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Normal-looking rocks hide a brilliant secret

These rocks become amazing once you look at them in a different light.

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Boston Dynamics door-opening robot has some creepy competition

Watch out Spot Mini. There's another door-opening robot in town, Anymal.

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<p>The shadow of a Minerva-II lander, caught as it descends to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.</p>

Tiny rovers see their shadow on the asteroid they're about to land on

Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft throws two little robots down toward the surface of Ryugu for a better look.

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See a freaky gulper eel open wide in rare video

Exploration Vessel Nautilus had a crazy sighting of a creature that looks like an undersea muppet.

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<p>French photographer Gabriel Barathieu took "Dancing Octopus"off Mayotte Island in July 2016. Wrote one judge, "Both balletic and malevolent, this image shows that the octopus means business as it hunts in a shallow lagoon. The way it moves is so different from any predator on land, this truly could be an alien from another world."</p>

Octopuses on ecstasy react a lot like humans do

A study out of Johns Hopkins University doses octopuses with MDMA to learn more about the drug's effect on the brain.

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<p>SpaceX released this dramatic illustration of its BFR spacecraft with the moon.</p>

Elon Musk, SpaceX, global warming satellites and self-driving motorcycles (What the Future)

SpaceX and California are challenging NASA's influence over space travel, while a bike is challenging humanity's dominion over machines.

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<p>Thousands of spiders are visible in the full NASA MRO image.</p>

Mars 'spiders' pop in NASA orbiter image

NASA's MRO highlights some creepy-crawly Martian landscape features.

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<p>The Dunn Solar Telescope at the Sunspot Solar Observatory hides most of itself underground.</p>

Solar observatory closure wasn't a conspiracy, but it was creepy

A search warrant reveals why the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico was mysteriously evacuated.

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Drones and sensors could help us escape volcanoes' destructive power

Eruptions happen. Science can help us get out of the way.

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Volcanic eruptions get new early warning systems

Lidar, drones and advanced sensors help scientists better predict when a mountain is about to blow its top.

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<p>A Maine restaurant uses cannabis to sedate lobsters before killing them.&nbsp;</p>

Restaurateur gets lobsters stoned before killing them

Cannabis could be a kinder exit strategy for crustaceans doomed to the dinner plate.

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NASA's TESS telescope just discovered two new Earth-like planets

The planet hunter has detected a "super-Earth" and a "hot Earth" less than 60 light years away.

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Pint-size luxury and funky style

Shopping for a new car this weekend? See how the BMW X2 stacks up against the Volvo XC40 in our side-by-side comparison.