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Gravitational waves reveal 'stellar graveyard' packed with neutron star and black hole mergers

September 5, 2025
Using gravitational waves, tiny ripples in space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, astronomers have discovered that a “stellar graveyard” is packed with mergers between extreme stellar remnants like black holes and neutron stars, created when massive stars die in supernova explosions. Evidence of these mergers also came in the form of the most massive binary black…
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Where to see the blood moon lunar eclipse Sept. 7–8

September 5, 2025
The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 will transform the full moon into a coppery-red “blood moon” on the night of Sept. 7–8. This long-lasting, impressive eclipse is visible to billions worldwide, but exactly what you’ll see depends on where…
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When is the next 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse visible from North America?

September 4, 2025
It may not be as dramatic as a total solar eclipse, but there’s something equally epic about watching Earth’s shadow gradually engulfing and coloring the moon during a total lunar eclipse. The next total lunar eclipse — colloquially called a “blood moon” — will occur on Sept. 7-8, 2025, but it won’t be another 177 days until the phenomenon is visible from parts of…
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Nikon Stabilized 12x25 S binocular review

September 3, 2025
The Nikon Stabilized 12×25 S binoculars are my top recommendation for a compact binocular with image stabilization built in, all for under $650. It was back about three years ago in a previous review of the Nikon Monarch HG 10×42 binoculars that I yearned for Nikon to release image stabilized binoculars, and thankfully, just a few years later, that wish has been fulfilled. They are…
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1st Indian astronaut to visit ISS welcomed home as a hero

September 3, 2025
Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently became the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), received a grand welcome in his hometown of Lucknow in northern India earlier this week. Shukla returned to India from the U.S. on Aug. 17, following an 18-day mission in…
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Official death count of 2023 Hawaii wildfires doesn’t capture true toll, study suggests

September 2, 2025
In August 2023, the deadliest fires the U.S. had seen in a century tore through Lāhainā, Maui, devastating the town and taking the lives of between 100 and 102 people, according to an official death count at the time — and, as the planet warms and the climate changes, scientists expect wildfires to grow in number. Now, two years after those tragic Lāhainā wildfires, researchers have taken a…
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