Science & Astronomy

Japan’s Epsilon S Rocket Test Ends in Fiery Explosion, Marking Another Big Setback

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Japan’s Epsilon S Rocket Test Ends in Fiery Explosion, Marking Another Big Setback

Gizmodo-com November 26, 2024

Japan’s space agency, JAXA, had to abort an engine test for its Epsilon S rocket after it...

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Is Mercury in retrograde? Yes, but there’s a catch.

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Is Mercury in retrograde? Yes, but there’s a catch.

Mashable November 26, 2024

Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world. But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to...

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A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable

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A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable

Space.com November 26, 2024

Planetary scientists recently simulated an alternate version of our solar system: one with a super-Earth causing climate...

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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart

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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart

Space.com November 26, 2024

Computer simulations suggest that Mars’ puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created...

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Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon

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Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon

Mashable November 26, 2024

When the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a photo of the Sombrero Galaxy 20 years ago, it resembled...

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‘We didn’t know what it was at first.’ NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

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‘We didn’t know what it was at first.’ NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

Space.com November 25, 2024

NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned...

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Neptune and Uranus have a magnetic mystery — but the case may finally be cracked

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Neptune and Uranus have a magnetic mystery — but the case may finally be cracked

Space.com November 25, 2024

When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made its way to outer regions of the solar system in the...

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Is Mercury in retrograde again? Yes, but there’s a catch.

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Is Mercury in retrograde again? Yes, but there’s a catch.

Mashable November 25, 2024

Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world. But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to...

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Strange ‘zebra’ patterns are coming from the Crab Nebula — this physicist finally figured out why

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Strange ‘zebra’ patterns are coming from the Crab Nebula — this physicist finally figured out why

Space.com November 25, 2024

Historical records from around the world describe a bright star appearing in the sky in the year...

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Scientists find highest energy cosmic ray electrons ever seen

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Scientists find highest energy cosmic ray electrons ever seen

Space.com November 25, 2024

After over a decade of meticulous data collection, scientists at the H.E.S.S. observatory — which stands for...

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