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Fake eclipse glasses polluting marketplace, astronomers warn
With the total solar eclipse approaching, counterfeit and fake eclipse glasses are polluting the marketplace. Here's how to make sure you get the right thing.
March 25, 2024
Dark matter study of dwarf galaxies hints at a ‘signal’
Researchers studied nearby, dark-matter dominated dwarf galaxies. They were looking for gamma rays resulting from dark matter annihilation or decay.
March 22, 2024
Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen
Titanosaurs thrived globally after the extinction of their more famous relatives. They had over 100 species ranging from massive to relatively small.
March 18, 2024
Voyager 1 spacecraft has sent a (partly) decipherable message
The Voyager 1 spacecraft started sending gibberish back to Earth in November. Now engineers have sent it a "poke" and received a message they can decipher.
March 18, 2024
Giant volcano on Mars hiding in plain sight
A newly found giant volcano on Mars erupted in "modern times" and could erupt again. It's the site of glacier ice, with implications for life and exploration.
March 15, 2024
Interstellar signal linked to aliens was just a truck
New analysis of seismic waves recorded around the time the 2014 interstellar meteor hit Earth shows it was not an interstellar signal but a nearby truck.
March 14, 2024
A message to Europa from the people of Earth
NASA released images of the message to Europa that will be on the Europa Clipper. It contains a microchip with over 2.6 million names submitted by the public.
March 12, 2024
Do you want to be an astronaut? NASA is hiring!
Would you like to be an astronaut? NASA is hiring! Learn what the qualifications and requirements are and find a link to the application here.
March 7, 2024
See dozens of planet-forming disks in groundbreaking survey
A new survey looked at 86 young stars and their planet-forming disks in 3 gas clouds in our own Milky Way. See the wide variety of dusty disks here.
March 6, 2024
Can supervolcanoes cause a major cooling?
It was long thought supervolcanoes could cause eruptions that could blot out sunlight and result in major cooling on Earth. A new study says not so fast.
March 5, 2024
