Astronomy
Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rate, satellite data reveal
The US West Coast is the world's worst mega-drying region.
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Congress’s NASA and NSF Budgets Counter Trump, Fund Science
The House and Senate bill drafts keep NASA near current funding levels, but the Trump administration is prematurely readying the agency for heavy cuts
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A vast bubble around a dying star is too big to comprehend
A red supergiant star is surrounded by a sphere of dust and gas so large there is no known explanation for what produced it
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You Don’t Remember Being a Baby, but Your Brain Was Making Memories
Brain scans capture memory formation in babies, raising new questions about why people forget their earliest years
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Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b have all but vanished
Earlier this year, astronomers reported possible evidence of life on another planet – but new observations from JWST suggest the apparent biosignature isn’t there after all
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See Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers This Summer
Set your alarm on Wednesday to see some of the summer’s stunning meteor showers.
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