Precious antique Egyptian vase found in Pompeii 'street food' area

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Dick Cheney dies, space wonders revealed, Dodgers win World Series: Week in review

Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.
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In an Out-of-This-World Observation, a Museum Curator Filmed the Moon Getting Struck by Meteors—Twice

On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...

Gaia Solves the Great Asteroid Spin Mystery

Gaia’s full-sky survey generated a massive database tracking how asteroids reflect light as they rotate. These measurements, called light curves, reveal changes in brightness over time. When ...
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NASA DART Team Confirms Slamming Spacecraft Into Asteroids Can Deflect Them

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved asteroid moonlet Dimorphos "by a whopping 33 minutes," according to NASA. See the highlights here. Credit: NASA ...

Astrophysicist Brian Cox shares ‘reliable’ sources amid ‘alien spaceship’ theories on comet 3I/ATLAS

Renowned physicist Brian Cox addresses and debunks theories suggesting that the comet 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spacecraft, urging reliance on verified science over speculation. He emphasizes its ...