Will the United States Lose the Universe? by DENNIS OVERBYE
For more than a century, American astronomers have held bragging rights as observers of the cosmos. But that […]
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Places for OSIRIS REx to Touch Asteroid Bennu
Where is the best place to collect a surface sample from asteroid Bennu? Launched in 2016, NASA sent […]
Jeanne Guillemin, Who Exposed Soviet Anthrax Lab, Dies at 76 ...
After an anthrax outbreak killed scores of people in 1979, she showed how even a tiny amount of […]
What You’re Unwrapping When You Get a DNA Test for ...
To what extent is gifting a DNA test also a present for law enforcement? Published: December 22, 2019 […]
What We Learned in Space and Astronomy News in 2019 ...
Developments in and out of this world that we’re still thinking about at year’s end. Published: December 22, […]
Ursids Meteor Shower 2019: Watch It Peak in Night Skies ...
Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be […]
Boeing Starliner Landing: What You Need to Know by KENNETH ...
The new ride to orbit built for NASA is returning to Earth early after problems during its first […]
Giant Squid Reappears on Video, This Time in U.S. Waters ...
Seven years after scientists caught the elusive deep-sea cephalopod on video, they saw another. Then lightning struck a […]
What We Learned in Science News 2019 by THE NEW ...
Developments in science that we’re still thinking about at year’s end. Published: December 21, 2019 at 01:00AM from […]
Solstice to Solstice Solargraph Timelapse
The 2019 December Solstice, on the first day of winter in planet Earth’s northern hemisphere and summer in […]