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NASA appointed Stephen Shih (left) as the agency’s first diversity ambassador and Elaine Ho (right) as the next associate administrator for the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity.  (Image credit: NASA) NASA aims to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) at the space agency with the announcement of two …

Now that we are officially into spring, skywatchers are becoming more aware of the change in the celestial scenery.  Stepping outside between 10 p.m. and midnight local daylight time, we immediately notice the brilliant luminaries of winter taking their leave in the western sky: Orion is beginning to disappear below …

Astronomers have been on the hunt for the origins of Furbies. No, not the eerie little toy creatures, but Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs (often pronounced “fur-bees”). These FRBs are mysterious pulses of radio waves coming from space, and what exactly causes them is yet to be determined. New observations …