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From a Teenager in the Bronx to the World's Greatest Science Communicator: How Carl Sagan Changed Neil deGrasse Tyson's Life — and Millions of Young People

On a snowy December day in 1975, Carl Sagan personally invited a 17-year-old aspiring astronomer to Cornell. That afternoon shaped Neil deGrasse Tyson's life — and sparked a chain reaction of science inspiration that continues today through the Carl Sagan Institute.

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From a Teenager in the Bronx to the World's Greatest Science Communicator: How Carl Sagan Changed Neil deGrasse Tyson's Life — and Millions of Young People

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Artemis II Crew Splashes Down After Historic Moon Flyby

The four-member Artemis II crew safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, becoming the first humans to travel toward the Moon in over 50 years.

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First Lab-Grown Oesophagus Successfully Transplanted

Scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital created the first lab-grown oesophagus and successfully transplanted it into minipigs, restoring swallowing function without immune suppression.

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