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Fall stargazing 2026: The best skywatching sights in autumn (and how to see them)
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (1502+ words) As longer nights draw in over the fall, we see the return of some stargazing favorites, including the Andromeda Galaxy, the Pleiades star cluster and the first supermoon of the season. With fall now upon us, many of us will…...
Haunting Hubble 'bubble' image captures cosmic cycle of destruction and creation
17+ hour, 50+ min ago (265+ words) A spectacular new Hubble Space Telescope image reveals almost 30,000 newborn stars around an enormous cavity carved into a stellar nursery in a neighboring galaxy. What it is: The nebula LHA 120-N44 Where it is: 160,000 light-years away, in the constellation Dorado When…...
Why do cats lick each other?
18+ hour, 50+ min ago (524+ words) Cats lick each other for multiple reasons, and some are more mysterious than others. In a multicat household, it's common to see one cat licking another. When some people see this behavior, known as allogrooming ("allo" means "another individual"), they…...
Scientists got diamond's melting point wrong by more than 1,000 degrees, crushing new laser experiment reveals
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (344+ words) Scientists blasted diamonds with lasers to get the best measurement of the mineral's melting point yet. The new, more accurate numbers could help improve fusion experiments and studies of giant planets. Scientists melted diamonds with a powerful laser to take…...
AI trained to 'think' like human pathologists may be better at spotting cancer
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (862+ words) Researchers trained AI on how expert pathologists look for signs of cancer in patient samples, improving the algorithm's effectiveness. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that hunt for cancer may do a better job when they approach the analysis as if they…...
Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ review
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (705+ words) A sharp, wide-field and genuinely portable 130mm reflector whose phone-guided pointing makes star-hopping optional, offering stunning views of the solar system and brighter deep-sky objects. The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ is a pretty good telescope if your situation calls for a…...
1 million people's genes reveal the heritability of the Big Five personality traits??? and it's complicated
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (506+ words) A huge analysis probes the genetics of personality, finding that the trait is much less straightforward than physical attributes like eye color. The meta-analysis, published Sept. 2 in the journal Nature, is the largest of its kind ever attempted. The work…...
Canon RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM review: Wide, bright and built for the dark
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (561+ words) L-series glass provides excellent image quality 20mm focal length isn't too niche Softness towards the edges at f/1.4 Some stretching/warping around the edges Larger and heavier than most primes — but it's still perfectly manageable With a premium L-series build and…...
A Harvest Moon with 5 planets on the side: September is the best month for stargazing, and this year is extra special
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (361+ words) Generally mild weather and increasing hours of darkness make September a great month for observing, and this year, there's a particularly busy sky. There may be no better month to get outside and look at the stars than September, when…...
Watch the first-ever footage of a rare deep-sea squid in the northeastern Pacific
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (484+ words) A rare sighting of a bigfin squid near an underwater mountain off California is the first confirmed live observation of the bizarre animal in the northeastern Pacific, researchers say. A bizarre squid has been filmed haunting the northeastern Pacific Ocean…...