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superworm eats plastic styrofoam
Scientists Identify ‘Superworm’ Capable of Eating Plastic
  • 9 June 2022
Enzymes found in the worm’s guts broke down two types of widely used plastics, including...
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Scientists Identify ‘Superworm’ Capable of Eating Plastic
This image released by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, Thursday, May 12, 2022, shows a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way black hole is called Sagittarius A*, near the border of Sagittarius and Scorpius constellations. It is 4 million times more massive than our sun. The image was made by eight synchronized radio telescopes around the world. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration via AP)
Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole
  • 13 May 2022
Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their...
  • AP News
Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole
In this 2021 photo provided by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, a researcher harvests a thale cress plant growing in lunar soil, at a laboratory in Gainesville, Fla. For the first time, scientists have used lunar soil collected by long-ago moonwalkers to grow plants, with results promising enough that NASA and others already are envisioning hothouses on the moon for the next generation of lunar explorers. (Tyler Jones/UF/IFAS via AP)
Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Dirt, Next Stop Moon
  • 12 May 2022
For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by...
  • AP News
Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Dirt, Next Stop Moon
nasa sending nude pictures into space?
No, NASA Does Not Plan To Send ‘Nude Pics’ into Space
  • 10 May 2022
Snopes spoke with NASA and the lead author of a popularly cited study to clarify.
  • Fact Check
No, NASA Does Not Plan To Send ‘Nude Pics’ into Space
This combination of images provided by NASA on Monday, May 9, 2022, shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, seen by the retired Spitzer Space Telescope, left, and the new James Webb Space Telescope. The new telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday. (NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI via AP)
Space Telescope in Home Stretch of Tests; Early Pics Impress
  • 10 May 2022
NASA's new space telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected...
  • AP News
Space Telescope in Home Stretch of Tests; Early Pics Impress
Retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke, 86, discusses the 50th anniversary of his trip to the moon aboard Apollo 16 in Huntsville, Ala., on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The capsule is housed at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, located near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Apollo 16 Moonwalker Reflects on Mission’s 50th Anniversary
  • 21 April 2022
Charlie Duke is part of a tiny fraternity that’s getting even smaller: People who walked...
  • AP News
Apollo 16 Moonwalker Reflects on Mission’s 50th Anniversary
FILE - The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building moving slowly on an 11-hour journey to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2022. The flight debut of NASA's new mega moon rocket faces additional delays, following a series of failed fueling tests, officials said Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
NASA Moon Rocket Faces More Flight Delays As Repairs Mount
  • 19 April 2022
The flight debut of NASA’s mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of...
  • AP News
NASA Moon Rocket Faces More Flight Delays As Repairs Mount
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55M Each
  • 8 April 2022
NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.
  • AP News
SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55M Each
This undated photo provided by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in April 2022 shows the facility's Collider Detector outside Batavia, Ill. In results released on Thursday, April 7, 2022, scientists at the lab calculated that the W boson, a fundamental particle of physics, weighs a bit more than their theoretical rulebook for the universe tells them it should. (Fermilab via AP)
Key Particle Weighs in a Bit Heavy, Confounding Physicists
  • 8 April 2022
The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major...
  • AP News
Key Particle Weighs in a Bit Heavy, Confounding Physicists
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei gives the thumbs up outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. (Bill Ingall/NASA via AP)
US Astronaut Ends Record-Long Spaceflight in Russian Capsule
  • 30 March 2022
NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth after a U.S. record 355 days...
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US Astronaut Ends Record-Long Spaceflight in Russian Capsule
In this photo provided by NASA, U.S. astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's window to the world on Feb. 4, 2022. The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship is docked to the Rassvet module in the background. Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but in March 2022 faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries. (Kayla Barron/NASA via AP)
US Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Home During Tensions
  • 14 March 2022
U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but...
  • AP News
US Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Home During Tensions
hole drilled on mars
Does This Photo Show a Hole Drilled on Mars?
  • 13 March 2022
The diameter was said to measure slightly smaller than a U.S. dime.
  • Fact Check
Does This Photo Show a Hole Drilled on Mars?
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coors light slime
Coors Light Recall: Here’s What We Know
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The Poptopic blog claimed without evidence that Disney has allegedly offered Johnny Depp a USD $301 million contract deal for him to return as Jack Sparrow in another Pirates of the Caribbean film and a Disney Plus series.
Was Johnny Depp Offered ‘$301M Disney Deal’ for ‘Pirates’ Return?
Was Johnny Depp Offered ‘$301M Disney Deal’ for ‘Pirates’ Return?
this is not lauren boebert with two half-naked men
Is This Lauren Boebert With Two Near-Naked Men?
Is This Lauren Boebert With Two Near-Naked Men?
An ad promised a hotel trick for luggage going in the bath tub ASAP.
Is Putting Hotel Luggage in the Bathtub Upon Arrival a Good Idea?
Is Putting Hotel Luggage in the Bathtub Upon Arrival a Good Idea?
did disney cancel tim allen from light?year
Did Disney Deny Tim Allen ‘Lightyear’ Role Due to His Political Beliefs?
Did Disney Deny Tim Allen ‘Lightyear’ Role Due to His Political Beliefs?
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