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The Perseid meteor shower peaks in August. Here's how to see it

The Perseids are one of the two strongest and most dependable annual meteor showers (the Geminids of December being the other). Earth's orbit carries us through the densest part of the Perseid meteoroid stream every year around Aug. 12, so these "shooting ...

1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth, moon and Mars shows dangers of space radiation

A 2021 coronal mass ejection sent energetic particles to Mars, the Earth and the moon, emphasizing the need to prepare human space missions for the dangers of solar radiation. Comments (0). A coronal mass ejection seen on October 28, ...

James Webb Space Telescope unveils the gravitationally warped galaxies of 'El Gordo'

The enormous galaxy cluster, El Gordo, has been imaged by Hubble in the past — now, the JWST has offered us a fresh new view. Comments (0). Various warped galaxies are seen as elongated lines, loops, arcs and smudges against the.

James Webb Space Telescope captures vibrant details of the Milky Way's galactic neighbor (photo)

Glowing green and gold, NGC 6822, could teach us a lot about the ancient, metal-poor universe.

Remarkable fossils reveal jellyfish that lived 505 million years ago

The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth's oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian Rockies. Researchers found 182 fossils encased within the rock of the famed Burgess Shale fossil site.

Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch a communications satellite tonight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and loft the Intelsat G-37 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit during a two-hour launch window that begins at 12:15 a.m. ET (0415 GMT) on Thursday ( ...

Scientific American

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

Scientific American

What if aliens in the universe send a message to Earth, and we can't understand what they're saying? Communicating with another species is likely to be tricky, given how difficult it already is for humans from one culture and language to be understood ...

August full moon: Sturgeon supermoon delights skywatchers worldwide (photos)

August's full sturgeon supermoon rising behind ancient ruins. August full moon and the Temple of Poseidon. (Image credit: Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).

A newly discovered colossal whale might be the heaviest animal ever, study finds

The partial skeleton of Perucetus, consisting of 13 vertebrae, four ribs and one hip bone, is estimated to be 17 to 20 meters (55.8 to 65.6 feet) long. The fossil specimen is shorter than ...

Gravity varies around the world. Here's where it changes the most.

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

Newton found that gravity is partly dependent on mass; objects with more mass experience a stronger gravitational pull. On Earth, that generally means the strength of gravity's pull on an object may be stronger or weaker at different locations, depending ...