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Changes in Earth’s atmosphere resulting from climate change are working against efforts to clean dangerous debris out of orbit around Earth. According to a new study by the British Antarctic Survey, increasing levels of carbon dioxide reduce the density of…

If you’re looking for a new pair of binoculars for your stargazing experience, then this discount on the Celestron SkyMaster 20×80 binoculars could be just what you’re looking for.  You can save up to $72 (opens in new tab) by…

The moon will pass in front of the sun in the last solar eclipse of the year on Tuesday (Oct. 25), but you may have to wake up early if you hope to watch it online. The partial solar eclipse…

Auroras set off spectacular light shows in the night sky, but they are also illuminating another reason the ozone layer is being eaten away. Although humans are to blame for much of the ozone layer’s depletion, observations of a type…

Iceberg A68a, one of the largest ever recorded icebergs, floating near South Georgia Island. (Image credit: Cpl Phil Dye RAF/Crown copyright) A swift change in ocean currents in the Southern Ocean likely snapped one of the largest icebergs in half…

While the James Webb Space Telescope is already revealing new insights into the deepest recesses of the visible universe, the Hubble Space Telescope is far from obsolete, as a new photo of the Terzan 1 cluster shows. The photo, released…

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Simon Dubé (opens in new tab), PhD candidate, Psychology of Human Sexuality, Erobotics & Space Sexology, Concordia University Judith Lapierre (opens in new…

A previously unpublished note by Galileo refers to criticism by the Italian scholar Ludovico delle Colombe, who had suggested that the “new star” seen in 1604 was always there, but had only recently been seen. (Image credit: By permission of…

Some interpretations of quantum mechanics propose that our entire universe is described by a single universal wave function that constantly splits and multiplies, producing a new reality for every possible quantum interaction. That’s quite a bold statement. So how do…

OneWeb has begun assembling its satellite-internet constellation again. Thirty-six of OneWeb’s broadband spacecraft took to the skies today (Oct. 22), launching atop a GSLV Mark III rocket, the most powerful rocket in use by the Indian Space Research Organisation, from…