Far from our solar system, astronomers have finally watched a star consume one of its own planets, catching in real time a ...
The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a fact confirmed by decades of laser measurements and detailed in a recent analysis published in The Conversation. While the drift happens at a snail’s ...
Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of ...
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"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.