A Virgin Galactic passenger joked that he will have to wear diapers on Thursday's mission because the spaceship doesn't have toilets

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A shot of the outside of Galactic 01 during its first commercial spaceflight.

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NASA regains contact with Voyager 2 after it went dark for two weeks

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NASA has reestablished connection with Voyager 2 after a tense two weeks of not hearing anything from the probe. On July 21st, the agency lost contact with Voyager 2 following a series of planned commands that mistakenly pointed it two degrees away from our planet.

Greta Thunberg says she will no longer speak at a climate event, accusing a sponsor of greenwashing by investing in companies tied to the fossil fuel industry

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Greta Thunberg speaks at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, New York on September 23, 2019.

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Boeing's Starliner could be ready for crewed flights by next March

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Boeing has rediscovered just how hard space can be in recent months, as its ambitious Starliner program has been repeatedly sidelined by lingering technical issues.

Scientists have reproduced last year's nuclear fusion breakthrough

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Scientists at a federally funded research center in the US have successfully conducted a second nuclear fusion reaction experiment that resulted in a net energy gain.

The safest place for some species of Florida coral? Land.

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A researcher stands in front of bleached coral samples preserved in water at a research site.
Temperatures off the Florida coast exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit in July, causing significant damage to nearby coral.

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An ancient skull unlike any human ever seen is baffling scientists and could rewrite the story of our evolution

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A 3D scan of facial remains shows what we know of the skull uncovered in East Asia. This skull's top is reminiscent of modern humans, but its chin is more like an archaic human.
A computer generated image of the remains from the skull of HLD 6 (show in yellow).

Wu et al. PNAS 2019, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902396116

The 2023 Perseid meteor shower will peak this weekend, bringing up to 100 fireballs per hour. Here's where to watch.

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A meteor streaks across the sky during a Perseid meteor shower in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

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Archaeologists are too scared to open the tomb of China's first emperor because they fear booby traps

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NASA used an interstellar 'shout' to reconnect with Voyager 2 probe after losing it in a technical screw-up

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An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.
An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.

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