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NASA’s Hubble captures gorgeous new photo of a spiral galaxy as it wanders through the Virgo Cluster

Sat, 05/30/2026 - 6:00am

Messier 88 is an active galaxy with a central supermassive black hole that is gobbling up gas and dust

Categories: Astronomy

How the success of D-Day hinged on a weather forecast

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 5:27pm

As General Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared for D-Day, he needed a forecast. The new movie Pressure shows the tense make-or-break weather prediction that led to the successful invasion of Europe that spelled the beginning of the end of World War II

Categories: Astronomy

Why high-bandwidth memory is a bottleneck for AI chips

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 3:00pm

High-bandwidth memory keeps powerful AI chips fed with data, and demand for it helped Boise, Idaho–based Micron briefly top $1 trillion in market value

Categories: Astronomy

Retatrutide results spark questions about how rapid weight loss affects the body

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 10:30am

New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?

Categories: Astronomy

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball, imperiling NASA moon missions

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 10:00am

The latest flight of the New Glenn rocket was meant to prepare Blue Origin for a series of NASA-funded lunar voyages. Instead it ended before it began

Categories: Astronomy

Europe’s deadly spring heat wave is obliterating temperature records

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 9:00am

Unseasonably hot weather in Europe has already claimed at least 18 lives. And history shows more are likely on the way

Categories: Astronomy