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The Northern Lights and other auroras are disappearing from some parts of...
First, the bad news for stargazers: Auroras are going dark in many parts of the world.The number of these atmospheric light shows won't bottom out for several years, which means locations far from...
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A terrorist attacked New York City's subway with a nail bomb — here's how the...
A man tried to set off a pipe bomb strapped to his torso on Monday in New York City's subway system.The bomb partially detonated, injuring the attacker and five others but killing no one.President...
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The wildest scientific discoveries of 2017
2017 was a year of discovery: NASA started using reusable rockets, patients started treating cancer using only their own cells, and scientists discovered the Earth's lost eighth continent.Here are some...
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A planetary physicist reveals how the science in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'...
Scientists who love Star Wars say the movies are science fantasy, not science fiction.That distinction means the audience is immersed in an alternate universe where not all forces act the way they do...
View ArticleWhy there might be more universes other than our own
Business Insider UK spoke with astronomer Stuart Clark, author of "Unknown Universe," about multiverse theory. A number of problems in physics and astronomy could be solved if there were an infinite...
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A high-school student won $250,000 for explaining relativity using a pick-up...
18-year-old Hillary Diane Andales won the 2017 Breakthrough Junior Challenge for her video explaining the theory of relativity.Andales took home $250,000 in scholarship money for her win.The German...
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Why physicists are fascinated by Vincent van Gogh's episodes of 'psychotic...
"This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big," Vincent van Gogh wrote in a letter to his brother.He was...
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Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and...
Mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson has had a career as varied as it has been successful. A former professor of physics at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, he has worked on the...
View ArticleWhy beer suddenly foams up when you tap the top of a bottle
If you tap the top of someone's beer bottle with the bottom of yours, it instantly creates a beer foam volcano. So what's causing this? Following is a transcript of the video.You might have experienced...
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Why speed skaters swing their arms side-to-side instead of forward and back...
Speed skaters swing their arms backward and to the side rather than forward and back like sprinters.The side-to-side movement of the arms in related to how speed skaters push off the ice.Speed skaters...
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A remarkable picture of a single glowing atom just won a photography prize —...
At the most basic level, everything is made of tiny atoms.As a way to recognize that fundamental fact, it seems appropriate that a stunning image depicting one single positively-charged strontium atom...
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Putin has touted an 'invincible' nuclear weapon that really exists — here's...
During a speech on Thursday, Russian president Vladimir Putin showed test footage of a new intercontinental ballistic missile.The nuclear weapon, called the RS-28 Sarmat or Satan 2, has been in...
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Stephen Hawking had a 'sense of humor as vast as the universe': unique...
Celebrities, public figures, and scientists from around the world have begun sending tributes to physicist Stephen Hawking, who died at the age of 76 early Wednesday morning.American astrophysicist and...
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15 Stephen Hawking quotes that reveal how a genius thinks
Stephen Hawking has died peacefully at home at the age of 76.The world-renowned physicist was told he would only have two years to live when diagnosed motor neuron disease, a rare form of ALS, aged...
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Stephen Hawking has died at 76 — here are some of the most remarkable and...
Stephen Hawking died early in the morning on March 14, 2018 — Pi Day and Albert Einstein's birthday— but left behind one of the most incredible legacies for a human being on Earth.Hawking was a...
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A brief history of Stephen Hawking's time on planet Earth in one chart
Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist who pioneered new understandings of black holes, the universe, and how much one person can achieve.Hawking died early in the morning on March 14, 2018 — Pi...
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One of the last TV shows starring Stephen Hawking is now streaming for free —...
Stephen Hawking died at age 76 on Wednesday.The world-renowned physicist worked on an Emmy Award-winning TV show called "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places" before he passed away.In the show, Hawking...
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Stephen Hawking was my real-life Time Lord: Remembering the genius who...
Stephen Hawking died in his home in Cambridge at age 76 on March 14, 2018.The physicist pioneered new ways of understanding black holes and the universe.His popular-science books — especially "A Brief...
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Stephen Hawking submitted a final scientific paper 2 weeks before he died —...
Stephen Hawking is named as coauthor on a paper submitted March 4 — 10 days before he died.It sets out a way of testing whether other universes are real.Its mathematical theories could be tested with a...
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The 2018 spring equinox has arrived — here's what it is and how it works
The vernal or spring equinox of 2018 happens Tuesday, March 20.Earth's rotation does not cause equinoxes.Equinoxes occur when Earth's tilted axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays.During an equinox at...
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