For the first time since 1972, NASA is putting science experiments on the Moon in 2024. And thanks to new technologies and public-private partnerships, these projects will open up new realms of scientific possibility. As parts of several projects launching this year, teams of scientists, including myself, will conduct radio astronomy from the south pole […]
As our universe poofs out in every direction like an indestructible balloon — thanks to dark energy, a force fully hidden to the human eye — Dillon Brout is an astrophysicist trying to make sense of it all. Brout wishes to unveil the strange correlation that exists between the invisible and visible universe, understand how […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep his cancer surgery and hospitalization secret from the White House, but acknowledged he should have handled it differently and he apologized for keeping President Joe Biden and others in the dark for weeks. “We did not handle this right […]
Stars have been caught crawling around the outskirts of the Milky Way more sluggishly than expected, a slow motion that scientists say can only be explained if our dark matter galaxy map is wrong. Specific Velocities of stars around the edges of galaxies have historically been dead giveaways for the presence of dark matter in […]
Mark Johnston, a NASA Solar System Ambassador and self-proclaimed “space nerd,” moved to Scottsdale in 1990 for a job opportunity. The job brought him here, but the night sky made him stay. “I do a lot of international travel events in different countries, and I’m always really happy to come back to Scottsdale,” Johnston said. […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Jonestown joined an elite group this past week, the newest member among a limited number of “dark sky” communities. The global nonprofit International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) designated Jonestown a “Dark Sky Community” in recognition of its efforts to reduce light produce. It’s the ninth Texas city to receive the […]
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A snowmobiler was seriously injured after crashing into a cable that was strewn across a dark road in New Hampshire, wildlife officials said. The 22-year-old was riding with his friend Jan. 20 in Canaan, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement Division and Operation Game Thief said in a Facebook post. The two […]
Images created by NASA’s forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may allow scientists to search for dark matter between stars. An international team of researchers believes that gaps present in strings of stars hanging from tightly packed balls of ancient stellar bodies, called globular clusters, could be influenced by dark matter clumps. Thus far, astronomers […]
A doctor from the Atlanta area tried hiring a hitman on the dark web to kill his girlfriend, federal officials said. Now, James Wan has been sentenced to seven years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Georgia announced in a Jan. 18 news release. The 54-year-old from Duluth spent more […]
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Omega has returned to the “dark side” of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there. The new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon enhances the design of Omega’s previous commemorative by adding more callbacks to NASA’s historic Apollo 8 mission. The 2024 watch, which retails for […]