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The Northern Lights Are What? Scientifically called the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights are a natural laser light display. Caused by the interaction between the Earth’s atmosphere and charged particles …
Why the Northern Lights Glow in Different Colors | The Science Explained Read More
In his search for giant stars that host large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, came across a strangely bloated planet that is smaller, hotter and older …
Deserted exoplanet inexplicably survives host star’s death throes Read More
Hot on the heels of the new moon in Gemini, the Arietid meteor shower is at its peak this week. These showers return every year and last from late May …
How to watch shooting stars when the Arietid meteor shower peaks this week Read More
NASA is concerned that it is too dangerous. The offer was rejected NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is on its last legs. Ongoing problems with the aging spacecraft’s remaining gyroscopes, which …
NASA shoots down billionaire’s plan to fly up and fix Hubble Space Telescope Read More
SpaceX sent 20 more Starlink satellites into space Tuesday night on a special day for the Falcon 9 rocket: the 14th anniversary of its first ever launch. It also launched …
SpaceX celebrates Falcon 9 anniversary with Starlink launch Read More
Astronomers have discovered carbon in a galaxy observed just 350 million years after the big bang, in observations that raise the possibility that the conditions for life have been present …
Carbon detected in galaxy observed 350 million years after the big bang Read More
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of …
LIFT OFF! NASA astronauts pilot the first Starliner crew test on the station – NASA Read More
For the first time, a telescope on the Hawaiian volcano Maunakea has been completely dismantled – it was dismantled, removed and its place was restored to its previous conditions. The …
The First Telescope was removed from the controversial astronomy center on the Hawaiian volcano Read More
In newly published research, scientists from Germany’s largest research group have tried to identify something amazing: the Sun’s “heartbeat,” a tide-like cycle that ebbs and flows over an 11-year period. …
Scientists probed the sun’s heartbeat – and found something remarkable Read More