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10 great places to see meteor showers in the US
Looking for an awesome place to watch meteor showers in the U.S.? AccuWeather - and the editors of EarthSky - recommend these 10 places.
June 28, 2020
Saharan-fed sunsets in the US
A massive Saharan dust plume is moving into the southeast US, bringing technicolor sunsets and suppressing tropical storms.
June 26, 2020
LIGO and Virgo find a mystery object in the ‘mass gap’
The science world is buzzing about a new discovery made via the LIGO-Virgo collaboration. It's a new object found in the so-called "mass gap" between neutron stars and black holes.
June 24, 2020
Covid-19 spreads through the air. That’s a big challenge for reopening
Clear, straightforward information on how a virus spreads, from a scientist who studies infectious disease
June 19, 2020
Why evolution seems to have a direction, and what to expect next
Does evolution always and inevitably generate greater diversity and complexity, having a predictable direction?
June 12, 2020
Has mystery of universe’s missing matter been solved?
Cosmologists have only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the discovery of a new astronomical phenomenon and new telescopes, these researchers say they've just found the rest.
June 2, 2020
Why these astronomers now doubt there’s a Planet Nine
In the search for the hypothetical 9th planet in our solar system, these scientists may have uncovered another explanation for the patterns in the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects.
May 28, 2020
How are zoo animals handling the coronavirus shutdown?
How captive animals are coping with the sudden emptiness of the world's zoos and aquariums.
May 25, 2020
Why clouds form near black holes
Clouds in the greater universe are clumpy areas of greater density than their surroundings. Space telescopes have observed these cosmic clouds in the vicinity of supermassive black holes.
May 19, 2020
Last Antarctic sunset
This was the last sunset - prior to several months of winter darkness - at Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. Scientists at the station are studying how living in extreme conditions affects the human body and mind.
May 19, 2020
