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Cicada Brood XIV is emerging in 2025. Here’s what to know about the periodical bugs.

A massive brood of periodical cicadas will emerge soon across the eastern United States, with the notoriously raucous springtime insects due for their 2025 appearance. Known for their buzzing hordes and ability to rapidly infiltrate the environments where they show up, cicadas are expected to swarm parts of Kentucky and Tennessee this year, while arriving in […]

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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures images of peanut-shaped asteroid during 30,000 mph flyby

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close approach at a speed of more than 30,000 mph. It was considered a dress rehearsal for the more critical asteroid encounters […]

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NASA releases stunning photos of planets, far-flung galaxies to mark Hubble anniversary

On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven to have “opened a new window to the universe,” with more than 1.6 million observations to date filled with compelling and surprising […]

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Astronaut Anne McClain joins all-female spacewalk — 6 years after missing out over suit sizing issue

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday.   NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck […]

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