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Tiny arachnids known as peacock spiders are remarkable for many reasons: their adorable many-eyed faces, elaborate courtship performances, and ninja-like jumping skills. Males also... nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/0…

Well, let's get planting! 🌲🌲🌲🌳🌳🌳🌴🌴🌴 "According to new research published today in the journal Science, close to a trillion trees could potentially be planted on Earth—enough to sequester more than 200... pbs.org/wgbh/nova/arti…

Fantastic photos of the solar eclipse visible in South America and the southern Pacific today. Our favorite photo is in the comments. 🌎☀️🌕🌑😎🕶 facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Today in South America, sky observers will witness a solar eclipse! For the 2017 solar eclipse that was visable in our area, LSM and Lafayette Public... npr.org/2019/06/28/736…

Researchers have helped to prove that the narluga, a narwhal-beluga hybrid, is indeed a narluga, supplying the first genetic evidence that such creatures even exist. By analyzing DNA... theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Acadiana observers can watch for the Hubble Space Telescope tonight! It will come up over the western horizon about 9:56 p.m., passing almost overhead by 10:01 before disappearing into Earth's shadow. At its brightest, it will be as bright as a bright star.

Scientists say that stopping the monarch butterfly's decline will require planting some 1.8 billion... blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/0…

In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves. He predicted that massive accelerating objects, such as neutron stars or black holes, would disrupt space-time in such a way that... facebook.com/LafayetteScien…

IT'S BEEN A big year for the Grand Canyon. The iconic park celebrates its centennial in 2019. Now it has received a new honor: International Dark Sky Park certification.🌌🔭💫 on.natgeo.com/2RBxpBL

Watch live as NASA engineers assemble and test the next Mars rover. The agency is streaming live video from a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Mars 2020 is... space.com/watch-nasa-bui…

Free #SCIENCE for all your Spring Break needs. Join us Wednesday, April 17. We have a full day of Planetarium programs planned: 10:15am Earth, Moon, and Sun 11:15am The Magic Tree House: Space Mission... facebook.com/LafayetteScien…

The image shows the shadow of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, a massive galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster 55 million light-years away. Its mass is 6.5 billion times that of the... facebook.com/story.php?stor…

"Fly over Nilpena Cattle Station in South Australia and you'll see a dry riverbed... sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/a…

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) has shared footage from an experiment in which the Cocodrie lab sunk three dead alligators onto the floor of the Gulf... nola.com/environment/20…

"The GRAVITY instrument on European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct... phys.org/news/2019-03-g…

Friday's Google Doodle honors physicist Hedwig Kohn, born on April 5, 1887. She was one of only three women allowed to teach physics at universities in Germany... #ccf3dbc39954" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forbes.com/sites/kionasmi…

Bach Lunch may be cancelled due to weather, but come inside and enjoy our exhibits and planetarium show! We're open til 5 pm!

To celebrate Dr. Jane Goodall's 85th birthday, check out this interview with Ellen DeGeneres about her incredible work and her mother's inspirational advice to her as a young aspiring scientist. "If you... facebook.com/LafayetteScien…

Techbytes & Soundwaves Summer Camps are presented through a unique partnership between Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music and held at Lafayette Science Museum -- where music meets... facebook.com/LafayetteScien…

"This is the Fourier Transform. You can thank it for providing the music you stream every day, squeezing down the images you see on the Internet into tiny little JPG files, and even powering your noise-canceling headphones. Here’s how it works." 🤓👩‍🏫 gizmodo.com/digital-music-…