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How does our universe work?
Discoveries, nature and the universe beyond Earth.
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The Moon Is Taking a Little of Earth’s Spin
Lunar laser ranging reveals a slow trade: Earth’s rotation weakens as the Moon’s orbit expands.
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A Dead Star’s Debris Split Into Two Rings
Spectra of a white dwarf reveal two chemically distinct debris rings—and hint that surviving rocky bodies are shaping them.
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Why Does the Aurora Change Color?
Auroral colors reveal which atmospheric gases released light, which energy states were involved, and roughly how high above Earth the glow formed.
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Stars Twinkle Because Earth’s Air Will Not Sit Still
Starlight flickers because turbulent air distorts a point-like image, while a planet’s broader disk averages much of that distortion away.
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Heavy Methanol Exposes a Gap in Space Chemistry
ALMA has revealed the first robust interstellar detection of fully deuterated methanol—and current chemistry models cannot reproduce its abundance.
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A Flash From Space That Lasts Just Milliseconds
Fast radio bursts can reveal both an extreme source and the material between galaxies.
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The Invisible Matter We Still Can't Identify
Gravity gives us clues to unseen mass. Identifying its physical nature is a different experiment.
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The Dark Sky Is a Cosmic Clue
Why darkness between the stars points to an evolving universe—and to light our eyes cannot see.
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What Happens When a Solar Storm Reaches Our Connected World?
A solar storm can leave people on the ground unharmed while disrupting the systems that make modern life work. History explains the difference.
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How One Galaxy Can Appear Several Times
A telescope image can show several distant galaxies that are actually several views of the same galaxy. The foreground universe has bent the routes their light takes to us.
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A Planet-Sized Mass Does Not Settle an Object's Identity
If an object has only about twice Jupiter's mass, calling it a planet sounds natural. Its origin can complicate the answer.
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Water Near a Black Hole Does Not Mean an Ocean
The words 'water near a black hole' invite a spectacular mental picture. The actual finding is stranger in a quieter way.
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Webb Reads Collision Clues in Dust Around Stars
The collision is out of view. Its debris may still carry a chemical signature of how violent it was.
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Bright Cosmic Sources Were Hiding at the Softest Energies
An object can be luminous and still escape a survey. Sometimes the missing ingredient is the part of the spectrum being searched.
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A Martian Rock Can Remember More Than One Kind of Water
A peer-reviewed study reconstructs several water episodes in Jezero’s Margin unit, while leaving key questions about ancient habitats unresolved.
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Your GPS Runs on Einstein’s Time
The blue dot on your map depends on clocks that refuse to agree. Relativity helps make them useful.
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Could Moon Dust Become a Search for Ancient Technology?
A new proposal turns the search for extraterrestrial intelligence toward microscopic particles—with no detection claimed.
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What Would Convince You We’re Not Alone?
Try separating an exciting hint from a discovery that withstands scrutiny.
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How Far Into the Past Can You See?
Even the Moon arrives a little late.
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What Would Count as Proof of Alien Life?
The discovery could begin with something tiny. The challenge would be making the explanation stand up.
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Where Is Everybody?
The Fermi paradox is a question about the universe—and about what we expect to find in it.
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Looking Into Space Is Looking Into the Past
The night sky is a collection of messages that began their journeys at different times.
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A universe of stars. Anyone out there?
Finding a planet is one question. Finding life is another.
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