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Nell Greenfieldboyce is a NPR science correspondent. With reporting focused on general science, NASA, and the intersection between technology and society, Greenfieldboyce has been on the science ...

Regina G. Barber is a co-host of Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. Barber completed her PhD in physics at Washington State University with a focus in astrophysics, studying globular cluster systems.

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...