Category: 9. Sci-Tech

During this period, the Moon reaches its full phase on Friday, December 5th. On that date,…

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The full cold moon — the third and final of fall in the Northern Hemisphere — will turn full on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Named for the chilly temperatures at this time of year in North America, this moon is not only the second-biggest…

What can star variability—changes in a star’s brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is what a recent study accepted to *The Astronomical Journal* hopes to address as a team of scientists…

Nasa has, for the first time, found signs of ‘mini-lightning’ on Mars after its rover accidentally recorded tiny “zaps” during the planet’s frequent dust storms. Scientists have argued for years…

A scientist using a powerful NASA space telescope says he may have finally detected dark matter.

Dark matter is thought to make up about 27% of all the matter in the Universe, and it acts as a sort of gravitational ‘glue’ holding whole galaxies…

In its study of the third interstellar object ever recorded in the solar system, 3I/ATLAS, the ALMA observatory detected the most enriched concentrations of CH₃OH (methanol) and HCN (hydrogen cyanide) of any comet, second only to…

Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS continues to amaze us. This morning, we spotted a new fragment, with hints for a possible second one.

The image above comes from the…