NASA to Launch SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions: How to Watch
Two NASA missions are ready for a late-night launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe — one by peering far from Earth, the other…
Embracing Darkness on the Isle of Rum
Rum, a diamond-shaped island off the western coast of Scotland, is home to 40 people. Most of the island — 40 square miles of mountains, peatland and heath — is…
‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea
Deep in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, physicists have uncovered evidence of a ghostly subatomic particle catapulting through space at a speed they once could only dream of. “What…
After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon
For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds. On Monday, she joined the celestial ranks of fellow mythological…