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All the other planets have craters, icecaps, clouds, or a rich, banded structure. But not Uranus. The eight major planets of the Solar System all possess their own unique features. The […]
Humans hate to surrender, but this clearly makes good sense.
The fine lines between enjoying another person’s misery.
Jokesters and serious Area 51 raiders would be met with military force.
A parlor-trick mystery explained at last.
Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past even the limits of Hubble. One of the most profoundly remarkable properties about our atmosphere is that […]
The fine Facebook just paid was huge, but many in tech say it wasn’t nearly enough to protect your data.
In 1789, William Herschel discovered this unique moon around Saturn. 230 years later, its secrets are more promising than ever. Today marks the 230th anniversary of the discovery of Enceladus, one […]
When it comes time for humanity to pick a new home, where will we go?
A new study highlights the secondhand effects of drinking, arguing that higher taxation could curb problems.
We know that excessive blue light is a problem. Now we know why.
Our Sun will someday run out of fuel. Here’s what it will look like when that happens. The fate of our Sun is unambiguous, determined solely by its mass. If all […]
The risk of space debris collisions grows greater every year.
The most surefire, easily-seen signature of life on Earth might be a cosmic red herring around other worlds. In our quest for life beyond the Solar System, it makes sense to […]
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
The Boomerang Nebula, in our galaxy, is even colder than completely empty space. Here’s how that’s possible. Imagine the coldest place you possibly can. Inside it, the particles that make […]
Sometimes you have to take the road less traveled.
Can we ever be really sure we’ve learned everything about nature?
The first serious scientific study of STEVE, the ribbons of white and purple light in northern skies, reveals they’re not auroras—they’re something new and unexplained.
It shows Europe divided into two bafflingly unfamiliar blocs – what do red and blue stand for?
The cosmic records we have are meant to be broken, but oh, have we ever gone so far. The great cosmic abyss contains more that humanity can ever hope to see, […]
“Prohibitionist strategy is unsustainable,” reads the policy plan.
For hundreds of millions of years, most of the starlight never made it through space. Here’s how that changed. Forming stars sounds like the easiest thing in the Universe to do. […]
Smoking may put more than just your physical health at risk.
Results are among the strongest evidence yet for “spooky action at a distance.”rnrn
America’s racial wealth disparity is entrenched, with devastating effects. What if we got rid of it?
A recent study could help improve treatments for PTSD, anxiety and phobias.
The massive Starlink satellite network from SpaceX is causing worries.
Flattening the curve on panic and disinformation.