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A tiny red star not far from Earth is turning out to be a heavyweight in the search for rocky worlds. Nestled just 35 light-years away in space, the star L 98-59 is home to a tight-knit pack of exoplanets, including one that now appears to orbit at just the right distance to harbor liquid water. Using data from NASA’s …

Moon enthusiasts, tonight is your night. After days of only slivers of light, there’s finally something to see on the moon’s surface. See what’s happening tonight, July 28. What is today’s moon phase? As of Monday, July 28, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There’s still not much to see tonight, with only 9% of the surface visible to us …

Lightning illuminates the cloud tops of Tropical Storm Erick as it stormed across the Pacific coast of central Mexico at approximately 3:38 a.m. local time on June 20 as the International Space Station orbited 258 miles above. Floating 258 miles above, NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station have a view like no other and can therefore photograph Earth …

Astronomers have exposed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to its first glimpses of the universe’s most violent and gory events: stars being ripped apart and devoured by black holes. The powerful space telescope discovered the black holes involved in these stellar murders lay in wait, slumbering in dusty galaxies, until their victims approach. Using the James Webb Space Telescope …

When it comes to meteor showers, the Perseids pop. It’s not just about the quantity of meteors (as many as 100 per hour) and their showy quality (fireballs!) but also their superb timing. The annual shower hits its peak on warm, laid-back August nights as the Earth crosses paths with the dust cloud left by comet Swift-Tuttle on its every-133-years …

For the last 40,000 years, we (Homo sapiens) have lived alone – the last humans standing from a large and diverse group that, just 300,000 years ago, comprised at least nine species of walking, talking apes. If you go further back in time you’ll discover even more human species, many of whom followed their own evolutionary paths and gave rise …

Two meteor showers will peak at the same time in the early morning hours on Wednesday, a relatively uncommon astronomical occurrence caused by the Earth’s orbit passing through two comets’ debris trails. The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid showers have both been active since July 18 and July 12, respectively, but will peak late Tuesday night, around midnight, …

The hardest math in science has long been a bottleneck, delaying discoveries across physics, chemistry, and climate. But that’s starting to change, as AI slashes equation-solving times from years to minutes. Researchers who once waited a decade for enough computing power or clever tricks to tame complex formulas are now solving them in an afternoon. That leap is …

In 2023, NASA embarked on an intriguing mission to simulate life on Mars, where four volunteers spent over a year confined to a Martian habitat replica. While the scientific focus was on survival and adaptation to extreme conditions, an unexpected tool helped the crew maintain their mental and cognitive health: video games. The CHAPEA mission (Crew Health and Performance Exploration …

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