Technology & Innovation — December 8, 2010

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Three side-by-side images show different views of the Red Spider Nebula in space, captured by JWST, with a bright center and colorful gases in orange, green, and blue against a backdrop of stars.

The Red Spider Nebula gets its JWST glow-up

When dying, Sun-like stars have binary companions, spectacular sights arise from the ionization. JWST spots the Red Spider Nebula in action!

A woman in a white dress sits on a chair by a window, reading a book in a softly lit room with a piano nearby, embodying the quiet charm of why read old books.

The Learning Curve

Every era believes it is enlightened. Old books teach us otherwise.

Reading classic books can teach you as much about the present as the past.

A series of solar sail spacecraft harvest solar power at night, floating above Earth's atmosphere with the sun shining in the background.

Starts With A Bang

The true cost of “solar power at night” with Reflect Orbital

Solar power has the disadvantage that there’s no Sun at night. Satellite startup Reflect Orbital wants to change that, but at what cost?

The Orion Nebula surrounded by stars, with a bright green meteor streaking diagonally across the image, evokes the wonder of shooting stars illuminating the night sky.

Starts With A Bang

How to see shooting stars from Halley’s comet this October

The Orionids meteor shower peaks October 20th/21st here in 2025, coinciding with a new Moon. See the brightest shooting stars of the year!

A diagram illustrating one of the biggest mysteries: the origin of the universe, from the Big Bang and inflation to today, showing the formation of atoms, stars, galaxies, and the ongoing expansion of space.

Starts With A Bang

The 5 biggest mysteries about the origin of our Universe

From the Big Bang to a prior period of cosmic inflation, our cosmic origins are clearer than ever. Yet these 5 big mysteries still remain.

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