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Your July horoscope — learn how to sharpen your claws during the season of the crab

July is nigh  — the heat of summer and the codependent claws of Cancer season are upon us.

‘Parade of Planets’: How to see the June 3 event and what it means for your astrological sign

The good news? Six out of nine of our solar system's luminaries — Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will be visible at once in a rare event....

Space laser transmission strikes Earth from 140 million miles away: NASA

Earth just received a laser transmission from a world (and perhaps universe) record-breaking 140 million miles away -- which could have major implications for the future of space travel.

How fungi can swallow abandoned homes for new growth in strange process called mycotecture

There's no cap to the magic of mushrooms.

Scientists discovers giant volcano on Mars: 'Hidden in plain sight'

Scientists say they have discovered a giant volcano hidden in plain sight on Mars.

Snickers denies Biden's SOTU accusation that it has reduced candy bar sizes in 'shrinkflation'

President Biden blasted Snickers as an example of "shrinkflation" during his State of the Union address last week -- but the candy bar's manufacturer denied that it has been quietly...

'Martians wanted:' NASA looking for crew to spend one year locked in Mars simulator

Why move to another city when you can spend a year on Mars?

NASA's historic Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for good after 72 flights

NASA likened Ingenuity's achievement at Jerezo Crater to the historic first controlled flight of the Wright brothers' motor-driven airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in December 1903.

Earth receives message from 10 million miles away in historic breakthrough

How's this for a long-distance call?

Life on Mars? New book explores pitfalls of colonizing the cosmos: 'Space is terrible'

The authors of a new book say "space is terrible" and that living in the cosmos would mean disgusting food, awkward sex and anarchy.

Alien-like ‘devil’ spotted creeping across Mars

What in the devil? A mysterious Martian image captured by NASA's  Perseverance rover on Aug. 30 has been revealed to be a dust devil. The 12-mph whirlwind was calculated to...

NASA rover generates oxygen out of unbreathable Mars air in red planet breakthrough

A breakthrough instrument on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is considered a mission success after producing enough oxygen for a small dog to breathe for about 10 hours.

India's successful moon landing another sign of the New Space Age

The world's largest democracy reached the moon this week. Huzzah!

Mars colony could survive with 22 people — just don't bring these losers

"Establishing a human settlement on Mars is an incredibly complex engineering problem," the researchers wrote.

Possible new evidence of life on Mars discovered

Scientists have discovered evidence of wet-dry cycles on Mars — an environment that is favourable for the emergence of life.

Mars is spinning faster, its days getting shorter — one theory why

Researchers found that Mars' rotation is accelerating by about 4 milliarcseconds per year — making the length of a Martian day shorter by a fraction of a millisecond per year.

NASA launching a streaming service: 'A new era of pioneers'

The agency uploaded a minute-long teaser trailer for NASA+ that has amassed 125,000 views since it was posted on July 27.

NASA discovers possible 'key building blocks for life' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover found "organic molecules" on the red planet.

Candy fans shocked over the meaning of 'Twix' chocolate bar

Candy fans are in disbelief over what Twix means — after a 2018 tweet resurfaced exposing its sweet truth.

NASA locks 4 volunteers into 3D-printed virtual 'Mars' for over a year

Research scientist Kelly Haston, structural engineer Ross Brockwell, emergency medicine physician Nathan Jones and US Navy microbiologist Anca Selariu were locked into the virtual planet at the Johnson Space Center...