Scientists have discovered a galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago, 800 million years after the...
A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost,...
As climate change and human activities continually ramp up, fish are forced to find ways to adapt....
Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the...
There’s a new space race to the moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to...
If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find...
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A fast stream of solar wind could trigger G1 geomagnetic storm conditions overnight, boosting aurora chances across...
A new genetic test has revealed that most of the free-roaming canines in Australia, often labeled “wild...
Swimming among the corals of the Great Barrier Reef is a fish that could be a doppelganger...
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As dazzling Venus dominates the evening sky, May is the perfect moment to start a months-long love...
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On May 14, 1973, 25,000 spectators watched as America’s first attempt at a space station launched from...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 13: Venus grabs...
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Humanity has spent eons looking up at the stars and wondering whether we’re alone, or if there...
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On May 13, 1921, the first in a series of strong coronal mass ejections (CMEs), driven by...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 12: A new...
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John Vermette, taken from Starfront Observatory, Texas Lying 1,000 light-years away, NGC 1333 is the most active...
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SpaceX launched its Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station today (May 15) after a weather...
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NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get...
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This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to explore the Whirlpool Galaxy, cataloged as...
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After a trip to Germany where he witnessed the history-making first Zeiss projection planetarium, which had opened...