Hubble Solves Merger Mystery From Milky Way’s Early Years
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Danish town plans for underground parking garage, finds long-lost medieval convent
Archaeologists in Denmark have finally pinpointed the remnants of a long lost 13th-century monastery, although its location may dismay local sports fans. With the help of ground-penetrating radar (GPR), researchers…
Southern right whales have bumpy ‘fingerprints’ on their heads
How do you tell the difference between two individual southern right whales (Eubalaena australis)? Just like humans have unique fingerprints, these large baleen whales have identifying arrangements of callosities on…
APOD: 2026 August 17 – A Golden Corona Eclipse
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We just got a glimpse at what NASA’s Skyfall helicopters will look like in action
If you just can’t wait for NASA’s new Mars helicopters to get to work, you can now see what they would look like in action. This week, the agency released…
Can’t whistle? It’s not you, it’s mouth geometry.
There’s a video on YouTube, filmed back in 2019, where 100 random people try to whistle on camera. About half of them fail, often spectacularly. But partway through, the video…
APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky Way over Yellowstone
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each…
Eating potatoes reshaped the DNA of Indigenous Andeans
Now a dietary staple around the world, the nutritious potato was first domesticated by the Indigenous peoples of the Andes around 10,000 years ago. It turns out that spuds played…
APOD: 2026 August 15 – Bright Perseids from Sweden
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Man builds supersonic trebuchet in his backyard
Generating a sonic boom is usually only the result of immense cosmic forces or highly advanced aircraft designs, but it is possible to create one in your backyard. Aerospace engineer…