Comet, Clusters, and Nebulae
Bright enough for binocular viewing Comet 21P / Giacobini-Zinner stands out, even in this deep telephoto mosaic of […]
Science
They’re Blue, Purple and Red, and No One Has Ever ...
Deep in the Atacama Trench off the coast of Chile, researchers discovered three new species of snailfish. Published: […]
Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African ...
The artifact, which scientists think is about 73,000 years old, predates the oldest previously known human drawings from […]
Lunations
Our Moon’s appearance changes nightly. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first […]
Corporate Sponsors for NASA? Agency to Study Making Space for ...
In an era of flat budgets for the agency, Jim Bridenstine has started talking about corporate sponsorships for […]
Seeking Human Generosity’s Origins in an Ape’s Gift to Another ...
Studying the behavior of our closest living relatives may help scientists better understand the human impulse for generosity. […]
Parrots Think They’re So Smart. Now They’re Bartering Tokens for ...
Parrots can judge the relative value of food, holding out for tasty walnut slivers. Published: September 11, 2018 […]
How Teeth Became Tusks, and Tusks Became Liabilities by NATALIE ...
Humans, mice, narwhals — most mammals rely on ancient genes to produce teeth and tusks. But the tuskless […]
Milky Way over Trolls Tongue
You have to take a long hike to see the Troll’s Tongue — ten hours over rocky terrain. […]
Curiosity Vista from Vera Rubin Ridge
If you could stand on Mars — what might you see? If you were NASA’s Curiosity rover, just […]