NASA has imaged the lunar south pole in stunning detail as scientists learn as much as…
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Lunar eclipses, full moons, and meteor showers: 3 space events to spot this weekend
(CNN) With bright meteors blazing across the sky from the Aquariids meteor shower and a chance…
Cosmic collision that will shake the universe
The smaller, brighter, and hotter star (on the left), which has a mass of 32 times…
How did the Earth’s continents form? The leading theory may be questionable
Scientists have eliminated one possible origin for the Earth’s continents. Despite the importance of Earth’s continents,…
Report: Europe will not have reusable missiles for another decade
Europe will have to wait until the 2030s for a reusable rocket, says the CEO of…
Link between photosynthesis and ‘fifth state of matter’ discovered
A study by the University of Chicago found links at the atomic level between photosynthesis and…
Scientists note that elusive missing step in the final stage of photosynthesis
Researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (together with collaborators in Sweden,…
Astronomers observe a star swallowing a planet for the first time
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Discover a supermassive black hole 30 billion times more massive than the sun
A new supermassive black hole has been discovered, and we’re not even trying to make our…
The “zenith of Venus” and the occultation of Jupiter
An occultation is a celestial event that occurs when an object is obscured by another object…