2+ week, 3+ day ago  (367+ words) For the first week of this, I thought it was stress. There's been a lot hanging over me lately, so it made sense that my sleep was disturbed. But even when the stress lessened, even when I exercised or had…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1833+ words) Scientists have taken the largest ever image of the Milky Way. The image shows spectacular detail of our home in the universe, and offers scientists a color-coded guide to some of the most mysterious corners of our galaxy. Adam Ginsburg,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (370+ words) Lucky stargazers might catch a few fleeting streaks of light in the night sky this week. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower hits its peak overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Here's a look at the science behind this spectacular cosmic show,…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1007+ words) A strange whistling hum fills the air in Bourne. It's a tell-tale sign that hundreds of periodical cicadas are all around, in the trees and crawling up bushes, hoping to attract a mate after 17 years underground. The bugs are part…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (299+ words) On Friday night, you will be able to see the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus. Kelly Beatty, a senior editor at Sky & Telescope, joins Here & Now with detailed instructions on what to look for. Kelly Beatty: "Uranus is the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (453+ words) Moments of moon joy'WBUR Remember when DVDs had bonus content, like extra or deleted scenes? I wrote an essay this week for Cog about the Artemis II mission, and how it made me think of my dad who worked at…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (544+ words) Last month, I took my 9-year-old to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and we talked a lot about my dad, who we lost almost two years ago. We saw the Atlantis Shuttle, the Saturn V Rocket and the enormous Vehicle…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (79+ words) wbur. org NASA astronaut Christina Koch is making history as the first woman to travel around the moon as a crew member on the Artemis II mission. It's not the first time Koch has made history. In 2020 she told Meghna…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (84+ words) WBUR Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Cady Coleman, a former NASA astronaut and retired colonel in the U. S. Air Force, about the mission to the moon, what the crew will be doing this weekend and Moon Day on Monday. Cady…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (400+ words) There's something undeniably magical about the idea of looking up and finding the sky glowing green, pink or even purple. And New England skygazers have a chance to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, put on…...