Scientists investigate psychological responses to long-term experiences of lack of natural light, spatial confinement, ...

Dan Falk: Space junk broadly refers to stuff that’s in space that was put there by humans, and that is no longer doing what ...

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Space has always captured our imagination, from distant galaxies to brave astronauts exploring the unknown. Movies about space let us experience adventures beyond Earth without leaving our seats.

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In the heart of Smyrna, Tennessee, tucked into a shopping center along Industrial Boulevard, stands a Dollar Tree that has achieved near-mythical status among savvy shoppers.

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Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

Data collected using multiple NSF NOIRLab facilities reveal a gamma-ray burst that lasted more than seven hours and ...

Physicists have found a clever way to detect the elusive Unruh effect without extreme accelerations. By using atoms that emit light cooperatively between mirrors, acceleration subtly shifts when a ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...