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Or is doubt a self-fulfilling prophecy?
On Friday, the moon will pass through the Earth’s outer shadow, known as the penumbra.
How to manage your time so you can actually accomplish what you want to.
Researchers from Japan add a new wrinkle to a popular theory and set the stage for the formation of monstrous black holes.
Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller talks ISS and why NICER is so important.
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These Jurassic predators resorted to cannibalism when hit with hard times, according to a deliciously rare discovery.
Tyson dives into the search for alien life, dark matter, and the physics of football.
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A strange weakness in the Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing and possibly splitting, shows data.
You think you’ve had a day where everything that went wrong could? T. rex has you beat.
The Demo-2 mission represents a new era for American spaceflight.
Astronomers spot periodic lights coming from near the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
A fun and completely safe experiment for the family to try during quarantine.
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Time runs backward there. Other physicists are not convinced.
A new study discovers the likelihood of extraterrestrial life in the universe.
The Roman Space Telescope will study the expansion of the universe and search for distant planets.
Researchers devise groundbreaking new methods to create and duplicate single-atom transistors for quantum computers.
Researchers think they know how a group of ancient sloths, who died thousands of years ago in Ecuador, met their untimely end.
New analysis of Apollo 17 sample reveals clues to the Moon’s violent history.
If you were awaiting screaming death from the skies, you can relax. For now.
A Mercury-bound spacecraft’s noisy flyby of our home planet.
When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.
The physical action of handwashing plus the properties of soap is a one-two punch for the virus.
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Have we already found dark matter? It may be hiding in existing data, says a study.
Here’s what the world’s space agencies hope to learn about the Red planet.
Today’s agriculture workers face 21 days of heat that exceed safety standards. That number will double by 2050.
The 57-year-old is teaming up with NASA and SpaceX for the film project, which is to be set aboard the International Space Station.
Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.
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A leading British space scientist thinks there is life under the ice sheets of Europa.