One of the best meteor showers of the year peaks at the worst possible time this week
A daylight peak and a full moon combine to sabotage the powerful Quadrantid meteor shower in 2026....
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A daylight peak and a full moon combine to sabotage the powerful Quadrantid meteor shower in 2026....
All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom....
Fast solar wind and a possible glancing blow from a coronal mass ejection could spark auroras over Christmas....
Beneath the Mediterranean, physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for cosmic whispersâand this year, it heard the most energeti...
As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris....
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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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Large French cohort studies suggest that people who consume higher amounts of certain food preservatives have higher risks of type 2 diabetes and some cancers....
From ancient stargazers to modern-day space scientists, women have shaped our understanding of the cosmos. This crossword celebrates their brilliance, resilience, and astronomical achievements....
Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos....
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