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His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements

4 December 2025 at 09:30
Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air.

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His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements

4 December 2025 at 09:30
Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air.

© Moriah Ratner for The New York Times

In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’

25 November 2025 at 11:01
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.

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The night sky above Eagle Harbor, a village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the shoreline of Lake Superior.

Northern Lights Are Beautiful, but for Satellites They’re Risky

12 November 2025 at 20:53
At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.

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Northern Lights Are Beautiful, but for Satellites They’re Risky

12 November 2025 at 20:53
At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.

© Helioviewer Project/NASA/ESA

The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky

12 November 2025 at 11:41
Astronomers identified more than 3,000 stars associated with the cluster, and there might be even more.

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A view of the Pleiades star cluster, which is also known as the Seven Sisters.

Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math

6 November 2025 at 05:02
Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all.

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A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and hexagons on its scales.

Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math

6 November 2025 at 05:02
Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all.

© Wirestock, via Alamy

A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and hexagons on its scales.

Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science

9 October 2025 at 18:35
The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago.

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Richard Robson, left, one of the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry, with a student at the University of Melbourne. He and his co-laureates were recognized for work derived from experiments that began in the 1980s.
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