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One of Earth’s shimmering dust clouds has been spotted at last

Almost 60 years after a Polish astronomer spotted clouds of dust orbiting Earth near the moon, astronomers have detected those clouds again.

By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 13, 2018

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Astrobiology

Rethink | Astrobiology

We may not have found aliens yet because we’ve barely begun looking

By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, September 30, 2018

News | Astrobiology

What does Mars’ lake mean for the search for life on the Red Planet?

By Lisa Grossman | 1:56pm, July 27, 2018

News | Astrobiology

Mars (probably) has a lake of liquid water

By Lisa Grossman | 10:00am, July 25, 2018
Astronomy

News in Brief | Astronomy

Hubble has been busy since coming back online

By Jennifer Leman | 4:29pm, November 02, 2018

News | Astronomy

The Milky Way feasted on a smaller galaxy 10 billion years ago

By Lisa Grossman | 1:54pm, November 01, 2018

News in Brief | Astronomy

Three gas clouds nearly grazed the edge of the Milky Way’s black hole

By Emily Conover | 2:18pm, October 31, 2018
Cosmology

News | Cosmology

Hints of Oort clouds around other stars may lurk in the universe’s first light

By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 09, 2018

News | Cosmology

The universe’s continued existence implies extra dimensions are tiny

By Lisa Grossman | 4:34pm, October 05, 2018

Feature | Cosmology

The ecosystem that controls a galaxy’s future is coming into focus

By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, July 12, 2018
Exoplanets

News | Exoplanets

The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is dead

By Lisa Grossman | 5:11pm, October 30, 2018

News | Exoplanets

Hubble may have spotted the first known exomoon

By Lisa Grossman | 2:00pm, October 03, 2018

News in Brief | Exoplanets

The TESS space telescope has spotted its first exoplanet

By Lisa Grossman | 5:23pm, September 18, 2018
Particle Physics

News in Brief | Particle Physics

Physicists measured Earth’s mass using neutrinos for the first time

By Emily Conover | 11:00am, November 05, 2018

News | Particle Physics

What the electron’s near-perfect roundness means for new physics

By Lisa Grossman | 1:00pm, October 17, 2018

Science Ticker | Particle Physics

Physicist Leon Lederman, renowned for his subatomic particle work, has died

By Emily Conover | 5:17pm, October 03, 2018
Planetary Science

News | Planetary Science

China is about to visit uncharted territory on the moon

By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, November 11, 2018

News | Planetary Science

Dawn, the first spacecraft to orbit 2 alien worlds, has gone silent

By Lisa Grossman | 5:27pm, November 01, 2018

News | Planetary Science

Saturn’s moon Dione has stripes like no others in the solar system

By Lisa Grossman | 1:52pm, October 23, 2018

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