Puerto Rico’s three bio bays, where microscopic organisms glow when they are agitated, draw many visitors for nighttime kayaking and swimming.
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NASA decides to keep astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule.
A super blue moon peaks Monday. How rare is this phenomenon?
According to NASA, about 25% of all full moons are big or “super” moons, but only 3% of full moons are blue moons.
Best viewing of Perseids meteor shower is early Monday. Here’s how to watch.
Viewers might see five meteors within a few seconds and then go several minutes without seeing any.
Mars and Jupiter get chummy in the night sky. The planets won’t get this close again until 2033
Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade.
Could 2 NASA astronauts be stuck at the space station until next year? Here’s what to know.
NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing’s troubled capsule.
Two meteor showers will flash across the sky around the same time in late July
The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in late July. And this year, it will coincide with a second smaller meteor shower, the Alpha Capricornids.
Do you really have to wait to go swimming after eating?
No, you don’t really have to wait 30 minutes after eating to go swimming.
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts.
Climate change threatens overall firefly populations, study shows, but Midwest could see increase
Insect “generally, negatively affected” by an increase in summertime heat. But warmer temps around the Great Lakes might be more hospitable to some common species.