Jeremy Smallwood, who earned his doctorate in astronomy in May, and colleagues believe they have found the space oddity 1,300 light years away in the constellation of Orion.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot named San Antonio schools Superintendent Pedro Martinez Wednesday as the new CEO of the nation’s third-largest school district.
The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
Saliva and oral bacteria samples from 30 UNLV dental clinic patients will take off Thursday in a rocket bound for the International Space Station.
Soaring numbers of students who are failing classes or are chronically absent have experts fearing a surge in the country’s dropout rate.
Debate around the issue flared last week when a new study suggested that, if masks are worn, students can be seated as close as 3 feet apart with no increased risk to them or teachers.
Two UNLV scientists working on NASA’s new mission to Mars survived “seven minutes of terror” Thursday as they watched the Perseverance rover’s perilous but perfect landing on the red planet.
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Two teenage twins accused in commercial firework attacks in a Henderson church in March were indicted last week on several felony charges.
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An attorney said the billions in punitive damages represent the most money that has been awarded by a jury in Nevada.
