Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and we die, in exactly that order. We plan our…
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Night sky tonight: Jupiter rules the winter sky after sundown on Feb. 3
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Tuesday, Feb. 3: Jupiter rules the evening sky (after dark)
See brilliant Jupiter rule the February evening sky on Feb. 3. (Image credit: Starry Night.) After dark, look high in the east-southeast for a…
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Is the whole universe just a simulation?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to
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Sun unleashes extraordinary solar flare barrage as new volatile sunspot turns toward Earth
The sun has erupted in a relentless barrage of powerful solar flares over the past 24 hours, firing off at least 18 M-class flares and three X-class flares, including an X8.3 eruption — the strongest solar flare of 2026 so far. Solar flares…
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Artemis II simulated launch window opens tonight as NASA delays mission due to ‘rare Arctic outbreak’
NASA is gearing up for a simulated launch of the Artemis II mega moon rocket tonight after cold weather pushed back the mission’s earliest potential lift-off to later this week.
Artemis II and its four-person crew will now leave Earth for the…
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NASA Just Parked a Spacecraft That Could Redraw the Solar System, It Might Finally Map Its True Shape
A NASA spacecraft has just reached its permanent observation point to begin a mission unlike any before. Known as IMAP, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will track invisible particles that emerge where our Solar System ends…
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February’s full moon dazzles skywatchers worldwide with a glistening ‘Snow Moon’
February’s full “Snow Moon” has risen, dazzling stargazers with an incredible performance as it climbed over the eastern horizon below the stars of the constellation Leo to flood the night sky with its icy light.
The Snow Moon turned full in the…
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This Sea Creature Found the Secret to Immortality, and Now Scientists Want It
Somewhere along the muddy shores of the U.S. East Coast lives a creature that may hold the blueprint to biological immortality. The scarlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis), a seemingly modest marine animal, is now the focus of…
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UPDATE! An X8.1 (Strong) flare from Region 4366
Region 4366 produced another strong X8.1 (R3) flare at 6:57 pm ET. Modeling of the associated coronal mass ejection(s) indicates that a bulk of the material will pass by Earth to the north and east late on the 05 Feb UTC-day delivering possible…
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Here’s what to buy as a beginner runner (and what can be given a miss)
Running is a very simple sport — at least, so the theory goes. Yet the world of running kit has become increasingly complex and increasingly expensive in the last few years.
Shoes have reached new pricing peaks (a $500 racing shoe you can only…
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