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Space.com

A chance encounter with another asteroid could steer Apophis destructively close to Earth during a future passage. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Space.com

“We found the culprit. The black hole is killing this galaxy and keeping it dormant by cutting off the source of ‘food’ the galaxy needs to form new stars.” Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Space.com

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been no stranger to taking things to the extreme since its launch on Christmas day 2021, observing early galaxies billions of light-years away that existed when the universe was at a fraction of its currently 13.8 …

Space.com

An epic picture of Polaris Dawn’s nighttime reentry has been beamed to Earth from space. NASA astronaut Don Pettit caught the conclusion of Polaris Dawn, a private space mission that included the first-ever commercial spacewalk, during its SpaceX …

Scientific American

No evidence has ever emerged for any prebiotically plausible chemical reactions that could occur in a deep-ocean hydrothermal vent environment that might lead to the synthesis of the building blocks of RNA (nucleotides), proteins (amino acids) or cell …

Livescience.com

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time modern teens do. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

NPR

Stargazers will be in for another celestial treat Tuesday night as three cosmic events will occur at the same time during the full moon. After last month brought space enthusiasts a blue supermoon, September’s harvest moon will not only coincide with a …

WIRED

Inside waited a crew of four—commander Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who funded the mission and had just completed his second private spaceflight; SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, who were the company’s first employees to fly into orbit; and …

Popular Mechanics

Trees are typically organized into two categories: hardwoods (angiosperms) and softwoods (gymnosperms). A new study suggests that there is a third type of wood—known as “midwood”—that could explain the nanoscale architecture of the tulip tree …

Today.com

The final lunar eclipse of 2024 is set to unfold the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 17 and will be visible across North America, playing out on September’s supermoon. Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth is positioned between the moon and the sun.