Science

Scientists Divert Lightning Strikes Using a Powerful, Car-Sized Laser

The laser lightning rod projects a green beam into the sky.  TRUMPF/Martin Stollberg As NASA battled to get its huge…

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Hubble Spots Stealthy Asteroid Photobombing a Fuzzy Galaxy

There's an asteroid hiding out in Hubble's view of galaxy UGC 7983. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully A Hubble Space…

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In a First, Scientists Divert Lightning Strikes Using a Powerful Laser

The laser lightning rod projects a green beam into the sky.  TRUMPF/Martin Stollberg As NASA battled to get its huge…

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Why Tech Companies Can’t Stop Talking About Sustainability

John Deere had a CES presence as big as one of its giant crop sprayers. Bree Fowler/CNET Sustainability was top…

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Scientists May Have Discovered the Long Lost Temple of Poseidon

Excavation and study is still in the early phases for this shrine, which might have been a temple of Poseidon.…

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Goofy Mars Rock Spotted by NASA Rover Might Be a Meteorite

The roundish gray rock in this Curiosity rover image from Jan. 9, 2023 may have come from elsewhere. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/red circle…

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope records black hole contorting star into donut shape

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recorded a star's final moments in detail as it was eaten by a black hole.The agency…

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Astronomers Have Revealed Our Galaxy’s Farthest Frontier

Our Milky Way's center is normally hidden from standard, optical telescopes due to clouds of dust and gas. But the Spitzer…

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While a Black Hole Shredded a Star, NASA’s Hubble Was Watching

Last year, scientists used Hubble to watch a black hole rip apart a star. Now, they've shared the receipts. NASA,…

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New US Government UFO Report Adds Hundreds of Sightings

The unidentified object tracked by a Navy pilot in 2015 in the "Gimbal" video. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET What…

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