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How to tell a comet from an asteroid and a meteor from a meteorite

about 9 hours ago

A field guide to the space rocks you might see streaking across...

How to protect Earth from a deadly asteroid impact

1 day ago

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles...

What's best for baking—butter or margarine? A food scientist explains

1 day ago

Key differences in the chemical structure of butter and margarine mean choosing...

Will humans one day talk to animals? This scientist is bringing us closer

2 days ago

Julie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now, she...

Ancient Roman scrolls destroyed by Mount Vesuvius digitally unrolled in full for first time

2 days ago

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined...

What happens at the edge of a black hole? Astronomers may be close to finding out

2 days ago

The discovery of a completely new type of gravitational wave could reveal...

Cosmic imposters show astronomers sometimes get things hilariously wrong

2 days ago

Sometimes we mistake one kind of object with another to disastrous effect

How Mbappe, Haaland and Messi use psychology to stay sharp at the World Cup

2 days ago

Sports psychology plays a major role on and off the pitch, helping...

France just hit its hottest day ever recorded

3 days ago

Scorching temperatures across France rose to a record-breaking average 30 degrees on...

How quantum sensing could reveal hidden faults in thousands of U.S. bridges

3 days ago

Of the more than 624,000 highway bridges in the U.S., an estimated...

Fundamental principles of the universe called into question by two physicists

3 days ago

A new study claims that the universe isn’t entirely the same no...

Weight loss drugs don't work for everyone—here’s why

3 days ago

Some people who take GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide see...