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Look Up! April’s Full Pink Moon Is Finally Here

— Anadolu/Anadolu/Getty Images April’s full Moon isn’t actually pink, but it ushers in a burst of spring color here on the ground. The 2024 Pink Moon rises on the evening of Tuesday, April 23. Despite the name, the Moon will be its usual bright white mottled with gray; just like a blue Moon, the Pink […]

Physicists Just Mapped A Stellar, Galactic Burp of Astronomical Proportions

— Credit: ESO/A. Watts et al Astronomers just mapped, in great detail, a galactic burp. In a new study out today in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, researchers created a high-resolution map of galaxy NGC 4383, revealing an outflow of gas of gigantic proportions. The ejection is spectacularly disruptive. According to […]

Astronomers Just Noticed Something Bizarre About Elderly Galaxies

— Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Galaxies get more chaotic as their stars age, a new study suggests. The universe contains about 100 billion galaxies, and no two are exactly alike. In some, stars whirl around the center in neat, circular orbits, making the whole galaxy seem to spin in unison like a pinwheel. In […]

Can Space Tourism Give You Cancer?

— MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Science Photo Library/Getty Images In a decade or two, journeys into space could become as normal as transatlantic flights. In particular, the number of humans traveling into space with the help of commercial companies, such as Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, will increase significantly. But such travel comes with huge radiation […]

Boeing’s Starliner Could Resolve A Huge Flaw With NASA’s Flight System

— Boeing Right now, if the United States wanted to send humans to the International Space Station (ISS) or anywhere else in space, NASA would have limited options. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is currently the only vehicle whose company NASA has a relationship with that can take its astronauts out of Earth’s atmosphere. If […]

The First Full Moon of Spring Will Appear this Weekend With A Hidden Surprise

— VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images It’s time to go outside and look at the sky again! The first full Moon of spring will rise on March 24, and it will come with a partial lunar eclipse. Here’s how to enjoy this month’s full Moon — and why it’s called the Worm Moon (sorry; it’s […]

SpaceX’s Starship Perished In a Haze of Plasma — Here’s When the Next Launch Could Be

— CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, successfully reached space for the second time on Thursday. After the mighty first-stage booster Super Heavy delivered Starship into Earth orbit, the rocket achieved many firsts. But it also fell short. The 397-foot-tall orbiter ended its test flight after flying longer and faster […]

NASA: We Didn’t Change Your Zodiac Sign, Astrology Isn’t Real

— Yana Iskayeva/Moment/Getty Images We’ll just put it out there: There are actually 13 astrological signs instead of 12. This means that 86 percent of all people were actually born under a different sign. This is old news, but Capricorns, Sagittarii, and everyone in between still are flipping out and incorrectly blaming NASA. The space […]

KONA BLUE: Top-Secret Government Program To Investigate “Human Consciousness Anomalies” Doesn’t Exist, New Report Says

— Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images News No, the United States government does not have alien bodies hiding somewhere, nor has it ever tried to reverse-engineer flying saucers. Really. That’s one of the main stances that the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), an organization created in 2022 to resolve sightings of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), asserts in […]

The Complete Guide To Avoiding Scams And Buying the Right Solar Eclipse Glasses

— Elvis Gonzalez/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock On April 8, 2024, a 122-mile-wide stretch of the U.S. will fall into darkness during a total solar eclipse. If you are traveling to that stretch of totality, there’s one thing you should not forget to pack: Certified eclipse glasses. Eclipse glasses will be essential to view the event, and getting the […]