A Call From Outer Space, or a Cosmic Wrong Number?
By DENNIS OVERBYE Everybody plans to keep looking, but for now the radio signal from the constellation Hercules […]
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SpaceX Rocket Explodes at Launchpad in Cape Canaveral
By KENNETH CHANG Owned by the tech billionaire Elon Musk, the company’s Falcon 9 rocket was carrying a […]
Wait, What’s That Noise? Cicadas, the New Batch, to Sound ...
By CHRISTOPHER MELE Everything you need to know about the insects set to ascend from the ground after […]
Divide Your Rent Fairly
By Unknown Author When you’re sharing an apartment with roommates, it can be a challenge to decide who […]
Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
What is this person doing? In 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow […]
A ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Starts Thursday
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Thursday’s event will be visible from Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic […]
How to Win Friends and Influence People (on Fake Mars)
By KATIE ROGERS When six researchers were released after spending a year in a Mars-like habitat in Hawaii, […]
World’s Oldest Fossils Found in Greenland
By NICHOLAS WADE The find, thought to be layers of sediment packed together by microbial communities living in […]
James Cronin, Who Explained Why Matter Survived the Big Bang, ...
By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Cronin shared a Nobel Prize for discovering, with Val Fitch, “a fundamental asymmetry between […]
Aurora over Icelandic Fault
Admire the beauty but fear the beast. The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of […]