When you think of the tallest mountains on Earth, Mount Everest probably comes to mind. But what if we told you that the real ...
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The Astronomical Problem of Space Junk

Dan Falk: Space junk broadly refers to stuff that’s in space that was put there by humans, and that is no longer doing what ...
A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...
Heart doctors are capturing images of the inside of heart arteries, helping them watch plaque respond to cholesterol drugs in ...
Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ...
Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it ...
In the Celebrity Race Across The World 2025 series finale the teams must race from Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city, ...
Swetha Gurumurthy provides a stark, monochromatic view of the human motor system. This high-contrast image shows the “neurites” — the branching highways that connect motor neurons to muscles. Using a ...
A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug.
A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border was a false alert, the USGS said ...
A 6-year-old girl died following a Dec. 6, 2025, go-kart accident at Urban Air adventure park in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Portland and Seattle have spent decades defining the Pacific Northwest aesthetic: indie coffee houses, moss-coated forests, gray skies that feel poetic, and craft beer culture that tourists can’t wait ...