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Hubble Sights a Galaxy with ‘Forbidden’ Light

This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, whic...

On Cupid! On, Donner and BARREL!

In this image from Dec. 8, 2017, four reindeer walk past the Balloon Array for R...

Reindeer Chew Their Food While Napping

Brain wave studies suggest that when it comes to eating and sleeping, reindeer m...

Reindeer can chew their food and sleep at the same time

The first study to capture brainwaves from reindeer shows that they take small n...

An Apollo 8 Christmas Dinner Surprise: Turkey and Gravy...

On Christmas Day in 1968, the three-man Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovel...

NASA Asteroid Sampling Mission Renamed OSIRIS-APEX for ...

The former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis...

A Look Through Time with NASA’s Lead Photographer for t...

Nearly two years ago in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, NASA’s James Webb Sp...

Inside Mathematicians' Search for the Mysterious 'Einst...

The quest for the einstein tile—a shape never seen before in mathematics—turned ...

Dead spacecraft are seeding the upper atmosphere with m...

The stratosphere seems to be full of aluminium particles and other metals that c...

NFTs died a slow, painful death in 2023 as most are now...

Non-fungible tokens promised to revolutionise the concept of ownership using the...

You Can Literally Sniff Out Other People's Inner Feelings

Scents are not only important in our relationship to food and the natural world....

Better weather forecasts could help billions adapt to c...

A worldwide collaboration among meteorology services is trying to fill in the hu...

How to Avoid Holiday Hangovers

The holidays are a time for indulgence, but there are ways to drink alcohol with...

The Most Important Unsolved Problem in Computer Science

Here’s a look at the million-dollar math problem at the heart of computation

The 6 Most Intriguing Things We Learned about Pet Cats ...

In 2023 we learned that cats really are choosing to ignore humans and that—despi...

The Winter Solstice Has a Surprising Secret

How can the December solstice have the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere ...

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