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Laser on NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
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Late last year, NASA scientists pressed start on a highly anticipated space mission. Basically, they launched a spacecraft toward an asteroid that ...
Satellites spot clusters of ‘spiders’ sprawled across Mars’ Inca City (photo)
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Seasonal, spider-like features have been spotted sprouting through cracks in Mars’ surface. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured new images ...
Rejoice! Voyager 1 is back from the dead
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer ...
Unprecedented Find in Meteorite Challenges Astrophysical Models
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Researchers have discovered a rare dust particle in a meteorite, formed by a star other than our sun. Using advanced atom probe ...
Satellite Photo Shows an Army of ‘Black Spiders’ on Mars
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A photo taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has set the internet alight after it apparently shows large clusters ...
NASA Releases Gorgeous Time-Lapses Of Supernovae Showing 20 Years In 20 Seconds
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NASA has released two new movies showcasing changing observations of two well-known sources in the sky: Cassiopeia A and the Crab Nebula. ...
How the cosmic microwave background proves the Big Bang
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Less than a century ago, we had many different ideas for what the history of our Universe looked like, but shockingly little ...
Puzzling Scientists for Over 50 Years – A “Holy Grail” Chemical Mystery Has Been Solved
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Researchers have solved a 50-year-old mystery about why organic matter in water resists degradation, finding that the oxidative dearomatization reaction transforms biomolecules ...
Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall
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Enlarge / The flight hardware core stage for Europe’s new rocket, Ariane 6, is moved onto the launch pad for the first ...