Betelgeuse’s buddy leaves a wake in the giant star’s atmosphere
PHOENIX — Like a motorboat doing doughnuts in a lake, Betelgeuse’s companion star leaves a wake in the giant star’s […]
Galaxies with ‘hoop skirts’ are more common than we thought
PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache of “polar structure
An underwater volcano off Oregon didn’t erupt in 2025 after all. Why not?
NEW ORLEANS — One year ago, scientists made a surprisingly concrete prediction: Before 2025 was out, they said, Axial volcano
First maps of the sun’s outer boundary may help predict solar storms
The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish. That’s what scientists have gleaned from the first verified maps of the shifting
60,000-year-old poison arrowheads show early humans’ skillful hunting
A new analysis of ancient arrowheads from South Africa pushes back prehistoric humans’ earliest use of poisoned weapons by more
Here’s how Rudolph’s light-up nose might be possible
This time of year, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a nearly inescapable earworm. Rudolph, the old song goes, is bullied
Early Earth’s belly held onto its water
Early Earth got much of its water from relentless bombardment by water-rich asteroids and icy comets. Now, scientists say the
These space stories made us look up in 2025
From eclipses on demand to a rare interstellar visitor to the chances of Earth being flung out of orbit, some
Drought may have doomed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores
A new climate record suggests that Homo floresiensis — pint-size human relatives nicknamed “hobbits” — endured thousands of years of
An asteroid could hit the moon in 2032, scattering debris toward Earth
NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon in 2032. Moreover,