August is a great month for the Milky Way.
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Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). Check my main feed for more in-depth…
Last month, astronomers made an exciting discovery, observing an interstellar object — only the third ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system.
The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, has caught the attention of Harvard astronomer…
Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for Canada and fills a major 30-million-year gap in the evolutionary history of dragonflies.
Cordualadensa…
The treatment eliminates harmful protein buildup linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have uncovered a potential non-drug approach that revitalizes aging brain cells and removes the harmful protein…
From the southeastern shores of Australia, a new fossil has just given us a never-before-seen species of prehistoric baleen whale.
It swam the waters around the southern continent 26 million years ago, using its large eyes and razor-sharp…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s flagship wargame is undergoing a shift that reflects a broader strategic reality: America no longer sees space security as a solo act.
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Stellar death is a complex and mysterious process — but in the case of a supernova known as 2023zkd, things were more gruesome than any astronomer had ever seen before.
As its name suggests, this supernova — the fabulous astronomical term for…
Ars: Taking the longer view, is the United States or China better positioned (i.e., US spending on defense, reusable in-space architecture vs Chinese plans) to dominate cislunar space between now and the middle of this…
The list of lingering COVID side effects seems to go on forever, and now there’s another complication to consider. Those who’ve been infected with COVID — especially women — may be left with aged and stiffened blood vessels.
A new study…
Grotesque squirrels covered in tumors and oozing sores have been alarming residents across the US and Canada. In neighborhoods from Maine to the Midwest, homeowners say the sickly gray squirrels are turning up in backyards and around bird…