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How to see the Draconid meteor shower

The Draconid meteor shower is happening between 6 and 10 October, peaking on 9 O...

A Bear on Mars?

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this bit of ursine pareidolia on ...

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche...

The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scien...

STEM Learning Resources to Prepare for Upcoming Eclipses

Get ready to make the most of these rare events with this curated list of NASA S...

Should You Wake Someone from the Throes of a Nightmare?

Nightmares are unpleasant, but waking someone in the midst of one isn’t the best...

A Chance Discovery Uncovered the Remarkable Life of One...

Eight pages hidden in an archive led to the discovery of the story of Christine ...

Fractal fingers could let robots securely grasp any shape

A robotic gripper inspired by a patent from 1913 consists of a nested arrangemen...

Hubble Captures Starry Cetus Constellation Galaxy

Hubble is sharing a brand new galaxy image every day through October 7, 2023! Vi...

Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life?

Worlds around red giant stars—and others that don’t orbit any star at all—hint a...

Egg sex screening aims to stop slaughter of billions of...

Male chicks have no value to farmers who raise egg-laying chicken breeds, meanin...

Scorching September puts 2023 on track to be hottest ye...

The global average air temperature smashed the September average by half a degre...

Amazon is launching its first internet satellites to ri...

Project Kuiper is Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet servic...

Global power sector has almost hit peak greenhouse gas ...

This year could have been the beginning of the end for emissions from generating...

Hippos are really bad at chewing their food

Common hippos can't move their mouths side to side to grind their food, while pg...

Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth's last col...

Prehistoric people endured frigid and dry conditions in the highlands of central...

Being vegetarian may be partly determined by your genes

Two of three genes that affect your likelihood of being vegetarianism are involv...

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