Inquiry in Anthrax Mailings Had Gaps, Report Says
By WILLIAM J. BROAD A congressional inquiry into the F.B.I.’s scientific work on the anthrax mailings of 2001 […]
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Reflections on the 1970s
The 1970s are sometimes ignored by astronomers, like this beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae in Orion – NGC […]
Kepler’s Tally of Planets
By Unknown Author NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered more than 950 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars. Published: December […]
Kepler Spacecraft Finds New ‘Super-Earth’ 180 Light-Years Away
By DENNIS OVERBYE The planet, about two and a half times the size of Earth, is in a […]
NGC 7331 and Beyond
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About […]
The Strange Tale of a New Species of Lizard
By CARL ZIMMER Aspidoscelis neavesi was produced in the lab by mating two other species, and its creation […]
A Picture Captures Planets Waiting to Be Born
By DENNIS OVERBYE Astronomers have obtained, in the image of the young star HL Tauri, what might be […]
Snow Is Down and Heat Is Up in the Arctic, ...
By KENNETH CHANG The Arctic continued to warm faster than the rest of the globe, according to the […]
Geminid Fireball over Mount Balang
This was a sky to remember. While viewing the Geminids meteor shower a few days ago, a bright […]
Vivek Murthy, the New Surgeon General, Isn’t Afraid to Take ...
By SABRINA TAVERNISE Dr. Murthy, who at the age of 37 has become one of the youngest surgeons […]