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This Eerily Lopsided Planet Has Weather That Technically Shouldn’t Exist

By Kiona Smith

The latest contender for weirdest planet of 2024 just arrived.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on October 3, 2024.
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Aurora Alert! The Sun Just Unleashed Several X-Class Flares — Here’s Where to Look

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Earlier this week, the Sun unleashed several X-class flares.

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A Retired Cold War Spy Plane Discovered Something Really Weird About Thunderstorms

The rocky planet around a red dwarf star is pretty close to home.
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Astonishingly, Astronomers Discovered A Planet Orbiting Barnard’s Star — And There Might Be More

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A Coronal Mass Ejection Just Slammed Into Earth’s Magnetosphere — Here’s Where You’ll See the Auroras

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X-Rays Kept Repeatedly Flashing Near a Supermassive Blackhole — Now Astronomers Think They Know What It Is

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission May Launch As Early As Sunday Now

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What Did NASA’s DART Mission Really Do To That Asteroid? We Are About To Find Out

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Don’t Miss Your Chance To See This Extremely Elusive Meteor Shower In Tonight’s Clear Skies

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The Sun’s Coronal Magnetic Field In Finally Coming Into Focus Like Never Before

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Research Shows The Early Universe Had Way More Black Holes Than We Thought

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Aurora Alert! The Sun Just Unleashed Several X-Class Flares — Here’s Where to Look

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Please Don’t Miss Your Chance to View This Comet That Hasn’t Been Seen Since the Neanderthals

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NASA Engineers Just Made This Ruthless Choice to Save Voyager 2

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A Retired Cold War Spy Plane Discovered Something Really Weird About Thunderstorms

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Astronomers Just Confirmed the Presence of Carbon Dioxide On Pluto’s Moon Charon — Where Did it Come From?

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Astonishingly, Astronomers Discovered A Planet Orbiting Barnard’s Star — And There Might Be More

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The Stranded Starliner Crew Finally Has a Ride Home, But They Still Can't Leave

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All Systems Go: How NASA Is Pushing A New Era Of Space Exploration

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This Eerily Lopsided Planet Has Weather That Technically Shouldn’t Exist

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A Coronal Mass Ejection Just Slammed Into Earth’s Magnetosphere — Here’s Where You’ll See the Auroras

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Here we go again!

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X-Rays Kept Repeatedly Flashing Near a Supermassive Blackhole — Now Astronomers Think They Know What It Is

By Kiona Smith

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A Mouse Study On Intermittent Fasting and Caloric Restriction Left Researchers Scratching Their Heads

By Elana Spivack

Caloric restriction trumps intermittent fasting, but genetics might trounce them both.

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission May Launch As Early As Sunday Now

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Hurricane Milton has its eyes on Florida's Space Coast.

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What Did NASA’s DART Mission Really Do To That Asteroid? We Are About To Find Out

By Kiona Smith

Humanity is returning to the scene of the crime, like we do.

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A Single Bout of Intense Exercise Might Exert Positive Effects for Two Weeks

By Elana Spivack

The compounding effects of exercise and rest may endure in the brain.

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Viral TikTok Cast Iron Fish Claim Gets A Serious Mineral Deficiency All Wrong

By Colin Michie and The Conversation

Boosting the body’s iron levels is far more complicated than it might seem.

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Don’t Miss Your Chance To See This Extremely Elusive Meteor Shower In Tonight’s Clear Skies

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Unleash the Dragon.

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The Sun’s Coronal Magnetic Field In Finally Coming Into Focus Like Never Before

By Doris Elín Urrutia

This strange part of the Sun is getting probed.

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The Truth About Using Psilocybin For Depression

By Johan Lundberg, Guusje Haver and The Conversation

What is really needed is a comparison of the long-term effect of psilocybin with another treatment (an antidepressant) or a placebo.