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The moon phases are third quarter on April 1, new moon on April 8, first quarter on April 15 and full moon on April 23.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

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A beaver floating in the water.

Beavers are helping fight climate change, satellite data shows

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

As global warming intensifies droughts, floods and wildfires around the world, scientists in western United States are turning to beavers to help reverse some of the damage.

Climate Change
a bright white streak in the night sky above the desert

Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?

By Jonti Horner published

Perhaps one comet per year will approach the edge of naked-eye visibility.

Comets
A blue and white glowing view of the Crab Nebula. It looks like there's a ring of gassy material around a dot that's giving off a stream of gas itself.

Watch 2 gorgeous supernova remnants evolve over 20 years (timelapse video)

By Stefanie Waldek published

These supernova remnants are moving at extraordinary speeds only visible to us in long-term timelapses.

The Universe
Gamma ray bursts happen when neutron stars collide or when giant stars explode into black holes, releasing jets of super-energetic photons that look like a narrow beam of a flashlight.

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes

By Amy Lien published

Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray flashes from the universe.

Stars
A satellite photo shows lots of small, black spider-like features on Mars.

Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.

Mars
An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope overlays a diagram of the barred galaxies and both of these are seen on top of a background of space.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers some early universe galaxies grew up surprisingly fast

By Robert Lea published

"This means we will have to adjust our views on early galaxy evolution."

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image of a large whitish rover on the surface of mars, surrounded by rocks and red dirt.

Mars' subsurface is 'burping' out methane and scientists aren't sure why

By Stefanie Waldek published

A new theory suggests that NASA's Curiosity rover could be "burping" the surface of the Red Planet, releasing methane trapped beneath a salty crust.

Mars
A spacecraft, Jupiter and various moons are illustrated in space.

Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

By Robert Lea published

When it arrives at Jupiter and the planet's moons in 2031, the JUICE spacecraft will use ice-penetrating radar to see beneath determine habitability.

Solar System
A deep purple spiral galaxy is seen head-on, and a small bright dot toward the top of this spiral has been highlighted and circled in yellow.

NASA's Fermi space telescope finds a strange supernova with missing gamma rays

By Robert Lea published

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope has failed to see gamma rays from a nearby supernova that should be created when it generates the high-energy cosmic rays that bombard Earth in their trillions.

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