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Analysis: Women were heart of Celtic networks

January 21, 2025, 5:58am Life

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Read story

TikTok alternatives available as ban looms

January 18, 2025, 6:04am Business

With a possible TikTok ban just days away, many U.S. users are looking for alternative social media platforms to help them keep up with pop culture or provide the type… Read story

FILE - A youth looks through a telescope during a stargazing and comet-watching gathering at Joya-La Barreta Ecological Park in Queretaro, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

How to glimpse a parade of planets in the January night sky

FILE - A youth looks through a telescope during a stargazing and comet-watching gathering at Joya-La Barreta Ecological Park in Queretaro, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

January 17, 2025, 8:25am Life

Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked eye. Read story

In this image, made from NASA TV, US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

NASA’s stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit

In this image, made from NASA TV, US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

January 16, 2025, 8:38am Life

One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago. Read story

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

January 16, 2025, 8:16am Business

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Read story

This Aug. 26, 2003, image made available by NASA shows Mars as it lines up with the sun and the Earth.

The grand illusion: As six orbs appear to align, get ready to enjoy planet parade

This Aug. 26, 2003, image made available by NASA shows Mars as it lines up with the sun and the Earth.

January 14, 2025, 6:06am Clark County Life

Who doesn’t love a parade? Even planets do. Read story

This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance rover capturing a portrait of its recently completed sample depot using its Mastcam-Z camera on Jan. 31, 2023.

Cheaper, faster way to get Mars samples to Earth sought

This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance rover capturing a portrait of its recently completed sample depot using its Mastcam-Z camera on Jan. 31, 2023.

January 14, 2025, 5:02am Life

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to $11 billion. Read story

NASA astronauts from left, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Don Pettit and Suni Williams talked from the International Space Station with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

Boeing Starliner astronauts remain busy on ISS, but ‘eventually we want to go home’

NASA astronauts from left, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Don Pettit and Suni Williams talked from the International Space Station with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

January 11, 2025, 6:00am Business

Now officially seven months on board the International Space Station, the two NASA astronauts who flew up on Boeing’s Starliner last June have a busy schedule in the new year while awaiting their flight home in the spring. Read story

Nansemond Indian Nation’s tribal historian and co-chair of The Nation’s Tribal Council Nikki Bass inspects oysters at her nearshore oyster reef on the Nansemond River, 15 miles northeast of downtown Suffolk, Va., at her home on Aug. 14, 2023.

More than 100,000 oysters were grown in Virginia in 2024 — here’s why it matters

Nansemond Indian Nation’s tribal historian and co-chair of The Nation’s Tribal Council Nikki Bass inspects oysters at her nearshore oyster reef on the Nansemond River, 15 miles northeast of downtown Suffolk, Va., at her home on Aug. 14, 2023.

January 10, 2025, 5:57am Life

More than 110,000 oysters were planted and raised through oyster gardening in Virginia in 2024, a near-record, environmentalists said. Read story

This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury showing northern plains taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo.

Spacecraft buzzes Mercury’s north pole and beams back stunning photos

This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury showing northern plains taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo.

January 9, 2025, 9:54am Life

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. Read story