If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like? ...
If you like handling tiny glass shards, sure, go ahead and touch the lunar surface. But avoid the […]
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NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy
Some spiral galaxies are seen nearly sideways. Most bright stars in spiral galaxies swirl around the center in […]
This Elusive Creature Wasn’t Seen for Nearly 30 Years. Then ...
By interviewing people who live around a forest in Vietnam, scientists captured visual evidence that silver-backed chevrotains still […]
Ultra-Black Is the New Black by NATALIE ANGIER
Scientists are setting dark traps from which light cannot escape. But nature already has built a few of […]
SpaceX to Launch 60 More Starlink Satellites by SHANNON HALL
As the company presses ahead with its project to launch tens of thousands of satellites for internet service […]
How to Watch Mercury Transit the Sun Today by NICHOLAS ...
Viewers on the East and West Coasts of the U.S. can see part or all of the eclipse-like […]
Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius
The history of the Moon is partly written in its craters. Pictured here is a lunar panorama taken […]
The Bacterial Surprise in This Bird’s Smell by VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
The bacteria in a bird’s microbiome seems to play an important role in the odoriferous messages it sends […]
A Mercury Transit Sequence
Tomorrow — Monday — Mercury will cross the face of the Sun, as seen from Earth. Called a […]
How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in ...
Thawing sea ice may have opened the door, allowing the infection to cross oceans, a new study suggests. […]