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The Northern Lights Will Soon Be Visible in Unexpected Places. Here’s How to See Them.
A giant hole opened up in the sun’s atmosphere, and if you live in the right part of the country, you might want to go outside tonight.
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Credit: DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists Just Finished an Insanely Detailed 3D Map of the Universe
After five years of scanning the sky, DESI has given scientists their best shot yet at figuring out whether dark energy is actually changing.
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The Sun Destroyed an Asteroid, Now Comes the Aftermath
What looked like a random batch of meteors may actually be the remains of a small asteroid slowly cooked apart by the Sun.
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Photo: SDenisov / Getty Images Scientists Figured Out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding, But the Answer Is Troubling
It’s not all that surprising to think there are major gaps in our understanding of the universe.
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Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images A Discovery in Northern California Could Change the Fate of Condors
This nest could produce Northern California’s first wild condor chick in about 130 years, a huge step for a species once nearly wiped out.
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Tom Werner/Getty Images Your Brain May Not Experience Free Will the Way You Think
Your brain may be less of a rogue cowboy and more of a quiet office worker processing paperwork until the stamp comes down.
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WC.GI/Getty Images Life on Earth May Have a Violent Origin Story, Scientists Say
If it happened here, could it happen on other planets, too?
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Cokada/Getty Images Is Space Full of Alien Megastructures We Just Haven’t Seen Yet?
This is all purely theoretical. That said, it is grounded in real physics, which is usually how science fiction turns into science fact.
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KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Your Brain Cleans Itself While You Sleep, and Scientists Finally Watched It Happen
Sleep is your brain’s chance to scrub itself down, take out the trash, and disinfect everything.
