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How Ethel Rosenberg Offered Her Own Life as a Sacrifice

ETHEL ROSENBERG. An American Tragedy By Anne Sebba. Few trials in American history can match that of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for its sensationalism. The young couple were arrested in 1950 for atomic espionage. Less than a year earlier, the ...

A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will bring a subdued sunrise to the northeast US and Canada on Thursday

For those who live on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, or New York State and New England, as well as southern portions of Ontario and Quebec, the sunrise of Thursday (June 10) will bring a striking image of a crescent sun rising in the east-northeast.

Hello, Ganymede! NASA's Juno makes closest visit to Jupiter's largest moon since 2000.

A NASA spacecraft made the closest flyby of Jupiter's largest moon in 21 years on Monday (June 7). Juno whizzed by the icy moon of Ganymede safely at an altitude of just 645 miles (1,000 kilometers) at 12:56 p.m. EDT (1656 GMT). But we won't get any ...

How to watch the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online on June 10

The Virtual Telescope Project, which is based near Rome, will host yet another livestream with international participation from observers in Canada based in Ontario (Toronto, Thunder Bay and Ottawa), British Columbia (Victoria) and New Brunswick (Saint John) ...

New Dinosaur Species Is Australia's Largest, Researchers Say

Australotitan cooperensis, a long-necked herbivore from the Cretaceous period, is estimated to have weighed 70 tons, measured two stories tall and extended the length of a basketball court.

Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, will travel to space on Blue Origin's first human flight on July 20

USA TODAY

USA TODAY

Jeff Bezos' first move after formally stepping down as CEO of Amazon? A trip to space. The founder of the retailing giant confirmed Monday he and his brother, Mark, will ride on the first human flight of New Shepard, a suborbital rocket system developed by his ...

The mysterious origin of the northern lights has been proven

CNN

CNN

(CNN) The aurora borealis, or northern lights, could easily be described as Earth's greatest light show. A phenomenon that's exclusive to the higher latitudes has had scientists in awe and wonder for centuries. The mystery surrounding what causes the ...

Why NASA Is Setting Its Sights on Venus Again After Decades

Slate Magazine

Slate Magazine

On June 2, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced the next two mission selections for the space agency's Discovery Program—which uses relatively small (compared with, say, broader New Horizons or flagship programs) missions to "unlock the mysteries ...

Stream of stars extends thousands of light-years across the Milky Way

"We call them 'open clusters'—the 'open' part refers to the expectation that these things formed in a much denser group that then dispersed," said Luke Bouma, a graduate student in astrophysical sciences at Princeton and the lead author on an upcoming paper ...

Axions could be the fossil of the universe researchers have been waiting for

The variation in the form of the CaB as a function of energy and density can be seen for four different scenarios for its production. Finding any one of these would help answer the fundamental questions listed. Credit: Dror et al.