Science

Sonoma County Kincaid Fire Races Through 20,000 Acres in Two Days

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Sonoma County Kincaid Fire Races Through 20,000 Acres in Two Days

NASA Taps Telecommunications Technology to Develop More Capable, Miniaturized Spectrometer

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This schematic shows an application of arrayed waveguide gratings, a technology developed by the telecommunications industry,...

First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision

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Artist’s impression of strontium emerging from a neutron star merger

NASA and Google Achieve Quantum Supremacy

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Electra, NASA’s powerful modular supercomputer, was also used in this collaboration with Google. It is a petascale supercomputer that...

2019 Ozone Hole is the Smallest on Record Since Its Discovery

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The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on Sept. 8. Abnormal...

When Exoplanets Collide

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Artist’s concept illustrating a catastrophic collision between two rocky exoplanets in the...

In-Space News Conference to Review First All-Woman Spacewalk

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NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir conduct the first all-...

Hubble Snags Starry Galaxy

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Hubble Snags Starry Galaxy