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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 26, 2024
Are large asteroids hidden in this annual meteor shower?
Large asteroids hidden in the Taurid meteors could be a threat to Earth. One of them might be responsible for the 1908 Tunguska event.
November 24, 2024
The Milky Way isn’t the only galaxy: 100th anniversary
It was 100 years ago that Edwin Hubble showed, through observations and measurements of stars, that the Milky Way is only one galaxy of many in our universe.
November 24, 2024
