SKY GUIDE: This map represents the night sky as it appears over Maine during April. The stars are shown as they appear at 10:30 p.m. early in the month, at 9:30 p.m. at midmonth, and at 8:30 p.m. at … [+7553 chars]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is returning to Earth this week after setting a new record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an American. On March 15, Vande Hei broke the existing 340-day reco… [+2332 chars]
DULUTH Watching the sun has been a lot of fun lately. It wasn't that long ago that days and even weeks would go by without seeing a spot. Now they're common. That's because we're past the minimum of … [+1935 chars]
There may be no better time to visit the Edison & Ford Winter Estates than now, when the air is balmy, and the gardens are riotous with flowers and butterflies. Thomas Edisons winter home on the… [+5906 chars]
Brimming over with challenging calculations, daunting data, and formidable formulas, science seems an intimidating prospect for many people. This seems true for both young people — despite their pare… [+8228 chars]
Scientists have discovered that the speed of sound on Mars is very different from the speed recorded here on Earth. The discovery was announced by Baptiste Chaide, a planetary scientist at Los Alamos… [+2565 chars]
Scientists have discovered that the speed of sound on Mars is very different from the speed recorded here on Earth. The discovery was announced by Baptiste Chaide, a planetary scientist at Los Alamos… [+2565 chars]
Brimming over with challenging calculations, daunting data, and formidable formulas, science seems an intimidating prospect for many people. This seems true for both young people — despite their pare… [+8228 chars]
An international collaboration of astronomers has created the most detailed simulation yet of the early stages of the universe. The simulation can be seen in the video below, showing the first light … [+2511 chars]
We have a new tool for monitoring Earth’s oceans: The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft, which has taken over from its predecessor to become the official satellite for measuring global sea level… [+2079 chars]
Major crashes between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of similar crashes give clues about how frequently these events occur around other stars. Most of the rocky planets and satel… [+5560 chars]
In the 1980s , we knew of no planets outside our Solar System. This week, NASA announced more than 5,000 exoplanets. Its quite the leap from the discovery of an odd set of planets around a dead star… [+10151 chars]
