@F_French

Writer and Educator

 San Diego, CA
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Joined March 2011
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Archaeologists at This Ancient Maya Metropolis in the Forest of Belize Are Debunking Long-Held...

Diane and Arlen Chase have spent a good portion of their lives uncovering the once-great city of Caracol. Their groundbreaking research is rewriting everything we thought we knew about the Maya

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For the First Time, Scientists Trapped an Elusive Antimatter Particle—and Contained It for Months....

The standard model of particle physics works really well, but it can't explain why the universe exists. Something is missing, and this trapped particle might hold a clue to the answer

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Hard-to-Reach Natural Wonders That Are Worth the Effort dailypassport.com/hard-to-re…

5 Hard-to-Reach Natural Wonders That Are Worth the Effort

Some places are so wild and special that access must be limited, because too many visitors can harm fragile ecosystems. Here are five hard-to-reach natural wonders in the U.S. that will make any...

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#ASEspotlight: Susan Kilrain 💫 In July 1997, ASE Life Member @Astro_Susan snacked on some cereal with a smile aboard Space Shuttle Columbia's aft flight deck during STS-94. Fun fact: She was named a "Woman of the Century" by @USATODAY in 2020! Happy 65th birthday, Susan! 🎉
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Where Exactly Were the First Humans to Be Captured in a Photograph Standing? Three Obsessed...

The sleuths spent two years digging into archives and building 3D models of 19th-century Paris. The location is now immortalized by a bronze plaque celebrating the historic site and the "poetic"...

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Were Two Ancient Chinese Astronomers Beheaded for Failing to Predict an Eclipse in 2134 B.C.E.? The...

Experts say that an oft-circulated anecdote about two royal astronomers drunkenly failing to foresee an eclipse thousands of years ago contains hints of truth

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Australia's bizarre 'Spider Crater' seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for Oct. 22, 2026

Somewhere in the vast Western Australia wilderness lies a giant "spider" trapped in an ancient impact crater.

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'We're never going to come home': Artemis II commander recalls the most terrifying moment of his...

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman felt genuine fear when he saw the Orion spacecraft had gone farther from Earth than anticipated, the astronaut told an audience at the Starmus VIII festival this...

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A new mission is seeking to bring the first ever sample of Martian moon dust back to Earth. particle.scitech.org.au/atom…

MARTIAN MOON MYSTERIES | Particle

A new mission is seeking to bring the first ever sample of Martian moon dust back to Earth.

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Scientists Don't Know How Mars Acquired Its Two Moons. Japan Just Launched a Historic Space Mission...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's spacecraft is expected to reach the Martian system in August 2027 and return samples from the moon Phobos to Earth in 2031

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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