Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like?
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Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx ...
Geminid meteor shower peaks in dark skies December 13-14
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on December 13-14. It’s a great year for the Geminids! Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd for details. ...
This moss survived in space for 9 months
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Meet a spreading earthmoss known as Physcomitrella patens . It’s frequently used as a model organism for studies on plant evolution, devel...
Mysterious 3200 Phaethon is the Geminids’ parent object
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Artist’s concept of asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Most asteroids are rocky or metallic, and they don’t vent stuff into space. But 3200 Phaethon c...
Meteor showers are here! 10 easy tips for watching
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Hooray! It’s meteor time! That’s right, the Geminid meteor shower has been rambling across the sky since late November. Plus, it blends in...
Long-lasting gamma-ray burst is a unique puzzle
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Unusually long gamma-ray bursts require more exotic origins than typical gamma-ray bursts. This animation illustrates one proposed explana...
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