Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband network got a major boost Wednesday from SpaceX, as a Falcon 9 rocket launched several Kuiper satellites into orbit. The mission, called KF-01, involved a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…
A team of international scientists reported on Wednesday that they had captured the earliest stages of the formation of a planet beyond Earth's orbit. Researchers from the US, Canada and Europe have observed hot space minerals as they solidify, representing…
A planet forming around the young star HD 135344B, as seen using ESO's Very Large Telescope (left), and a combined image from the VLT and ALMA radio antenna (right). (Image credit: ESO Maio et al. Stolker et al./ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) van…
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The earliest known ancestors of opossums appeared more than 65 million years ago. (Photo: Leonid Korchenko/Getty Images) With their beady eyes, large ears, sleek tails, and short, stocky legs, opossums are the defining characteristics of marsupials. Despite their unusual appearance,…