Astronomy
May 4, 2023
Hubble follows shadow play around planet-forming disk
The young star TW Hydrae is playing "shadow puppets" with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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May 4, 2023
Tulips for breakfast: the flower as food from the war to contemporary gastronomy
The Netherlands, late 1944. After the liberation from the Nazis, there were still unexpected problems to solve. Trains and river transport were blocked by rivers that had frozen over so people found it more difficult to access ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
Opinion: 'Kidfluencer' culture is harming kids in several ways—and there's no meaningful regulation of it
Parents share content of their children for myriad reasons, including to connect with friends and family, and to seek validation or support.
Astronomy
Apr 24, 2023
The Milky Way has trapped the Large Magellanic Cloud with its gravity. What comes next?
Our galaxy's largest nearby companion is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Southern Hemisphere. In recent years, new theoretical research and better observational capabilities ...
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2023
Hubble celebrates 33rd anniversary with a peek into nearby star-forming region
Astronomers are celebrating NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and located approximately ...
Astronomy
Apr 18, 2023
Want to see a total solar eclipse? Here's how to plan for it, and how to set your expectations in case of clouds
This week, eclipse chasers will be visiting the small town of Exmouth, at the tip of North West Cape in Western Australia. Weather permitting, they are coming to see one of nature's greatest sights—a total eclipse of the ...
Astronomy
Apr 18, 2023
Looking for potential radio technosignatures from extragalactic sources
It has been more than sixty years since Dr. Frank Drake (father of the Drake Equation) and his colleagues mounted the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) survey. This was known as Project Ozma, which relied ...
Astrobiology
Apr 10, 2023
Forget the habitable zone—we need to find the computational zone
Astronomers are currently searching for signs of life in the "habitable zones" of nearby stars, which is defined as the band around a star where liquid water can potentially exist. But a recent paper argues that we need to ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
'Pantry porn' on TikTok and Instagram makes obsessively organized kitchens a new status symbol
Neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels. Wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks. Rows of flavored seltzer water stacked in double-decker plastic bins.
Astronomy
Mar 15, 2023
Scientists have new tool to estimate how much water might be hidden beneath a planet's surface
In the search for life elsewhere in the universe, scientists have traditionally looked for planets with liquid water at their surface. But, rather than flowing as oceans and rivers, much of a planet's water can be locked ...
