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SpaceX launches another historic astronaut mission
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A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts — including the first Black woman to join…
Earth is at perihelion — closer to the sun than on any other day of the year
On January 2, 2021, Earth is closer to the sun in its elliptical orbit than on any other day of the year, marking an annual event known as perihelion. The word perihelion is…
Get Ready For the New, Improved Second
That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour. Just as they divided the 360 degrees of a circle…
Hubble Space Telescope Spots Earliest and Farthest Star Known
Star light, star bright, how far you look tonight.Astronomers announced on Wednesday the discovery of the farthest and earliest star ever seen, a dot of light that shone 12.9 billion…
Perseverance rover’s Mars samples now won’t make it to Earth until 2033 at best
Scientists will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on pristine Mars samples that might hold evidence of ancient Red Planet life.NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are…
Black Moon solar eclipse looks otherworldly in stunning images
A rare solar eclipse Saturday (April 30) stunned viewers across Antarctica, the southern tip of South America, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.While much of the event took place in…
Photographer Captures ISS Passing Between Jupiter and Saturn
Last night, photographers and stargazers around the world were treated to the Great Conjunction, a event in which Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer to each other in the sky than they…
How plants turned predator | Ars Technica
Enlarge / A blow fly trapped on a carnivorous sundew plant.Cathy Keifer | GettyToward the end of the 19th…