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Space.com

Will the universe end in a bang or a whimper? A pair of theoretical physicists have proposed a third path: perhaps the universe will never end. In a study that attempts to define the …

CNN

The full worm moon rises behind the Empire State Building in Manhattan on March 18, 2022. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. Sign up …

Space.com

March’s full moon reaches its peak in the early hours on Tuesday (March 7) with the so-called Worm Moon rising just after sunset on Monday. According to In the Sky (opens in new tab) from New York City the moon will rise at 5:03 p.m. EST (2203 GMT) and …

Space.com

Twinkling stars blanket this new view of the Carina Nebula, a vast cloud of dust and gas that lies 7,500 light-years from Earth. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image in December 2022. The new picture isn’t of the whole nebula, …

The New York Times

Since the dawn of the space age, the answer has been: It depends. For decades, lunar missions have operated on the time of the country that launched them. But with several lunar explorations heading for the launchpad, the European Space Agency has deemed …

NOLA.com

But the study also contains potential good news: There may be enough sediment in the river to rebuild coastal land, disputing earlier estimates. The peer-reviewed study was published Monday in the scientific journal Nature …

The New York Times

The Japanese space agency said on Tuesday that the country’s newest rocket had failed minutes into its first demonstration flight, a technological setback as the country tries to build up its capabilities in space. The rocket, the H3, was uncrewed but …

NPR

A new study in the journal PLOS Biology finds that these humble insects can actually learn to solve puzzles from one another, suggesting that even some invertebrates like these social insects have a capacity for what we humans call “culture.”.

Livescience.com

The renowned Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens was probably nearsighted, a new study looking into the telescopes he built more than 300 years ago has found. The results even suggest what glasses the astronomer could have benefited from wearing …

Phys.Org

In this theory, each new universe crystallizes out of the seething background of inflation, imprinted with its own unique mix of physical laws. If physical laws similar to ours govern these other universes, then we …