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Four technology features you need on next vehicle

October 19, 2024, 5:28am Life

Technology features in modern vehicles can make driving easier and more enjoyable. But when buying your next car, it can be hard to know which features are useful and which ones are more like gimmicks. To help you out, Edmunds’ car experts have come up with a list of their… Read story

This photo provided by NASA shows the Orionid meteors on Oct. 13, 2015.

Moonlight may hamper views of the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet

This photo provided by NASA shows the Orionid meteors on Oct. 13, 2015.

October 17, 2024, 8:20am Life

The Orionids — one of two annual meteor showers from Halley’s comet — peak early Monday. A bright waning moon may make them difficult to spot. Read story

Scientists say expect more colorful auroras

October 15, 2024, 4:04pm Life

Expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle, space weather forecasters said Tuesday. Read story

A Columbian photographer snapped this image of the largest supermoon of the year, rising above the Vancouver waterfront, in April 2020.

Step aside northern lights; get ready for a super ‘supermoon’ this week

A Columbian photographer snapped this image of the largest supermoon of the year, rising above the Vancouver waterfront, in April 2020.

October 15, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

The same old moon has been hanging around up there for at least 4.46 billion years, according to the latest science. What’s so special about it now? Read story

This illustration depicts a juvenile Arthropleura insect reconstructed using fossils discovered in Montceau-les-Mines, France.

Scientists offer look at huge bug

This illustration depicts a juvenile Arthropleura insect reconstructed using fossils discovered in Montceau-les-Mines, France.

October 15, 2024, 6:02am Life

As if the largest bug to ever live — a monster nearly 9 feet long with several dozen legs — wasn’t terrifying enough, scientists could only imagine what the extinct beast’s head looked like. Read story

An illustration of NASA&rsquo;s Europa Clipper spacecraft flying near the icy moon, with Jupiter in the background. Europa has a subsurface ocean that&rsquo;s twice the size of Earth&rsquo;s oceans combined, and scientists believe it may have the potential to harbor life.

NASA set to launch $5B craft to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa

An illustration of NASA&rsquo;s Europa Clipper spacecraft flying near the icy moon, with Jupiter in the background. Europa has a subsurface ocean that&rsquo;s twice the size of Earth&rsquo;s oceans combined, and scientists believe it may have the potential to harbor life.

October 15, 2024, 5:55am Life

After a decade of advocacy from scientists, a mission expected to launch as early as Friday will investigate Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, which is suspected of harboring a vast ocean capable of supporting life. Read story

This photo provided by Nicolas Biver shows Comet C/2023 A3 (ATLAS-Tsuchinshan) as seen from Eure-et-Loir, France, June 6, 2024.

Comet can be spotted during October

This photo provided by Nicolas Biver shows Comet C/2023 A3 (ATLAS-Tsuchinshan) as seen from Eure-et-Loir, France, June 6, 2024.

October 15, 2024, 5:48am Life

Prepare to spot a rare, bright comet. Read story

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

October 14, 2024, 11:29am Latest News

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. Read story

American biochemist David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, holds a model of a designed protein nanoparticle during a tour at the University of Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

3 ways UW Nobel Prize winner’s discoveries help real-world problems

American biochemist David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, holds a model of a designed protein nanoparticle during a tour at the University of Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Seattle.

October 13, 2024, 6:00am Life

Every cell in our bodies contains proteins — they’re critical to our most basic functions, like protecting us against viruses, helping our cells replicate and ferrying oxygen in our blood. Read story

An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glows in the night sky above a road in Lietzen, eastern Germany.

What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glows in the night sky above a road in Lietzen, eastern Germany.

October 11, 2024, 11:13am Life

Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City. Read story