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Indigenous astronomy lives on in South Africa’s Karoo through Venus, the Moon, and ancient stories
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1240+ words) Some ancient San star stories have faded, but practical knowledge of Venus, the Moon, and the seasons still survives in South Africa's Karoo. In the Karoo, a dry and thinly settled part of South Africa, the Milky Way has an…...
Venus-like conditions did not destroy these building blocks of life
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1041+ words) Three peptides stayed whole for weeks in 98% sulfuric acid, the stuff of Venus's clouds, and all three folded into the same omega loop. Concentrated sulfuric acid takes apart almost anything biological it touches. For that reason astronomers looking for life…...
Earth microbes can survive in hidden pockets on the Moon
2+ week, 3+ day ago (980+ words) A NASA study finds shaded pockets near the moon's south pole cold enough to keep human-carried microbes alive for a week. Every time an astronaut takes a step on the moon, they leave behind more than a boot print. Human…...
Venus has a strange chemical mystery hiding in its clouds
2+ week, 16+ min ago (977+ words) A century-old pattern in Venus’s clouds has never been explained. A new study puts fresh limits on what could be causing it. Venus looks pale yellow through a backyard telescope. Switch to ultraviolet light, and dark and light patches move…...
No telescope needed: September’s night sky is about to put on a show
1+ week, 1+ day ago (950+ words) September brings brilliant Venus, the Harvest Moon, an equinox, and several easy-to-spot celestial sights in the night sky. September 2026 offers several good reasons to look up, and many of them are easy to find. Over the course of nearly two…...
Asteroid dust may explain what really killed the dinosaurs
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (998+ words) A new study reveals how molten rock and fine asteroid dust could have produced an intense global heat pulse after the impact 66 million years ago. Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth and helped wipe out the non-avian…...
Ancient armored fish survived a massive impact before Earth’s largest mass extinction
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1023+ words) A remarkably complete armored fish fossil from Brazil survived near a massive asteroid crater, revealing an unexpected link to ancient Europe. Near the end of the Permian, an asteroid hit central Brazil and folded the rock layers around the crater…...
Uranus and Neptune may not be what we thought
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (1064+ words) Scientists are rethinking Uranus and Neptune as new evidence suggests the so-called ice giants may contain far less ice than once believed. For decades, Uranus and Neptune have occupied their own category in the Solar System: the ice giants. The…...
Light travels from the Sun to Earth in just eight minutes, but the journey from the Sun’s core to its surface can take up to 500,000 years
3+ week, 2+ day ago (569+ words) The sunlight reaching Earth from the Sun’s visible surface crosses space in about 8 minutes. Before that, however, the radiant energy that ultimately emerges as sunlight can spend an extraordinarily long time moving outward through the Sun’s dense interior. The Sun’s…...
Extreme solar storms could overwhelm airplane electronics and expose passengers to radiation
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (1227+ words) Extreme solar storms could expose airplanes to intense radiation while triggering thousands of errors in critical onboard electronics. On a quiet day, the atmosphere and Earth’s magnetic field stop most of the radiation from space before it reaches a plane…...