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The Coincidence Behind a Total Solar Eclipse
A total solar eclipse is one of the most dramatic sights in nature. In the middle of the day, the sky grows dark, the temperature drops, and the Sun seems to disappear behind the Moon. For a few minutes, only the Sun’s faint outer atmospher...
What's Actually Next for Artemis: The Moon Can Wait
In April, four people flew around the Moon.
It’s worth sitting with that for a second, because we’ve gotten so used to the idea of going back that the actual going back slipped by almost quietly. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch...
The Muon Experiment That Won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize, Explained Simply
On April 18, at a black-tie ceremony in Santa Monica often called the “Oscars of Science,” the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics went to a group of about 200 scientists for measuring one number with extraordinary precision.
That nu...
Equation That Tells How Many Alien Civilizations Could Exist
Are we alone? It’s one of the biggest questions humans have ever asked. But instead of guessing, astronomers actually use an equation to estimate how many intelligent civilizations might be out there.
It’s called the Drake Equation, and e...
The Most Precise Theory Ever Built, Explained Simply
Particle physics asks perhaps the most ambitious question in all of science: what is everything made of, and how do those pieces interact?
Look around you. Trees, oceans, mountains, stars, the phone in your hand, the air in your lungs. Th...
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