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In the face of deadly heat, will mankind respond to climate change in time? Listen to this story get unpacked on The Excerpt.
There is no sporting event like the World Cup. It is the one true global event for the one sport that the entire world is absolutely mad about, the one sport everybody plays. Even the most recent ...
The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...
The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of ...
Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...
Here’s what to look for in the July night sky. The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky ...
A soul that grows through partnership, harmony and a deep appreciation for beauty, here’s a deep dive into Jupiter in Libra.
The Webb Telescope found two young planets forming sand clouds in the YSES‑1 system, revealing unprecedented details about ...
Its color is actually caused by the effects of a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit (1,093 Celsius) atmosphere where rock-forming ...
Finding a Saturn-sized world around the young star TWA 7 could pave the way for the Webb space telescope’s direct observation of other exoplanets.
The iconic smiley-faced robot was inspired by the lazy lifestyle of tree-dwelling sloths. You can't call it lazy, though.
Astronomers spotted exoplanet AT2021ueyL b, a gas giant 3,262 light-years away, using microlensing. It orbits in the galactic ...