Did Sibley East School District students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 mathematics tests?

Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim WalzWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz In Sibley East School District 36.5% of the students...

The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of stars to form the first planets. The first stars...

Science The Conversation The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of stars to form the first planets. The first stars...

Astronomers combine X-ray and radio data to map pulsar 'hand' nebula

In 2009, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like a hand. Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes to continue to observe this object. Now, new...

Astronomers Stunned by the Strangest Supernova Ever Seen

An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of exploding star, or supernova, that is rich with silicon, sulfur and argon. When massive stars explode, astrophysicists...

A Geologist Discovered The World’s Oldest Water Deep In A Mine, Then She Tasted It

Back in 2016, deep inside a Canadian mine, geologists stumbled upon something extraordinary. At nearly 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) below the surface, they found water that had been sealed away for up to 2.64 billion years, the oldest known water on...

Practitioners' insights: From mines to green hills – two generations witness 20 years of China's ecological development miracle under 'two mountains' concept

Editor's Note: August 15 marks the National Ecology Day. During an inspection tour to Yucun village, Anji county in East China's Zhejiang Province on August 15, 2005, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist...

Four medals for Bulgaria at International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

Bulgarian students won four medals at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), which was held in India, the Ministry of Education has reported. The team returned home with three gold and one silver medal, as well as an...

Iranian Astronomy Olympiad Team crowned world’s best for second consecutive year

They won the outstanding title in a competition in which 64 countries participated. The achievement brought the Iranian competitors prestigious medals and reaffirmed their position at the top of the global rankings. The distinguished members of...

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Mérida Ecological Police Issues First Warnings to Establishments and Citizens

30 Cecilia Patrón reported that, in this first phase, the new police force is working to reach out to citizens and businesses to prevent improper practices such as littering trash or soapy water in public spaces. The Mérida Ecological Police has...

Chris Martin Jokes He Needs 'Security Checks' Before Jumbotron Segments

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was wary after noticing a pair of concertgoers at his Friday, August 22, concert wanted his help to get engaged following the now-viral Astronomer scandal. During the concert held at London’s Wembley Stadium, a...

Colossal bubble found in Milky Way; astronomers stunned as red supergiant unleashes eruption bigger than anything ever seen in our galaxy

Astronomers in Sweden have found a vast bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star, a structure so enormous it dwarfs our entire Solar System thousands of times over. The bubble, detected by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...

Comet? UFO? Astronomers puzzle over fastest object in solar system

Just after midnight in a part of Planet Earth known as Massachusetts, a team of scientists who track comets and minor planets in the solar system announced that they had spotted something new: a spark in the southern sky, visible in the data they...

Bulgarian Students Win Four Medals at International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in India

Bulgarian students won four medals at the 18th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), which took place in Mumbai, India from August 11 to 21, the press centre of the Ministry of Education and Science said on Friday. The team...

Uzbekistan, China expand cooperation in geology

- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - TASHKENT, Aug 22 (UzA/APP) :The Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology held a meeting with representatives of China’s JDB Group Limited. During the meeting, Deputy Minister of Mining Industry...

Astronomers have glimpsed the core of a dying star – confirming theories of how atoms are made

Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an “extremely stripped supernova”. In a paper published today in Nature , Steve Schulze of Northwestern University in the United States and...

Indian Students Win Two Gold Medals At International Olympiad On Astronomy And Astrophysics 2025

Indian Students Win Two Gold Medals At International Olympiad On Astronomy And Astrophysics 2025 | Mumbai: Indian students Akshat Srivastava and Banibrata Majee took home gold medals from the 18th International Olympiad on Astronomy and...

China's ecological vision a 'beacon' for the world, contributing wisdom, strength to global ecological civilization: former Belgian envoy

Wind turbines spin in the breeze on a mountain in Shangyou County, Ganzhou, East China's Jiangxi Province, on August 6, 2025. Photo: VCG China has done something unique in human history by catching up on the industry in about 40 years, while it...

Braille book from Cincy astronomer brings stars to your fingertips

Longtime readers will recognize the name Dean Regas, astronomy contributor to The Enquirer and former cohost of the PBS series "Star Gazers," but they may not know that Regas is also the author of seven books about astronomy. His latest foray into...