In this image made from a NASA livestream, the two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June 2024, Butch Wilmore, …
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SpaceX has been flying regular missions every six months to allow the rotation of ISS crews. A SpaceX rocket soared into …
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Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
by debarjunby debarjunCredit: Purdue University Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by …
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Observations explore the nature of transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038
by debarjunby debarjunAverage spectrum of J1023 normalized to the emission of the continuum. The emission lines studied in this work are highlighted. Credit: Messa …
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‘Comet Nishimura’ left a spectacular trail when it passed close to the Sun in 2023. A comet is expected to risk having …
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Can the ‘hard steps’ in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds?
by debarjunby debarjunThe timeline of the hard steps in Earth’s past that research discussed in this article builds on, reanalyzes and augments. Not shown …
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Ryugu samples call into question previous ideas about the formation of carbon-rich asteroids
by debarjunby debarjunAbout two million years after the formation of the Solar System, the first carbonaceous chondrites made of dust, chondrules, early condensates and …
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Ages ago in its youth, Mars appeared much like Earth. It was a warm planet with lakes, rivers, and vast seas. It …
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A volcanic feature on Mars, left, and a spatter cone in Iceland. Credit: Ian T.W. Flynn While working under Erika Rader, an …
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Study suggests moon may have been captured from space rather than formed from collision particles
by debarjunby debarjunNew research by Darren Williams, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State Behrend, pictured here, and Michael Zugger, a senior …