QUICK FACTS
Milestone: Fossil “Lucy” discovered
When: Nov. 24, 1974
Where: Hadar, Ethiopia
Who: Anthropologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray
More than 50 years ago, two anthropologists were digging in Hadar, Ethiopia, when they spotted something…
NASA’s discovery of a mysterious red celestial sphere racing through the Milky Way has quickly become one of the most talked-about astronomical findings of the decade. Named CWISE J1249, this object defies almost every established category in…
The moon returns to the evening sky this week as a slim waxing crescent.
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Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). Check my main…
Gado, D. A., Ehizibolo, D. O., Meseko, C. A., Anderson, N. E. & Lurz, P. W. Review of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic pathogens of dogs in nigeria: missing link in one health approach. JZD 3, 134–161.
Antikythera presents the complete Volume 2025 of Antikythera: Journal for the Philosophy of Planetary Computation—a composite of inquiry and design exploring the conjunction and co-evolution of computational technologies, biological and…
The moon is working towards being full again, and on day four of the lunar cycle it’s already looking bigger in the sky. Keep reading to see what you can spot on its surface…
When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth’s polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical reactions that have puzzled scientists for decades.
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim has shared some sublime footage (below) of the International Space Station’s robotic Canadarm2 “dancing” above Earth.
According to Kim, the 49-second timelapse, which uses more than two hours of footage,…
Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to complete one galactic year. Meanwhile, the Milky Way as a whole is thought to be traveling about 2.1 million kilometers…