Science

Behold ‘Toadzilla,’ the Massive Toxic Toad That Shocked Park Rangers

Human for scale. Toadzilla was truly a massive specimen. Queensland government Cane toads are unwelcome in Queensland, Australia. The species…

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Saturday’s New Moon Will Be Closest to Earth in Over 1,000 Years

A crescent moon just before the moon enters its new phase. NASA This weekend the moon will be absent from…

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Astronomers Catch Signal From Extraordinarily Distant Galaxy

One of the dishes of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune in Maharashtra, India.  National Centre for Radio Astrophysics…

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NASA Reveals Plan to One-Up the James Webb Space Telescope

This is NASA's preliminary design of the Luvoir Telescope. The agency's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory could possibly look like a…

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More than 3 billion stars, galaxies are captured in a massive new survey

Astronomers have captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest surveys of the galactic plane…

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Bright Green Comet ZTF Headed Our Way Will Be Nearly Visible to Naked Eye

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

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NASA Spots Bizarre Formations on the Surface of Mars

An odd Martian landscape may be an icy place. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series…

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Mind-Blowing 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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Most Detailed Radio Image of Milky Way Yet Reveals Supernova Ghosts

A combined image from Askap and Parkes shows bubbly looking supernova remnants that hadn't been spotted before. R. Kothes (NRC)…

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Light Pollution Is Making Stars Disappear From the Night Sky

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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