Stealing a Clear Look at an Elusive Star
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Astronomers released a new image of rare O-type stars visible only using telescopes sensitive […]
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It’s Very Unlikely That Asteroid 2013 TX68 Will Hit Earth
By WILLIAM J. BROAD The asteroid, estimated to be 100 feet in diameter, is expected to zip past […]
Unusual Clouds over Hong Kong
What’s that in the sky? Earlier this month, in the sky high above Hong Kong, China, not just […]
Find an Ice Flower Before It Melts
By JOANNA KLEIN It blossoms in the middle of the night, when the air is just at freezing […]
NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy
The party is still going on in spiral galaxy NGC 3310. Roughly 100 million years ago, NGC 3310 […]
Scott Kelly, American Astronaut, Is Returning to Earth After 340 ...
By DANIEL VICTOR Mr. Kelly’s time at the International Space Station is the longest trip to space an […]
The Giving Tree, Giving Syrup Year After Year After …
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY A properly tapped maple tree can yield sugary sap over many seasons without any […]
Women Waiting Longer to Have Children
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The recent recession is partly to blame for an increase in maternal age at first […]
Crows Clever Enough to Learn a Shell Game
By JAMES GORMAN New Caledonian crows had trouble finding food moved from one bowl to another, until they […]
Relics of the Space Age
By KENNETH CHANG “Abandoned in Place,” a new book of photographs by Roland Miller, finds haunting beauty in […]