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Good news for stargazers and astrophiles alike! As we prepare to bid farewell to 2024, the cosmos has one last celestial spectacle in store: a rare 'Black Moon.' Mark your calendars for December 30-31, when this fascinating phenomenon will…

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the Centre on the "feasibility and mechanism" for implementation of the CPCB's recommendations for controlling ozone levels, which were found beyond the permissible limits in…

New Delhi, ISRO is set to launch two satellites on Monday night from the Sriharikota spaceport to demonstrate docking and undocking of spacecraft in orbit, which will make India the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat. HT…

The year 2025 is set to feature two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses, but only one of these will be visible in India, according to Dr. Rajendra Prakash Gupt, Superintendent of the Ujjain-based Jiwaji Observatory. Speaking on Friday, he…

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is in good health and operating normally after making closest approach to the Sun ever. This historic event took place on December 24, when the probe passed within a mere 3.8 million miles (6.1…

An undersea volcano is likely to erupt sometime in 2025. This much advance notice is a big deal, because forecasting eruptions more than hours ahead is “pretty unique,” says geophysicist William Chadwick. But 470 kilometers off…

NASA announced on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe is "safe" and functioning normally after completing the closest approach to the Sun ever achieved by a human-made object. A 2018 artist's concept shows the Parker Solar Probe…

Even just a few minutes of vigorous movement per day lowers the risk of serious cardiovascular problems, like heart attack and heart failure, in women.

On Christmas Eve, December 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history by coming closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever has, flying within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometres) of the Sun, into the blistering heat of its outer…

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology with an emphasis in biotechnology from the University of California, Davis, and later…

A good sweater is like a cozy hug made out of yarn. For that, you can thank friction. A new study reveals how knit fabrics can take on versatile shapes that allow them to conform to the contours of a head or a body. The…

Deploying a telescope in space is one thing. Making two of them deep under the sea is a task in a league of its own. On a ship bobbing in the Mediterranean Sea, physicists — not typically known for their sea legs — brave…

A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The goal of a NASA spacecraft is to go closer to the sun than any previous object has. ( REUTERS/representational image ) The Parker Solar Probe was launched…

Watch and wait may be an alternative to surgery for some women with a very early form of breast cancer. A new study of 957 women evaluated whether it was safe to do active monitoring of a low-risk form of ductal carcinoma in…

Citations B. Chan et al. Buprenorphine discontinuation in telehealth-only treatment for opioid use disorder: A longitudinal cohort analysis. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Vol. 167, December 2024, 209511. doi:…

Science News drew millions of visitors to our website this year. Here’s a look back at the most-read and most-watched online news stories of 2024. Top news stories 5. Psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks The…

Next time you’re caught in the rain, thank your eyelashes for keeping your vision clear. Experiments with human eyelashes and eyelash-mimicking fibers pinpoint several features that help fling water away from the eyes,…

Surface features of a distant star — Science News, December 21, 1974 & December 28, 1974 Thanks to high-speed photography and modern data processing, are beginning to be able to suppress the effects of twinkling….…

A new degradable microbead could soon replace plastic exfoliants in skin cleansers. The polymer spheres effectively remove permanent marker and eyeliner on animal skin samples and break down into molecules similar to sugars and…

Over time, deaths from cold temperatures have increased in the United States. From 1999 to 2022, the country’s age-adjusted, cold-related mortality rate rose from about 4 per 1 million people to 9, researchers report December…

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US News & World Report, and a contributor to National Geographic and Scientific American. She is a past president of the…

2024 was studded with record-setting scientific discoveries. From tracing the origins of glow-in-the-dark animals to developing the world’s fastest microscope, these superlative feats captured our imagination. Ancient Airburst…

Humans’ noses can be adept at detecting delicate hints of apple or smoke in a glass of whiskey. But with machine learning, computers might also be Whiskey Masters. By connecting the molecular makeup of 16 different whiskies…

Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too.  With some Scotch tape and a little creativity, it’s possible to create sheets of diamond up to five centimeters wide and as less than a micrometer thick, a…

The future of U.S. space exploration and NASA-funded science is up in the air as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office. “There’s just so many question marks,” says political scientist Victoria Samson. Where…

The world faced many public health challenges this year, including dangerous heat waves and outbreaks of the infectious diseases dengue and mpox. In the United States, after years of increases, there are early but promising signs…

From superpowered bees to theatrical snakes, these reports from the animal kingdom drove us wild in 2024. Mighty morphin’ beluga blobs You can learn a lot about a beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) by watching its forehead.…

Dec 17, 2024 11:31 PM IST Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy NEW YORK — Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the…

Grizzly details about ancient child sacrifices, a map of a lost city in the Amazon and the answer to a Stonehenge mystery are some of this year’s insights into human history. Bygone brains Discovering a human brain at an…

A bit of ear goop can reveal if sheep are eating dangerously poisonous plants. Earwax from sheep that have eaten death camas contains the plants’ toxins within a few days following the noxious meal, researchers report in the…