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New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter
By William Barter published
A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.

Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Satellites don't stop at borders and neither should science.

Scientists behind controversial 2010 arsenic-based life study clap back as paper gets pulled: 'We do not support this retraction'
By Keith Cooper published
A retraction intends to bring to an end the acrimonious debate about the validity of the 15-year old findings that threatened to upend what we thought we know about life.

Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal
By Tereza Pultarova published
The US West Coast is the world's worst mega-drying region.

Cosmic rays gave the Fantastic Four their incredible powers — but what do they really do?
By Robert Lea published
It's 1961, and four intrepid cosmic explorers journey to space under the leadership of Reed Richards, where they encounter cosmic rays that change them forever. But what are cosmic rays?

Scientists just made the 1st antimatter 'qubit.' Here's why it could be a big deal
By Keith Cooper published
Although the antimatter qubit won't find use in quantum computing, it will be used to test the differences between matter and antimatter.

SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather
By Keith Cooper last updated
NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off July 23 on a Falcon 9 rocket with three other small agency satellites that will act as technology demonstrators to monitor space weather.

Sharp-eyed US-Indian satellite set to launch July 30 to monitor Earth's surface, warn of natural disasters
By Keith Cooper published
NISAR, a joint mission of NASA and ISRO set to launch on July 30, will be able to see shifts in the landscape smaller than a centimeter to give warning of potential natural disasters.

NASA won't publish key climate change report online, citing 'no legal obligation' to do so
By Josh Dinner published
NASA will not host the U.S. government's primary climate assessment reports on its website after all, despite a White House claim that they would be available via the space agency.
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