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WASHINGTON — The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth’s natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by…

Ali Rogin (voice-over): Preliminary analyses of the asteroid showed it contained water, carbon, nitrogen, and other organic matter. But the…

If you’re looking up at the Moon tonight, 9 February 2025, you’re in for a treat, as the Red Planet…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line up…

What: Falcon 9 rocket  When: 6:36 p.m. Sunday with other options until 8:03 p.m., according to SpaceX. If needed, the team…

In a development that’s caught the eye of scientists around the world, an asteroid called 2024 YR4 now looks like…

NASA’s SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing in August 2024. The mission will make the first all-sky spectroscopic survey in the near-infrared,…

An order from the White House aims to cut the use of diversity programmes by private organizations. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/GettyA…

Life of the party Margaret S. Collins, the first Black female entomologist in the United States to earn a Ph.D.,…

For decades, astronomers have known that supermassive black holes lie at the centers of most galaxies. These gravitational giants devour…