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The Egyptian sky goddess and the Milky Way
Watch an interview with astrophysicist Or Graur and EarthSky's Dave Adalian discussing how the ancient Egyptian sky goddess, Nut, is linked to the Milky Way.
May 18, 2024
Giant hummingbirds with backpacks help discover a species
Giant hummingbirds with tiny backpacks helped discover a new species of hummingbird, as they were tracked up high in the Andes.
May 17, 2024
Is AI to blame for our failure to find alien civilizations?
Is AI - artificial intelligence - the great filter that alien civilizations are unable to evolve beyond? The threat of AI and our own self-destruction, here.
May 16, 2024
Auroras on May 10-11 wowed millions! Pics here
Auroras last night from "extreme" geomagnetic storming - which came after a week of very high activity on the sun - wowed millions around the globe.
May 16, 2024
Astronomers find 60 Dyson sphere candidates, among millions of searched stars
Two teams of astronomers in Europe say they have found 60 Dyson sphere candidates. Are they alien megastructures or a previously unknown natural phenomenon?
May 15, 2024
Canadian zombie fires reigniting, sending smoke to US
The Canadian zombie fires simmering below ground all winter are reigniting with spring. Some raging fires are sending smoke southward into the US.
May 15, 2024
Hoofed animals’ earliest ancestor discovered in Colorado
A new ancient mammal species, that lived 65 million years ago, is thought to be the earliest known ancestor of hoofed animals like deer, pigs, and horses.
May 15, 2024
Possible atmosphere on rocky exoplanet found for 1st time
NASA's Webb telescope has tentatively detected an atmosphere on rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e, a hot super-Earth world only 41 light-years away.
May 14, 2024
Will La Niña pump up this year’s hurricane season?
Will the coming La Niña conditions mean this year's hurricane season will overperform? Find out how La Niña affects hurricane formation, here.
May 14, 2024
Carnivorous plants are our lifeform of the week
There are hundreds of species of carnivorous plants and they are deadly, but mostly to insects. The structure of their traps is foolproof.
May 13, 2024
