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Check Out These Mind-Blowing New Images From NASA
With that in mind, check out the level of activity at the galaxy's center in all of the images belo…
Jessica Orwig
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New images reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its smaller counterpart, Red Spot Jr., in stunning detail
Two telescopes worked together to capture jaw-dropping images of Jupiter through different types of…
Aylin Woodward
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Check out the incredible Northern Lights visible above the UK last night
While most of it bounces off, some of the solar wind and radiation slips through and collides with …
Dina Spector
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Side-by-side photos of the Orion Nebula show how powerful Webb's infrared cameras are. They spot star-forming clouds and gas cocoons Hubble can't see.
A new image of the Orion Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals parts of the nebula tha…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Here's The Science Behind The Technology That Ended The Boston Manhunt
"We set up a perimeter around that boat and over the course of the next hour or so, we exchanged gu…
Paul Szoldra,Jennifer Welsh
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A cosmic 'dustbuster' has revealed a breathtaking image of stars that were previously hidden from view
But the gleaming young stars escape telescopes that see in visible light, radio waves, or infrared …
Ali Sundermier
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The Northern Lights are expected to be visible in 17 states on Thursday. Here's how to get the best view.
The awe-inspiring Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, could be visible as far south as Maryland on…
Pete Syme
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Super-Thin Invisibility Cloak Has 'Wide' Military Applications
Sensors can detect these electrical and magnetic fields, so to truly hide something you would need …
Geoffrey Ingersoll,Jennifer W…
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Here's how space would look if you had superhuman vision
"That's much better than we humans can manage, and it even beats the very best in the animal kingdo…
Dave Mosher
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Northern lights could appear in New York and other US states this weekend - here's how to watch them
"I would not drive out of my way for this particular event," said Terry Onsager, a physicist at NOA…
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Why Squinting Helps You See Better
Cones, while less in number and sensitivity than rods, are responsible for color and high resolutio…
Today I Found Out
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NASA scientists created 21 new constellations for the invisible night sky - including Albert Einstein, Godzilla, and Starship Enterprise
What we see is only a rainbow of visible light: a limited slice of the electromagnetic spectrum, an…
Dave Mosher
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This vest will keep you visible in the dark
The Noxgear Tracer360 visibility vest was designed for nighttime runners and cyclists. Nox = Roman …
Liz Jassin
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New App Gives Unprecedented Access To Satellite Data On Earth
VIIRS, a scanning radiometer, collects visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of…
Paul Szoldra
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There may be far, far more galaxies in the universe than scientists thought
But we now know the observable universe is finite - it's about 90.68 billion light-years wide - and…
Dave Mosher
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BMW has created the world's blackest car, and looking at it is like 'staring into a void'
Levitation 29 also claims that looking at the car can be "interpreted by the brain as staring into …
Brittany Chang
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Side-by-side images of the 'Pillars of Creation' show Webb's power. It captured the famous stellar nursery overflowing with stars, which Hubble couldn't make out.
Hubble took the first photo of the Pillars of Creation in 1995. Decades later, Webb captured its cl…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Scientists Have Figured Out What Color The Universe Is
Most of the stars in the universe formed about 5 billion years ago. In the past, these stars would …
Erin Brodwin
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A groundbreaking first in astronomy found that black holes can be spotted with backyard telescopes
"The observations made on this target were immediately exciting," Bill Goff, who is a member of the…