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Hofstra group marks longest day of year with summer solstice program on National Mall
Newsday· 3 days agoMarking the event will be a small group from Hofstra University, led by Professor Donald Lubowich,...
Deseret News archives: Sally Ride became first U.S. woman to travel to space
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn this Oct. 7, 2009, file photo, former astronaut Sally Ride speaks to members of the media as NASA...
Latina Space Scientists Want To Stop Being The Exception
Science Friday· 4 days agoThis story was produced by Science Friday and América Futura as part of our “Astronomy: Made in...
How Indigenous peoples are reclaiming their celebrations of the summer solstice − and using them to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and...
Revolutionary Wearable Scanner Provides Clearest Ever Picture of Children’s Developing Brain
SciTechDaily· 23 hours agoRecent research using wearable brain scanners offers new insights into children’s brain development,...
Earth’s core is ‘backtracking,’ and it could affect time
The Patriot-News· 10 hours agoEarth's core is spinning more slowly, and it could cause days to become longer.
Astronomers witness ‘sudden awakening’ of massive black hole in far-away galaxy
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“If so, this would be the first time that we see the activation of a massive black hole in real...
How We Could Turn The Earth Into A Giant Telescope
IFLScience· 5 days agoLast month, NASA announced development progress of the Pulsed Plasma Rocket, a new type of thruster that could help enable one of the coolest astronomy projects ever dreamt ...
Black hole observed 'awakening' for the first time
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAstronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the...
Sino-French satellite launched into orbit, China's CCTV says
Reuters via AOL· 10 hours agoA satellite developed by China and France, the most powerful yet for studying the farthest explosion of stars, was launched into orbit on Saturday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. The ...