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Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3....
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The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars....
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Elon Musk's Neuralink startup develops brain-chip implants. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk is planning to ramp up production of his Neuralink brain chips in 2026. Neuralink develops...
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Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky....
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Led by only the second civilian the country has sent into space, China had started a series of experiments on board its Tiangong space station that could lead to the development of safer and more powe...
The AI pioneer on stepping down from Meta, the limits of large language models â and the launch of his new start-up...
Scientists warn that human activities are âeroding nature to the point of extinctionâ after releasing a list of new species named in 2025....
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An HHS official says the agency has "frozen all child care payments" to the state of Minnesota after allegations of fraudulent day care centers there....
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China had fired rockets and deployed dozens of aircraft and naval vessels in exercises simulating a blockade of Taiwan's ports. Taipei condemned the drills as a threat to regional security....