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Whoa! New and giant telescopes ahead
Telescope technology has come a long way. Here are 4 new amazing machines for observing the universe, both from space and from Earth.
April 11, 2018
Goodbye Kepler, hello TESS: Passing the baton in exoplanet search
When NASA first started planning the Kepler mission, no one knew if the universe held any planets outside our solar system. Thousands of exoplanets later, the search enters a new phase.
April 11, 2018
Look up: It’s a satellite!
"I use the Heavens Above astronomy site or the Starry Night app to check on satellites ... they are fun to spot."
April 8, 2018
Top 10 things about brown recluse spiders
It's their active season. Here are some things you might not know.
April 6, 2018
Does space weather threaten high-tech life?
The wired Earth of the 21st century is at the mercy of the volatile nature of the sun, says a scientist who studies solar storms.
April 4, 2018
Blackbirds in the city: Bad health, longer life
Blackbirds live longer in cities than in forests. But a new genetic analysis suggest that city birds have much poorer health than their rural cousins.
April 3, 2018
Watch a robot fish swim in the ocean
MIT computer scientists have developed SoFi - a soft, robot fish made of silicone rubber - that can swim alongside real fish in the ocean.
April 2, 2018
Mysterious skeleton is human, not alien
It turns out that this strange tiny skeleton is without a doubt human.
March 28, 2018
Watch spacewalk live March 29
On Thursday, 2 astronauts will perform a spacewalk. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at about 12:10 UTC (8:10 a.m. EDT) and will last about 6.5 hours. How to watch live.
March 28, 2018
Great Pacific Garbage Patch now 3 times size of France
In 2015, a mega-expedition - 30 vessels simultaneously - crossed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and collected 1.2 million plastic samples. They say the problem is getting worse.
March 27, 2018
