Kiona Smith
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Tulsa, OK, United States
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The Moon May Soon Have Its Own Time Zone
NASA and other space agencies around the world plan to establish an official time zone for the Moon -- but it won't have to deal with Daylight Savings Time. → Read More
The Water You're Drinking Came From Interstellar Space — Study
A recent study suggests most solar systems start with a supply of water that formed in interstellar space. → Read More
NASA is Ready to Send Artemis II to the Moon Next Year — But Only If All Goes Right
Artemis II is on track for its November 2024 launch date, NASA confirms. But it will require an intense post-mortem of Artemis I. → Read More
Strange Bacteria Colonies in Chile Show How Life on Mars May Be Scattered in Pockets
Boosting our odds of finding traces of life depends on looking in the right tiny patch of sediment, according to a new study. → Read More
Worm Moon 2023: You Need to See March’s Bright Full Moon This Week
The Worm Moon portends the arrival of spring each March, providing the best opportunity to see our natural satellite in exquisite detail. → Read More
Cosmic Rays Reveal A Hidden Corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Astrophysicists and archaeologists teamed up to make the discovery using particles emitted by an ancient supernova → Read More
Look! Hubble Spots a Space Caterpillar in the Carina Nebula
The tiny nebula is about 7,500 light years away, with no nice green leaves in sight. → Read More
Neanderthals spread diverse cultures across Eurasia (before we came along)
Two recent archaeological studies reveal a lot more than Neanderthal diets. → Read More
Finding Evidence of Life on Mars Could Be Tougher Than We Thought
If we want to find the remains of extinct Martian life, we'll need to bring home some samples. → Read More
What's Inside A Black Hole? Dark Energy, Some Physicists Suggest
Theoretical physicists have a new idea about why the universe's expansion is speeding up, but it's going to take some time to test it. → Read More
Look Out! Astronomers Just Found A Runaway Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers spotted the wake left by the supermassive black hole as it barrels across the disk after being kicked out during a galactic merger. → Read More
Look! Gorgeous New Space Image is Your Valentine From the Universe
This stunning photograph captures the Heart Nebula and its companion the Soul Nebula in vivid color. → Read More
Why Are There Suddenly So Many Unidentified Objects Over U.S. Airspace?
Inverse is here to answer all your questions about the recent spate of unidentified objects shot down over the U.S. and Canada → Read More
2 Billion Years Ago, Andromeda Swallowed Another Galaxy — These Stars are All That Remain
Astronomers used the motion of stars to reconstruct a galactic collision that happened 2 billion years ago at the nearest neighboring large galaxy. → Read More
Look! An Amateur Astronomer Just Found Three Dwarf Galaxies That a Computer Missed
Not that it's a competition, but we're definitely winning. → Read More
Aliens May Think Humans Are Stupid — And That Could Save Us
In their recent paper, researchers imagine how our first contact with intelligent extraterrestrials might play out if they didn’t recognize that we were intelligent, too. → Read More
Look! Eerie Green Comet Poses With Big Dipper and Little Dipper
The eerie-looking comet is fading fast, but it's not too late for a sighting. → Read More
Look: Astronomers Find a Potentially Habitable Exoplanet With a Violent Past
Guaranteed vampire-free. → Read More
Study: Some Vikings Brought Horses and Dogs To Britain
A recent archaeological study found the first evidence that the Viking Great Army brought horses, hunting dogs, and livestock along on its invasion of Brtain. → Read More
If Alien Life Exists on an Ocean World, It May Follow These Chemical Rules
A recent study suggests some enzymes may not work well in the oceans of Enceladus and Europa — but they come very close. → Read More