Unwrapped: Five Decade Old Lunar Selfie
Here is one of the most famous pictures from the Moon — but digitally reversed. Apollo 11 landed […]
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The Red Square Nebula
How did a round star create this square nebula? No one is quite sure. The round star, known […]
The Bubble and the Star Cluster
To the eye, this cosmic composition nicely balances the Bubble Nebula at the right with open star cluster […]
Perseid Outburst at Westmeath Lookout
This year an outburst of Perseid meteors surprised skywatchers. The reliable meteor shower’s peak was predicted for the […]
Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the ...
Human footprints found in New Mexico are about 23,000 years old, a study reported, suggesting that people may […]
Harvest Moon Trail
Famed in festival, story, and song the best known full moon is the Harvest Moon. For northern hemisphere […]
Equinox on a Spinning Earth
When does the line between night and day become vertical? Today. Today is an equinox on planet Earth, […]
Taking the ‘Shame Part’ Out of Female Anatomy by Rachel ...
Anatomists have bid farewell to “pudendum,” but other questionable terms remain. Published: September 21, 2021 at 02:00AM from […]
How Humans Lost Their Tails by Carl Zimmer
A new study suggests that a single genetic mutation helps explain why monkeys have tails, while apes and […]
Sun Spot Hill
Is this giant orange ball about to roll down that tree-lined hill? No, because the giant orange ball […]