The Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant […]
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This Is Heavy: The Kilogram Is Getting an Update by ...
The kilogram is getting an update. Published: November 13, 2018 at 01:00AM from #NYT Science Read the full […]
The Kilogram is Dead. Long Live the Kilogram! by XIAOZHI ...
After a vote (and a century of research), the standard measure for mass is redefined, and the long […]
The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn
Last Sunday when the Moon was young its sunlit crescent hung low near the western horizon at sunset. […]
Hurricane Harvey Passed Over, but These Fish Kept Making Babies ...
Underwater audio recordings rescued from Hurricane Harvey showed that the urge to spawn was more powerful than a […]
Ancient Cycle of Italy’s Volcanic Giant Seems to End in ...
Campi Flegrei has been curiously eruption-free since 1538. New research unspooled 60,000 years of its history with an […]
Ice Age Asteroid Crater Discovered Beneath Greenland Glacier by NICHOLAS ...
It is the first impact crater discovered under one of Earth’s ice sheets, according to the scientists who […]
The Cave Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
What’s inside this cosmic cave? A stellar nursery 10 light-years deep. The featured skyscape is dominated by dusty […]
Male Insect Fertility Plummets After Heat Waves by KAREN WEINTRAUB
Researchers say that temperature’s effects on sperm production could be one factor behind the decline in the world’s […]
Why Komodo Dragons Haven’t Conquered the World by VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
The razor-toothed predators are fierce, but scientists found that they’re real homebodies. Published: November 13, 2018 at 01:00AM […]