While each meteor is only about the size of a grain of sand, when these babies…
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You can watch the Perseid meteor shower at its peak on Saturday night at Dix Park
The Perseus meteor shower will reach its peak on Saturday until the early morning hours of…
Collapse of Newton’s and Einstein’s theories of low acceleration
A recent study reveals that the orbital motions of widely spaced binary stars, or “wide binaries,”…
Scientists discover a new species of feather star with 20 arms
Preserved Antarctic strawberry feather star, or Promachocrinus fragarius. Courtesy Greg W. Ross Researchers have discovered a…
Texas to see “the best meteor shower of the year” this weekend
The Perseus meteor shower is expected to peak on the night of August 12 of this…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes its closest flyby of Venus on August 21
Since 2021, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been walking impressively close to the Sun in order…
A wrinkle in space-time helps Webb reveal Earendel – the most distant star ever discovered
This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a massive galaxy cluster called WHL0137-08 contains…
The Mediterranean expedition discovers underwater volcanoes and a sunken ship
After a weeks-long deep-sea expedition, researchers from several universities around the world discovered three underwater #…
Russia will launch its first mission to the Moon in nearly 50 years
LONDON (AP) — Russia is set to launch its first mission to the moon in nearly…
Evidence that the Earth is enveloped in a slow-rolling sea of gravitational waves
Artist’s concept of a group of pulsars that detect gravitational waves from pairs of orbiting supermassive…