The Keyhole in the Carina Nebula
The dark dusty Keyhole Nebula gets its name from its unusual shape. The looping Keyhole, in this featured […]
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Perseid from Torralba del Burgo
Perseid meteors rained on planet Earth last night. This year the stream of dust from periodic comet Swift-Tuttle […]
The Easterbunny Comes to NGC 4725
At first called “Easterbunny” by its discovery team, officially named Makemake is the second brightest dwarf planet of […]
Perseid, Aurora, and Noctilucent Clouds
Night skies over northern Sweden can hold some tantalizing sights in August. Gazing toward the Big Dipper, this […]
Vikings Possibly Spread Smooth-Riding Horses Around the World
By STEPH YIN DNA analysis of ancient horse remains suggests that ambling horses arose in England and Iceland […]
Colliding Galaxies in Stephans Quintet
Will either of these galaxies survive? In what might be dubbed as a semi-final round in a galactic […]
Obama Administration Set to Remove Barrier to Marijuana Research
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS and MATT APUZZO The new policy could spur broad scientific study of a drug […]
The Science of Humming to Draw Snails From Their Shells
By JOANNA KLEIN Sorry if we’re ruining a childhood memory, but research indicates you may not have had […]
How Did People Migrate to the Americas? Bison DNA Helps ...
By NICHOLAS WADE Two groups of experts generally agree when a gateway from Siberia to North America opened, […]
Get Ready for the Perseids Meteor Shower: ‘It Will Rival ...
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR As many as 200 meteors per hour will ignite in the Earth’s atmosphere during […]