The northern and southern lights have been treating sky watchers to spectacular shows. But what causes the colors, and why shouldn't you whistle at the aurora?...
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-complicated-thing-imaginable-20221019/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398666 Points: 7 # Comments: 0...
All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom....
Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025....
Nature, Published online: 24 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03756-4 The team select some of their favourite stories from the past 12 months....
Beneath the Mediterranean, physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for cosmic whispers—and this year, it heard the most energeti...
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown....
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months....
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....
Article URL: https://www.unilad.com/news/scientist-beer-bottle-deepest-point-ocean-mariana-trench-667878-20240213 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46412210 Points: 6 # Comments: 1...
Altcoins lagged Bitcoin in 2025, but XRP, Zcash and Algorand outperformed on regulatory clarity, privacy demand and tokenization....
The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will compete for dominance in January skies...
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/obituaries/inge-lehmann-overlooked.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360080 Points: 10 # Comments: 1...
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas....
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....
Jared Isaacman said the US will return to the moon under Trump's presidency. NASA/Bill Ingalls Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman is the 15th administrator of NASA. Isaacman has led and flown on two Space...
Article URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/farallones/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46427181 Points: 6 # Comments: 1...
Article URL: https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/09/glp-1-history-pfizer-john-baxter-jeffrey-flier-calbio-metabio/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46405480 Points: 9 # Comments: 3...
The night sky is the Christmas gift that just keeps giving....