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Biology

Giganotosaurus vs. T. rex: Who would win in a battle of the big dinosaurs?

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Biology

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Biology

The deadliest viruses in human history, from COVID to smallpox

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A type of star known as a luminous blue variable.
Deep Space

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The icy white south pole of Mars, with red soil all around.
Mars

Want to travel to Mars? Here’s how long the trip could take.

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

The Earth's atmosphere from the ISS, with the moon in the background, showing clearly defined layers between the planet and space, where the Karman line separates the two.
Science

Where does Earth end and space begin? The Karman line is only one answer.

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How old is Earth? The age depends on the formation of the moon.
Moons

How old is Earth? It’s a surprisingly tough question to answer.

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Solar flare imaged by NASA and ESA solar orbiter in 2022
NASA

How worried should we be about solar flares and space weather?

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The constellation Orion, centered on the three bright stars of a belt.
Deep Space

Why we turn stars into constellations

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The moon rises above NASA's space center in Florida.
Moons

The moon’s microscopic glass beads tell the story of asteroids hitting Earth

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Deepest image of space with twinkling stars captured by James Webb Space Telescope
Deep Space

After the big bang, light and electricity shaped the early universe

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Ionsdaleite diamond crystal structure under a microscope
Physics

Space diamonds sparkle from the wreckage of a crushed dwarf planet

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

A watery world unlike those that exist in our solar system.
Deep Space

A new class of super-watery planets may exist beyond the solar system

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

NASA's MOXIE instrument can make oxygen on Mars, an environment rich in carbon dioxide.
Mars

Perseverance’s MOXIE tool turns Martian air into pure oxygen

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

NASA SLS rocket engine test at Kennedy Space Center at night
NASA

This is how astronomically loud a rocket launch really is

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

NASA collaborator crouching in Orion capsule with three strapped-in mannequins for Artemis I mission
Health

‘Phantom’ mannequins will help us understand how cosmic radiation affects female bodies in space

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Lucy spacecraft was fixed long after it launched.
Deep Space

How engineers saved NASA’s new asteroid probe when it malfunctioned in space

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Multiple vehicles will be required to collect rock samples from Mars.
Mars

NASA’s new Sample Recovery Helicopters will make flying on Mars less ‘boring’

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

GLASS-z13 galaxy glowing red in hazy yellow stars from the James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Deep Space

Astronomers are already using James Webb Space Telescope data to hunt down cryptic galaxies

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Swimmer in a black speedo soaring off a green diving board
Physics

Have we been measuring gravity wrong this whole time?

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki