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How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens

Astronomers are looking for signals that a star is about to go supernova. Some stars give no warning while others have slowly brightened before exploding.

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December 17, 2024

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft skimming Earth’s atmosphere today!

The Lucy spacecraft will make a close approach to Earth today. Its 6-year mission will carry it through the main asteroid belt and into the orbit of Jupiter.

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December 12, 2024

What if we find alien life and don’t recognize it?

Astrobiologists are exploring how complexity arises in the universe to build frameworks for recognizing alien life when we finally find it.

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December 10, 2024

The universe is vibrating, mounting evidence shows

Astronomers announced the discovery of more evidence pointing to the theory that our universe is vibrating due to black holes interacting.

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December 5, 2024

A meeting of 2 ancient human species in fossil footprints

Scientists have discovered ancient human footprints of 2 different species, showing that they coexisted on the African shore. See the tracks here.

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December 5, 2024

NASA testing underwater robots to explore ocean worlds

NASA is testing prototypes for autonomous underwater robots that could one day explore our solar system's subsurface oceans.

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December 1, 2024

Thanksgiving turkey: White meat or dark meat?

Thanksgiving turkey raises an important question: Dark or white meat? Amaze your companions on why different cuts of turkey have different characteristics.

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November 28, 2024

Gegenschein is the glow of interplanetary dust

The gegenschein is a play of light on interplanetary dust of the solar system. It's a diffuse path of light that lies exactly opposite the sun.

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November 27, 2024

Rapid temperature rise for Middle East and North Africa?

A new study predicts areas of North Africa and the Middle East could experience a rapid temperature rise of up to 9 degrees Celsius (16 F) in the coming years.

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November 26, 2024