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Laser on NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA has released two new movies showcasing changing observations of two well-known sources in the sky: Cassiopeia A and the Crab Nebula. ...

Crazy simulation shows surprisingly devastating effect a tiny needle hitting earth at speed of light would have

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Someone did the math and explained exactly what would happen to our planet Published 10:38 26 Apr 2024 GMT+1 We can often ...

How the cosmic microwave background proves the Big Bang

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

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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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Enlarge / The flight hardware core stage for Europe’s new rocket, Ariane 6, is moved onto the launch pad for the first ...