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Chile observatory finds an atmosphere on a rocky, habitable-zone planet for the first time

"The next question was whether any of them had managed to keep an atmosphere." ...
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Peru’s newly unearthed complex may be one of the Americas’ oldest star observatories

Archaeologists studying Peru’s coastal desert have identified a complex near the ancient city of Caral whose architectural ...

One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires

Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a ...
Scientific American

This decade-long ‘movie’ of the sky will be revolutionary

Using the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, astronomers are beginning the largest and deepest survey of the sky. What will they ...

The Rubin Observatory’s greatest legacy will be this ‘movie’ of the sky

This sweeping project, which started its observations in June 2026, has a deservedly grandiose name: the Legacy Survey of ...

SETI Scientists Think Alien Signals Could Be Hiding in Old Telescope Data

Researchers are zeroing in on more deliberate “narrow-band” alien signals, well outside the radio frequencies SETI has ...

July’s double meteor shower could produce brilliant fireballs. Here's how to see them.

The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids will overlap on July 30 and 31—but a bright moon could make their meteors difficult to spot.
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A Day in the Life of a Sea Turtle Nest Monitor

Meet the North Carolina volunteers protecting sea turtles from predators, beach lights, and erosion—one nest at a time.