Science

The Doomsday Clock Explained: How Close Are We to Armageddon in 2023?

The Doomsday Clock in 2021. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists/Thomas Gaulkin Planet Earth has seen it's fair share of horrors…

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NASA’s Webb Might’ve Discovered the Ingredients for Life in a Cold, Dark Cloud

This image by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chamaeleon I dark…

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Common Type of Asteroid Could Be Very Hard to Destroy, Study Finds

A visualization of asteroid Itokawa, which was visited by the Japanese Hayabusa1 mission.  JAXA/Curtin University It's a trope in science…

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SpaceX Preparing for First Full Test Fire of Its Mega Starship Rocket

A magical, misty moment in Texas as Starship poses on the launchpad in January 2023. SpaceX After over a year…

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Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Is Visible Now In Dark Skies

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki Now's the time to start looking for Comet C/2022…

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See 28 Biologists Save a Lone Dolphin by Forming a Human Chain

It took a lot of biologists to escort a dolphin to safety. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Here's a recipe…

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Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Are Also Great for Sunspot Spotting

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this view of the sun on Jan. 23, 2023. Look to the far right for…

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Stars Are Vanishing From the Night Sky. Here’s Why

The Milky Way as seen from Poland. K. Ulaczyk/J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw Light pollution has robbed eight out…

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Meet ‘Toadzilla,’ the Giant Toxic Toad That Shocked Park Rangers

Human for scale. Toadzilla was truly a massive specimen. Queensland government Cane toads reproduce like mad and take a toll…

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Sweeping New Milky Way Portrait Captures More Than 3 Billion Stars

A cropped portion of the new Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey (DECaPS2) from NOIRLab still shows thousands upon thousands of…

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