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India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that sent a spacecraft into orbit and toward a touchdown on the moon next month. A successful landing could put India among a select group of countries. Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing is expected on Aug. 23. Watch the launch of India’s moon-bound spacecraft …

How did the turtle cross the road? In Middletown, Conn., with the help of a dry cleaner. Staff at Best Cleaners help turtles along their migratory path, which runs through the business. How did the turtle cross the road? In Middletown, Conn., with the help of a dry cleaner. Middletown …

Vinicius Ferreira has published his findings on a previously undiscovered beetle, which he says is the first wingless male beetle ever documented.  Xenomorphon baranowskii was first found in Mexico in 1991, but hasn’t been examined until now. When Vinicius Ferreira came across an unusual beetle in the small specimen collection …

In its first year of collecting mind-blowing images of deep space, the James Webb Space Telescope has shown us a universe never seen before. See some of the highlights.  Telescope has ‘transformed humanity’s view of the cosmos’: NASA. Astronomers and fans of its stunning images of deep space are celebrating …

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has stopped issuing the science licences used to authorize the derbies and organizers say trying to use recreational licences isn’t practical.  Far more sharks die as commercial bycatch, according to watchdog report. All three shark-fishing tournaments remaining in Nova Scotia have been cancelled this summer, a …

The World Meteorological Organization says Antarctic sea ice levels last month — the hottest June ever recorded — were at their lowest since satellite observations began.  Ice levels hit record low in June, World Meteorological Organization reports. Antarctic sea ice levels reached record lows last month, the World Meteorological Organization …

Scientists have picked the bottom of Crawford Lake in Ontario to mark the start of a new proposed, but controversial, geologic epoch – the Anthropocene. Here’s what that means, why this Canadian lake was chosen and why it could be a huge deal, scientifically.  Sediments from Ontario’s Crawford Lake picked …

The James Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth.  Release of dramatic image celebrates James Webb Space Telescope’s one-year anniversary. The James Webb Space Telescope is marking one year …

A volcano in southwestern Iceland began erupting on Monday, the country’s meteorological authorities said, 11 months after its last eruption officially ended.  Volcano erupted in uninhabited valley about 30 km southwest of Reykjavik. Lava flows bubble as Icelandic volcano erupts after earthquake A volcano near Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, …

About 5,000 years ago in Spain, there was a woman who was so important to her people that when she died, they filled her tomb with incredible riches and honoured her memory for generations to come. She’s now known as “The Ivory Lady” due to the lavish ivory contents of …