A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290
Jewels don’t shine this bright — only stars do. Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars […]
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Interplanetary Earth
In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other […]
The Twitch That Helps Your Intestines Grow by VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
Pulsing movements in an embryo are crucial to helping intestines grow into the wonder tube that it is, […]
In the Sea, Not All Plastic Lasts Forever by WILLIAM ...
Polystyrene, a common ocean pollutant, decomposes in sunlight much faster than thought, a new study finds. Published: October […]
Aleksei Leonov, First Man to Walk in Space, Dies at ...
The Russian cosmonaut’s thrilling feat in 1965 nearly cost him his life, but raised Soviet prestige during the […]
Planet Earth at Blue Hour
Nature photographers and other fans of planet Earth always look forward to the blue hour. That’s the transition […]
A Virus in Koala DNA Stirs the Genetic Pot by ...
Many animals, including humans, have DNA left over from ancient viral infections. In koalas, researchers are studying the […]
NASA and SpaceX Are Feuding. Will They Make Up? by ...
The space agency’s administrator, Jim Bridenstine, will meet Elon Musk at SpaceX headquarters on Thursday, weeks after the […]
Mid Air Meteor and Milky Way
On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern […]
What Was Kept in This Stone Age Meat Locker? Bone ...
In an Israeli cave, paleontologists unearthed what may be the earliest example of humans storing food for later […]