NASA 's SPHEREx mission will be the first to observe stars and galaxies in 102 colors.

The colors aren't visible to the human eye because they're in the infrared range.

The mission will use a technique called spectroscopy to take the light from hundreds of millions of stars.

It can reveal various properties of an object, including its composition and its distance from Earth .

Diwali is celebrated in India and among the global Indian diaspora as the victory of light over darkness.

For the first time, New York City's public school students have the day off to mark the holiday.

The holiday calendar across the 50 states and the country at large is increasingly diverse.

The police department in Montville , New Jersey , put a post on Facebook explaining to the community that with Diwali approaching, they would be more likely to see swastikas.

With both Jewish and Hindu communities in the town, it was done in an attempt to forestall misunderstanding.

Study of 77 university students found an association between autistic traits and success at an exploration game.

People with higher autistic traits were more persistent and explored for longer times, even when learning was not easy.

This realization can guide educators and policy-makers in crafting more tailored learning environments, the authors say.

China 's navy conducted its first dual-carrier drills this month in the South China Sea .

Photos show China 's two operational aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong , sailing together.

Drills like this are intended to send a message, as well as enhance combat readiness.

More than 45 nations signed a pledge in Montreal to repatriate to Ukraine the civilians, prisoners of war and children taken by Russia since it invaded the country.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said the countries agreed to coordinate efforts to gather information about Ukrainians held in Russia .

Ukraine says nearly 42,000 Ukrainians are missing, and 20,000 children have been deported to Russia .

Smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali pushes air pollution to hazardous levels.

New Delhi's air quality index plunged into the “severe” category, according to SAFAR .

Levels of deadly particulate matter reached seven times the World Health Organization’s safety limit.

Authorities in the capital have banned the use and sale of traditional firecracker fireworks since 2017 .

The aurochs roamed in Europe , Asia and Africa for hundreds of thousands of years.

Today their descendants make up a third of the world's mammalian biomass.

Genome sequencing of ancient DNA revealed the diversity that once thrived in the wild as well as enhanced our understanding of domestic cattle.

72% of gun owners in U.S. say they own guns for personal protection; 81% say owning a gun helps them feel safer.

Psychologists say gun owners aren't just protecting against physical threats, they're also using a gun to protect their psychological selves.

Owners may end up perceiving the world as a more dangerous place, institutions as more uncaring or incompetent.

In one study, 97% of owners reported that they were "more responsible than the average gun owner" We are in the process of interviewing gun owners from all around the state of Wisconsin .

We hope to learn more about the many different ways that people conceptualize what a gun can do for them.

American gun cultures are complex and distinct things.

Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology , Korea University and other institutes introduced a new possible strategy to boost the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells.

They used mesoporous structured molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as an electron transport layer ( ETL ) This strategy involves the use of a mesolectronic structure that has previously been used to develop batteries, photodetectors and light-emitting diodes.

Local health officials identified the infected student at Walton High School , in Marietta , Georgia .

The student with the bacterial disease had contact with about 200 students and faculty.

Public health officials conducted skin tests Tuesday , but no one has tested positive.

Tuberculosis is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium and spreads through bacteria.