The first severe solar storm in 20 years could spark aurora across the US

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Aurora are usually contained to the uppermost art of the Northern Hemisphere. But US states as far south as Michigan may be able to see them this Friday.

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The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.

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Astronomers are mapping millions of galaxies in our universe to better understand dark energy.

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Netflix's hit sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' is based on a real math problem that is so complex it's impossible to solve

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Netflix's show "3 Body Problem" involves a three-star system.

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Here's the science refresher you need before diving into Netflix's '3 Body Problem'

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A planet engulfed in flame in "3 Body Problem."

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Scientists are building tunnels under South Dakota for a $3 billion experiment that could solve some of the universe's grandest mysteries

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DUNE's neutrino detectors will be located a mile underground in South Dakota.

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Astronomers used JWST to finally solve a 37-year mystery over one of the brightest cosmic explosions ever seen in modern history

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Researchers have found strong evidence that Supernova 1987A left behind a neutron star, one of the densest objects in the universe.

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'Oppenheimer' doesn't get Einstein's relationship with the Los Alamos director quite right. Here's what they really thought of each other.

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Tom Conti as Albert Einstein and Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer."

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Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations

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Otto Hahn (left) won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission and would later downplay his colleague Lise Meitner (right) for her critical role in the discovery.

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A geoscientist explains what would happen if Earth suddenly stopped spinning

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A physicist says it's possible to determine if our universe is a giant simulation and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund his experiment

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"The Matrix" brought the concept that we may all be living in a computer simulation to the masses.

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