Space

See the First Image of the Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole

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For the first time, a colorized image of the supermassive black hole located at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy was shared by astronomers.

The Eeriest Place in the Universe

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Imagine being completely, utterly alone. Surrounded by no planets, no stars, no galaxies. Not a single scrap of matter – not even a hydrogen atom – within hundreds of millions of lightyears. Welcome to the loneliest place in the cosmos: the great cosmic voids.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Flu Shot Timing, Space Experiment Requirements, and Relationship Deal Breakers, According to Research

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Learn CASIS’ criteria for getting approval for a science experiment in space; when is the right time to get your flu shot; and the top 10 relationship deal breakers, according to research.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: You Like Talking to Strangers, NASA’s Golden Record, and Your Actual Friend Limit

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Learn about how many friends you can have at one time, according to research; why you might like talking to strangers more than you realize; and the golden record NASA once launched into space.

Romeo and Juliet: The Story of Galaxy Collisions

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Our Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course. With destiny. With destruction. With fate. With our nearest neighbor, Andromeda. You can stream HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS on discovery+.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Without Space, We Die (w/ Kevin J. DeBruin), Breeding New Apples, and Ceres’ Ice Volcano

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Learn about how agricultural experts make new types of apples; why the dwarf planet Ceres has a giant ice volcano; and why space matters, with some help from former NASA rocket scientist Kevin J. DeBruin.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: You Can Enjoy Play Before Work, Life After Asteroid Impacts, and an Eyepatch Eyesight Hack

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Learn about why it’s okay to put play before work; a surprising reason why pirates may have worn eyepatches; and how life bounced back surprisingly quickly after the asteroid killed the dinosaurs.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Space Changed NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott’s Perspective; Plus, Whistled Languages

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Learn what NASA astronaut Nicole Stott learned from her time in outer space. Plus: whistled languages around the world.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pigeons Can Be Superstitious, Why Allergy Drugs Make You Sleepy, and The 5 Ages of the Universe

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Learn about how a psychologist named B.F. Skinner proved that pigeons can be superstitious; the science of histamines and why allergy medications make us sleepy; and the 5 ages of the universe, including the Stelliferous Era we’re in right now.

There Isn’t a Door on Mars, but there are Some Cool Rocks

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I’ll be the first to admit that it would be really, really cool if we found evidence of life on Mars. It would revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos, help us understand our origins, and give us some bugs and/or friends to play with.

The New Journey to Space

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NASA Launch of SpaceX Capsule to Air Live on Discovery and Science Channel

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(Updated) The May 30th launch is set to mark the first launch on US soil with US astronauts in nine years. Watch SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: AMERICA RETURNS TO SPACE on Discovery starting at 2P ET.

The James Webb Space Telescope Searches for Our Cosmic Origins

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Tune in to the 92nd Astronomical Awards!

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With award season in high gear and movie stars flocking to Hollywood, let’s look up to the real stars in our lives and celebrate some of astronomy’s biggest results from last year.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Short-Term Pleasures Are Important Too, the Smelly Armpit Enzyme, and a Thorne-Żytkow Object Is a Star Within a Star

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Learn about why short-term pleasures are important for your well-being; a Thorne-Żytkow Object, which is what astronomers call a star within a star; and how science identified the culprit for your smelly armpits: Staphylococcus hominis.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: ASMR Video Health Benefits, Moonquakes, and Holding Hands to Relieve Pain

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

How Gravity Can Make Waves – And How You’re Feeling Them Right Now

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Einstein was the first to explain the force of gravity as warps and dents in the fabric of spacetime. He was also the first to realize that those warps and dents can make waves – literal waves of gravity. But he didn’t think we would ever get to measure them, because they would be so tiny.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Impostor Syndrome, Moon Landing Photos Explained, and Things You’re Cleaning Too Often

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: