NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy
It’s raining stars. What appears to be a giant cosmic umbrella is now known to be a tidal […]
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Blue Marble Earth
Welcome to planet Earth, the third planet from a star named the Sun. The Earth is shaped like […]
Symbiotic R Aquarii
Variable star R Aquarii is actually an interacting binary star system, two stars that seem to have a […]
Moons at Twilight
Even though Jupiter was the only planet visible in the evening sky on February 2, it shared the […]
Embraced by Sunlight
Even though Venus (left) was the brightest planet in the sky it was less than 1/30th the apparent […]
Groundhogs Emerge From the Scientific Shadows by Brandon Keim and ...
New research aims to shed light on the social habits of the popular, but often misunderstood, animal. Published: […]
The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
What’s happening at the center of our galaxy? It’s hard to tell with optical telescopes since visible light […]
Pfizer is expected to ask the F.D.A. to authorize its ...
Pfizer and BioNTech in mid-December announced that two doses of the vaccine, given at a tenth of the […]
Moon Phases 2022
What will the Moon phase be on your birthday this year? It is hard to predict because the […]
The Texas Oil Heir Who Took On Math’s Impossible Dare ...
James M. Vaughn Jr., wielding a fortune, argues that he brought about the Fermat breakthrough after the best […]