@F_French

Writer and Educator

 San Diego, CA
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Joined March 2011
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space.com/astronomy/moon/the…

The moon is shrinking. 10,000 cracks on the lunar surface reveal by how much

One new study shows how much the moon has diminished over time.

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smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

Earth's True North and South Poles Have Wandered Four Times Over the Past 320 Million Years, Study...

The phenomenon, which involves the geographic poles, is distinct from when the magnetic poles move. The planet's solid crust and molten mantle occasionally shift and subsequently reorient themselves...

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space.com/space-exploration/…

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover breaks interplanetary driving record — and it's far from done

How far can the car-sized rover go?

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space.com/stargazing/the-gre…

The great Halley's Comet disappointment of 1986 — and the discoveries that changed astronomy forever

What disappointed skywatchers in 1986 became a scientific triumph, as an international fleet of spacecraft revealed the secrets of the world's most famous comet.

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livescience.com/archaeology/…

7 extraordinary Indigenous sites in the US, from Chaco Canyon to Chimney Rock

The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia.

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smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

A Family of Barn Owls Has Moved Into New York City's Upper West Side, Perhaps the First to Nest in...

The feathered residents have attracted lots of attention, as their species is considered an extremely rare sight in the city

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Has there ever been a mountain taller than Everest? livescience.com/planet-earth…

Has there ever been a mountain taller than Everest?

Mount Everest may be the king of the planet today, but has Earth ever thrust a larger mountain from its surface?

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livescience.com/planet-earth…

One of America's biggest meteor craters is 100 million years younger than we thought — and coinci...

Analysis of tiny zircon crystals buried within the 10-mile-wide Ames crater in northwest Oklahoma suggests that the submerged structure dates back to 370 million years ago, during the Frasnian-Fame...

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space.com/space-exploration/…

Scientists discover 'chemical starter kit' for life in planetary birthplaces

An important piece in the puzzle of the interstellar chemistry that can lead to planets and life has come to light in several young star systems.

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smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

A Detailed Martian Rover Photograph Highlights Mysterious Cliffs on the Edge of One of Mars’...

These crags don't match the rest of the mountain, and scientists don't know how they formed

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smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

Venetian Artist Canaletto Merged Fantasy and Architectural Detail in This Previously Unseen Sketch,...

The 18th-century painter was a key practitioner of "capriccio" artworks, which blended scenes of everyday life with bold, out-of-place structures. This work was not known to exist for centuries and...

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smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

A New Exhibition Spotlights 4,500 Years of Broken, Shot-Up and Degraded Artworks to Explore the...

The show, on view in Florence and coming to D.C. next year, examines the history and impact of destroyed sculptures throughout time and across cultures

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smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nat…

This Fall at the National Museum of Natural History: Dinosaurs, Neanderthals and Elmo!

Learn about the history of humans’ taste for tuna, Yellowstone’s iconic bison and much more at the museum this October and November

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livescience.com/space/astron…

James Webb telescope traces a record-breaking radio signal to the ancient universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the farthest "fast radio burst" ever seen, providing more clues about these mysterious explosions.

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smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

Scientists Figure Out Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs

A new study finds several biochemical pathways, including one that produces a precursor to cholesterol, may be key to this behavior

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space.com/stargazing/auroras…

G2 geomagnetic storm watch issued as CME heads for Earth — northern lights possible across northern...

NOAA has issued a G2 geomagnetic storm watch for Oct. 9 as the CME races toward Earth, potentially boosting the northern lights as low as Idaho and New York.

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Tale of the Tape lastwordonnothing.com/2026/1…

Tale of the Tape - The Last Word On Nothing

Yesterday Francis Halzen received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for overseeing the experiment that detected an extraordinarily elusive subatomic particle via an ingenious reinterpretation of the...

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sciencealert.com/sharks-can-…

It Turns Out, Sharks Can Hear Way Better Than We Thought

But how are they doing it?

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space.com/astronomy/exoplane…

'Completely unexpected' Phoenix planet was born from the ashes of a dying star

"Second-generation planets are worlds that form out of the material a star casts off as it dies. They're incredibly rare."

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space.com/stargazing/solar-e…

Why is the 2027 total solar eclipse being called the 'eclipse of the century'?

2027 isn't an isolated freak eclipse. It's the latest appearance of the extraordinary Saros 136 dynasty that produces some of the longest total solar eclipses of our era.

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