cosmos
The impact might have triggered the Ice Age.
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation.
The Sun, as its never been seen before.
A new study shows white dwarf stars create an essential component of life.
What we know about black holes is both fascinating and scary.
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A new study looks at what would happen to human language on a long journey to other star systems.
A gigantic star makes off during an eight-year gap in observations.
Can this end flat-Earth theory once and for all?
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Researchers create a device to test a 50-year-old physics theory from the famed Roger Penrose.
Astronomers propose new estimate of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy.
Astrophysicists calculate the likely number of civilization out there capable of communicating with us.
Time travel is possible, but only in one direction.
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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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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.
The planet that we are searching for is a little bit smaller and closer than we originally thought.
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Astronomers spot periodic lights coming from near the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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.
New analysis of Apollo 17 sample reveals clues to the Moon’s violent history.
A Mercury-bound spacecraft’s noisy flyby of our home planet.
Have we already found dark matter? It may be hiding in existing data, says a study.
The lessons we’ve learned here on Earth will affect how we govern a new world.
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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.
Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Because they didn’t have a space program.
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The Space Force will soon launch its X-37B spacecraft on a classified mission.
Being stuck at home is not as intense as being away from Earth, but there are ways to cope in either scenario.
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