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Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Hide Tantalizing Carbon in Mysterious Ocean

Meghan Bartels

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NASA’s Gorgeous New Moon Image Paints Shackleton Crater in Light and Shadow

Stephanie Pappas

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JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes

Fabio Pacucci | Opinion

The Equinox Is Not What You Think It Is

The equinox is not when day and night have equal lengths. Instead it’s something more nuanced but no less glorious

Phil Plait

Planetary Science

Planetary Science

Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Hide Tantalizing Carbon in Mysterious Ocean

Meghan Bartels

Astronomy

NASA’s Gorgeous New Moon Image Paints Shackleton Crater in Light and Shadow

Stephanie Pappas

Black Holes

JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes

Fabio Pacucci | Opinion

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Find a New Spin on Winning the ‘Bottle Flip’ Challenge

Elise Cutts

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Space Exploration

Why We’ll Never Live in Space

Sarah Scoles

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Extraterrestrial Life

UFO Research Is Only Harmed by Antigovernment Rhetoric

Marek N. Posard and Caitlin McCulloch | Opinion

Space Exploration

Space Exploration

Massive Sun Outburst Smacks NASA Spacecraft

Meghan Bartels

Planetary Science

Planetary Science

Ada Limón’s Poem for Europa, Jupiter’s Smallest Galilean Moon

Brianne Kane, Kelso Harper and Carin Leong

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The Equinox Is Not What You Think It Is

The equinox is not when day and night have equal lengths. Instead it’s something more nuanced but no less glorious

Space Exploration

Massive Sun Outburst Smacks NASA Spacecraft

If it had hit Earth, this coronal mass ejection could have caused continent-scale blackouts, scientists say

NASA’s Gorgeous New Moon Image Paints Shackleton Crater in Light and Shadow

A new NASA instrument allows researchers to view the bright and permanently shadowed portions of the moon’s Shackleton Crater at the same time

Stephanie Pappas

Mistranslation of Newton’s First Law Discovered after Nearly 300 Years

A new interpretation of Isaac Newton’s writings clarifies what the father of classical mechanics meant in his first law of motion

Stephanie Pappas

JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes

Black holes in the extraordinarily distant cosmos are out of tune with their host galaxies, offering insights into their formation

Fabio Pacucci | Opinion

Planetary Science

Ada Limón’s Poem for Europa, Jupiter’s Smallest Galilean Moon

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón discusses her involvement in NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the inspiration behind her poem, which will travel onboard the spacecraft.

Brianne Kane, Kelso Harper and Carin Leong

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Ada Limón's Poem for Europa, Jupiter's Smallest Galilean Moon

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