Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss Our sun is both our best friend and our worst enemy. On the one…
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Canada’s Niagara region declares a state of emergency to prepare for an influx of eclipse viewers
Tourists on the American side of Niagara Falls take photos in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Friday,…
Curiosity rover searches for new clues about Mars’ ancient water
The steep path NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took to reach Gediz Vallis channel is indicated in…
Researchers outline new approach in search for dark matter through future DUNE research project
Parameter space and kinetic energy contours for the eight different DM IND processes arising in mesogenesis.…
Mapping the best route for a spacecraft traveling beyond the sun’s sphere of influence
A future interstellar probe mission aims to travel beyond the heliosphere to the local interstellar medium…
Astronomers only knew of a single binary Cepheid system—they just found nine more
This Hubble image shows RS Puppis, a type of variable star known as a Cepheid variable.…
Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology
Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind tries a LightSound device…
Arecibo Observatory telescope outfitted with a wideband cryogenic system to expand its capabilities
Undergraduate students from the Enhancing and Nurturing Careers in Astronomy with New Training Opportunities (ENCANTO) program…
Gravitational waves may have made human life possible
Artist’s impression of neutron stars merging, producing gravitational waves and resulting in a kilonova. Credit: Mark…
New cataclysmic variable discovered by astronomers
Finding chart for XMM 152737 with North at top and East to the left. The image…