen. R...

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