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Researchers have demonstrated that natural sunlight can generate quantum entanglement between photons, challenging the long-held assumption that coherent laser light is required…
On August 12, 2026, skywatchers across North America will witness a rare midday partial solar eclipse as the Moon crosses in front…
DNA analysis published in the journal IMA Fungus reveals that parasitic Cordyceps fungi live inside surrounding mosses as well as parasitized insects.…
Skywatchers are preparing for a rare astronomical alignment in August 2026, as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak just hours…
A Chinese spacecraft is now within 12.5 miles of Kamo’oalewa, a rapidly spinning quasi-moon orbiting Earth. Launched in May 2025, the Tianwen-2…
Global warming has accelerated significantly since 2015, rising at an estimated pace of about 0.35 degrees Celsius per decade. Researchers at the…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized Japan during a three-day ruling party meeting ending Monday, accusing Tokyo of exploiting current conditions…
A discarded 10,000-pound SpaceX rocket stage is set to unintentionally slam into the moon’s sunlit western limb at 5,400 mph on Wednesday.…
A stray piece of a scientificamerican.com Falcon 9 rocket is projected to crash into the moon early Wednesday morning, according to astronomers…
Marine researchers in Western Australia observed a female dolphin, named Fraggle, carrying her dead newborn for days near Leschenault Estuary. Surrounded by…
August 2026 features a rare celestial double feature on August 12, combining a total solar eclipse visible across northern Europe and Russia…
Astronomers analyzing mini-Neptune exoplanets report that abundant water may sink deep beneath planetary atmospheres where even the James Webb Space Telescope cannot…