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The Saddest and Strangest Tales of Animals in Space
From spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of the Space Shuttle, the history of animals in space is as fascinating as it is weird. Here are some of our favorite stories. On June 11, 1948, a rhesus monkey named Albert I become the first animal to reach space,…
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Astronomers Discover Heaviest Stellar Black Hole in the Milky Way
The black hole lurks just 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila.
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The Strangest Amber Fossils Ever Discovered
Amber fossils are like a time capsule, preserving the three-dimensional structure of animals, plants, and other prehistoric items of interest. Every once in a while, however, paleontologists stumble upon some particularly bizarre specimens and scenes. Conventional fossils, with their faintly outlined pancaked specimens, can teach us plenty about the past, but they lack a certain…
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SpaceX’s Starship Breaks New Ground During Third Test Flight
The megarocket flew faster and farther than ever before, and, surprisingly, with no explosion in sight.