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This guest post was written by Neha Krishnakumar, an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles. Neha is currently a first-year philosophy and communications major, taking a course on… [+4751 chars]
AN IMAGE of a woman sitting in an airport with what appears to be an extra limb has left the internet baffled - can you figure out what's really going on? The bizarre optical illusion shows a woman … [+2158 chars]
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It wasn't until 1957 when scientists earned special access to the molecular third dimension. After 22 years of grueling experimentation, John Kendrew of Cambridge University finally uncovered the 3… [+9906 chars]
Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend as three meteors are set to light up the Australian skies. Among the three meteors, Piscis Austrinids, Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, the … [+1612 chars]
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will lift off one month from today (July 29), if all goes according to plan. The agency is working toward an Aug. 29 launch for Artemis 1 , which will use a Space Laun… [+3164 chars]
Working hypothesis on human evolution says that the ability to use fire in a controlled manner was a major step. The fire gave protection from cold and even led to man cooking his food before consump… [+1486 chars]
On December 25th, 2021, after many years of waiting, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finally launched to space. In the sixth-month period that followed, this next-generation observatory unfurle… [+8156 chars]
A parsec is a unit of distance that is often used by astronomers as an alternative to the light-year, just as kilometers can be used as an alternative to miles. Sci-fi franchises such as "Star Wars" … [+4494 chars]
Hello, lovelies, and welcome to your favorite space news breakdown. This week, it’s mostly planets and geopolitics, with relatively little launch news. Shall we? SpaceX Next Crew Launch Delayed By D… [+7414 chars]
While the EMIT instrument can measure the spectral signature of light from such materials as vegetation, rocks, snow and ice, and human-made surfaces, its primary mission, beginning in August, will b… [+582 chars]