Hubble Images Galaxies Near and Far
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the remote galaxy HerS 020941.1+001557, which appears as a red arc that partially encircles a foreground elliptical galaxy.
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Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant
A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company’s emissions had contributed to
Greetings from the Galápagos Islands, where the blue-footed booby shows its colors
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.
43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world’s oldest — and made by a Neanderthal
The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.
Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years
The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu’u’ō’ō eruption in the 1980s. But while
‘Previously unimaginable’: James Webb telescope breaks its own record again, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has broken its own record once again, spotting the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender
‘Unlike anything we have seen before’: Astronomers discover mysterious object firing strange signals at Earth every 44 minutes
ASKAP J1832-0911, which is periodically throwing out pulses of radio waves and X-rays, could be a brand-new cosmic object.
There’s a humongous boulder on a cliff in Tonga. Now we know how it got there.
A massive boulder named Maka Lahi was recently found about 650 feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga, and researchers believe that it
Your moral compass is tied to how in tune you are with your body, study hints
A recent study draws a connection between people’s bodily awareness and how they find solutions to moral dilemmas.
Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even
One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder
Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one
Elon Musk’s Starship rocket loses control on its 9th launch
Several dummy satellites were supposed to be launched, but a door on the ship did not open as planned. (Image credit: Eric Gay)
Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network
This March 4, 2020, image shows Deep Space Station 43, a 70-meter-wide (230-feet-wide) radio antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia. The
Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill
Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in