Victoria Jaggard

Washington, D.C., United States

Executive Editor @ScienceNews. Astronomy fan, gaming + anime geek, goth fashionista, Navy brat, Tejana. She/her. Always on for karaoke.

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Snakes are often the villains. A new book gives them a fair shake

1 week ago | sciencenews.org | Victoria Jaggard

SlitherStephen S. HallGrand Central Publishing, $30Snakes don’t often get to be the protagonists. From the biblical tempter in the Garden of Eden to the eponymous snakes on a plane, your stereotypical serpent often gets cast as a villain — cunning, treacherous, cruel, deadly. But human views of snakes are full of contradictions. In mythology, snakes whispered secrets about the healing arts to the Greeks and established the concept of linear time in Mesoamerica.
Everything you need to know about meteor showers

Dec 10, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Victoria Jaggard

When you wish upon a falling star, you're actually offering your hopes and dreams to a small piece of space rock burning up as it plummets through Earth's atmosphere. Known as meteors, these brilliant streaks of light have entranced humans for centuries, especially when they arrive in bursts of blazing glory during sky shows called meteor showers. Scientists have known since the mid-1800s that almost all meteor showers are born from icy comets.
What is a solar eclipse-and when is the next one?

Oct 2, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Victoria Jaggard |Emily Martin

Humans have recorded solar eclipses for millennia, and references to them can be found in some of humanity’s earliest texts, including ancient Chinese historical documents. Debate even swirls around whether a line from Homer's Odyssey—"The sun has been obliterated from the sky"—can be tied to a historic eclipse.
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | puertoricotechnologytoday.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | adn.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | seattletimes.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | msn.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | msn.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard

The very fabric of the cosmos is constantly being roiled and rumpled all around us, according to multiple international teams of scientists that have independently found compelling evidence for long-theorized space-time waves. The claim that telescopes across the planet have seen signs of a “gravitational wave background” has sent a thrill through the astrophysics community, which has been buzzing for days in anticipation of the papers that were unveiled late Wednesday.
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard
In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea

Jun 28, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Joel Achenbach |Victoria Jaggard