3I/ATLAS may have moved away from Earth as it makes its way out of the solar system, but this interstellar intruder continues to delight and surprise astronomers....
The shape of the universe is not something we often think about....
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming coronal mass ejection could disrupt Earth's magnetic field and trigger geomagnetic storm conditions....
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Man is returning to the moon - and with him old rivalries and new ambitions. Europe wants to have its say; Germany wants to be at the forefront. A historic opportunity beckons for Berlin....
"If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental breakthrough."...
"Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this."...
"The Chinese may well beat the U.S. with a grab sample."...
At first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will....
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas....
US Representative Warren Davidson said the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act may backfire on Americans by stripping them of their financial freedom and privacy....
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Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...
A new artificial intelligence model in the United States, SleepFM, has found that patterns in human slumber can be used to predict a person's risk for about 130 diseases, including dementia and certai...
📋 Key Facts ✓ An analysis examined the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier. ✓ The study covers the past 20 years of observation...
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All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom....
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars....