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First LookHow do you wash a window 250 miles above the Earth?Two cosmonauts of the Russian Federal Space Agency scrubbed windows on the International Space Station during a 5 and a half hour spacewalk Monday.
First LookHow can a supermassive black hole be so teeny?Astronomers have found the tiniest supermassive black hole ever to be detected to date.
How a private space company is planning to mine asteroids by 2025Planetary Resources president Chris Lewicki outlined some bold plans following a successful first launch of a test spacecraft from the International Space Station.
Drought-sensitive butterflies could be extinct in UK by 2050The average global temperature on Earth has increased by 0.8 degrees Celsius (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has occurred since 1975.
Archeologists may have solved mystery of the 'Lost Colony'Two separate teams of archeologists claim they have unveiled objects that may be traced back to the first English colony in the New World.
First LookPlanet hunters discover circumbinary exoplanet. Wait, what is that?NASA's planet-hunting mission Kepler, has detected a new two-star exoplanet – Kepler-453b – orbiting a pair of stars in an area in which life could potentially exist.
First LookFireballs and shooting stars: Why Perseid meteor shower is so spectacularIf you're going to wake up at 4 a.m. to watch the Perseids meteor shower, you should at least know what you're looking at.
Scientists confirm the universe is ending. But not quite yet.New research finds the universe's light sources – across all wavelengths – will fade away in the future.
First LookISS astronauts dine on space lettuce. Is this the future of farming?On Monday, the crew aboard the International Space Station will for the first time feast on fresh food grown in space.
First LookThe Perseids are coming: How to watch the meteor shower of the yearAstronomers say early Thursday morning is the best time for peak Perseid viewing.
Giant spider webs invade Dallas suburb: Where did they come from?Thousands of spiders coming together to weave 40-ft-tall webs in Rowlett, Tex., are 'more to be appreciated than feared.'
Science NotebookRosetta and comet 67P approach their rendezvous with the SunComet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko will reach its closest point to the Sun in its 6.5-year orbit on Aug. 13, 2015, accompanied by the Rosetta spacecraft.
The eyes have it: What pupils reveal about predators and preyThe shape of an animal’s pupil – either horizontally or vertically slanted – reveals whether it’s the hunted or the hunter.
- Two studies offer new clues to how galaxies form and emerge from 'dark ages'
The results, unveiled this week, provide fresh revelations about the formation and evolution of galaxies early in the universe's history and their impact on the evolution of the cosmos.
A new fish species is lighting up the ocean’s ‘midnight zone’This new species of anglerfish has reminded scientists how much of the world's oceans are yet undiscovered.
NASA spacecraft snaps spectacular images of moon transiting EarthNASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory captured the far side of the moon as it passed in front of the Earth, from a million miles away.
Horses and humans share facial expressions, study saysHorses communicate with an extensive repertoire of facial cues, a new study finds.
Humongous whirling gas cloud holds clues to how galaxies formAstronomers have spotted a protogalactic disk, a cloud of gas that could some day turn into a galaxy.
What you think of as 'yellow' changes with seasons, say scientistsAs winter turns to summer, and the outside world goes from grey to green and back again, our perception of the color yellow changes, a new study has found.
Scientists discover venomous frogs – the hard wayThe first venomous frogs known to science were discovered in Brazil, after a researcher hurt his hand on one.
