NASA’s curiosity takes close look at rock that got stuck on drill.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten stuck to the drill on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25. Engine…

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French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images.

French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok. The Paris pub…

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NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture.

The Artemis 2 astronauts remained vigilant while zipping around the far side of the moon last month, on the ready to record meteoroid impact flashes on the lunar landscape. Their diligence was rewarded. The four crewmembers reported seeing several impact flashes — flickers o…

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Israel built and defended a secret Iran War Base in Iraq.

Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who almost discovered it early in the war, people familiar with the matter including U.S. officials said. Israel built the i…

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Scientists found 10,000 possible exoplanets hiding in NASA data.

Using NASA data and machine learning, scientists have found over 10,000 possible new planets in a single survey. In a new study, researchers used machine learning to perform a sweeping survey of data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TE…

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SpaceX just fired up its 33-engine Starship 'V3' Super Heavy rocket booster.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket may indeed get off the ground next week. The company is apparently targeting May 15 for the test flight, which will be the 12th for Starship overall but the first for the new, more powerful "Version 3" of the giant vehicle. SpaceX cl…

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Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively.

A new poll found that most Americans say they believe President Trump is mentally and physically unfit to serve as commander in chief.  The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 59 percent of U.S. respondents said that Trump does not have the mental sharpness it tak…

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Astronomers find atmosphere around a solar system object that shouldn’t have one.

Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around a tiny celestial body in the outer solar system for the first time — an object previously thought to be too small to support the presence of an atmosphere. Thousands of frozen, rocky bodies called trans-Neptunian objects, or…

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Reuters wins two Pulitzer Prizes for national and beat reporting.

Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes ​on Monday, one for national reporting for stories on U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign of political retribution, and a second for beat reporting for investigations revealing how social-media behemoth Meta (META.O), opens new tab kno…

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