Charlie Wood
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New York, United States
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What’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of your Christmas tree?
Let's keep carbon locked up in the holiday spirit. Here's the most eco-friendly ways get rid of your Christmas tree (real of fake) without damaging the environment. → Read More
Astronomers discover disappearing radio source in the Milky Way’s center
The unidentified source emits strange, intermittent radio waves that don't line up with any kind of known object. → Read More
A key part of the Big Bang remains troublingly elusive
Physicists still don't understand what happened in the instant after the Big Bang and a leading theory continues to be called into question. → Read More
Meet Lucy: NASA’s new asteroid-hopping spacecraft
NASA is preparing to launch its next asteroid-hopping spacecraft, Lucy, which will set out in October for Jupiter's Trojan satellites. → Read More
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 shows spaceflight is changing fast—and science must keep up
The all-civilian crew of SpaceX's latest orbital launch had to learn a little science in preparation for their historic flight. → Read More
Blindingly bright black holes could help cosmologists see deeper into the universe’s past
The blinding light of quasars, which emanate from black holes, could reveal more about the relatively murky early history of our cosmos. → Read More
This meteor-tracking system could prevent a falling-rocket debris disaster
A Spanish meteor-tracking network has developed new software that can track the increasing amount of falling rocket debris raining on Earth. → Read More
These 5 mysterious space objects straddle the line between planets and stars
Brown dwarfs — mid-size celestial objects that straddle the line between planet and star — are mysteriously scant across the universe. → Read More
'Hycean' exoplanets could be home to the alien life we've been searching for
An abundant type of hot ocean exoplanet, despite being decidedly un-Earth-like, could have the right stuff for hosting microbial life. → Read More
A tiny town on the Tibetan Plateau could be the new global hub for space telescopes
With clear skies and consistent weather, the Tibetan Plateau is poised to become the next global center for big-time telescopes. → Read More
Flickering light could help astronomers weigh supermassive black holes
Knowing a black hole's mass is crucial to understanding its behavior. But how do you weigh one from light years away? → Read More
Enjoy breathing oxygen? Thank the moon.
The tug of the moon made Earth days longer. That may have helped primordial microbes produce additional oxygen, paving the way for more life. → Read More
Blue Origin brought the first official tourists to space
After more than 20 years of preparation, Blue Origin is flying paying customers into space. For the first time, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket carried passengers, including a paying customer, paving the way for space tourism. → Read More
Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin will host scientists, too
Scientists can conduct a whole new type of experiment on the suborbital flights hosted by Branson's Virgin Galactic and Bezos' Blue Origin. → Read More
The Crab Nebula is an incredible electron accelerator
Scientists detected unbelievably powerful gamma rays coming from the Crab Nebula, suggesting it's the universe's most powerful known electron accelerator. → Read More
The sky is full of potential UFOs—here's why
Even with all of our satellites and radar systems, only a small percentage of the sky is actually being watched at any given moment. → Read More
The sky is full of potential UFOs—here’s why
Even with all of our satellites and radar systems, only a small percentage of the sky is actually being watched at any given moment. → Read More
Scientists detect black holes merging with neutron stars
Scientists have finally caught a black hole colliding with a neutron star—and the black hole basically swallowed its companion whole. → Read More
The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse finally explained
Stargazers were stumped when the brightest star in the Orion constellation started dramatically fading. Now we know what really happened. → Read More
NASA scientists detail long-held Venus plans
Long passed over for Mars, Venus will now get some up-close attention of its own, with two missions scheduled for the decade's end. → Read More