Science & Astronomy

‘Lunar swirls’ have confused scientists for years. New NASA moon data might clear things up

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‘Lunar swirls’ have confused scientists for years. New NASA moon data might clear things up

Space.com November 10, 2023

Swirls across the lunar surface are connected to changes in the moon’s physical features after all, new...

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1st black hole ever imaged by humans has twisted magnetic fields and scientists are thrilled

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1st black hole ever imaged by humans has twisted magnetic fields and scientists are thrilled

Space.com November 9, 2023

Spiraling light at the edge of a distant supermassive black hole could help matter escape from being...

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Astronauts might be able to grow plants on the moon, thanks to a few Earth microbes

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Astronauts might be able to grow plants on the moon, thanks to a few Earth microbes

Space.com November 9, 2023

Microbes could help unlock vital nutrients in lunar soil to one day help farms sustain astronaut crews...

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James Webb Space Telescope gets ready for the holidays with a cosmic Christmas Tree (image)

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James Webb Space Telescope gets ready for the holidays with a cosmic Christmas Tree (image)

Space.com November 9, 2023

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) left astronomers feeling festive recently as it allowed them to image...

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Between Venus’ atmospheric currents, a layer of reactive oxygen

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Between Venus’ atmospheric currents, a layer of reactive oxygen

Space.com November 9, 2023

Today, our sister planet Venus resembles an environment as close to hell as one can imagine. Surface...

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Study finds Greenland’s glacier retreat rate has doubled over past two decades

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Study finds Greenland’s glacier retreat rate has doubled over past two decades

Phys.org November 9, 2023

One of the 200,000 photos collected by Danish pilots (from open-cockpit airplanes) of Greenland’s coastline. Credit: Danish...

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NASA’s hunting for ‘strategic minerals’ in the desert with a modified U-2 spy plane. Here’s why

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NASA’s hunting for ‘strategic minerals’ in the desert with a modified U-2 spy plane. Here’s why

Space.com November 9, 2023

NASA’s high-altitude ER-2 aircraft have their roots in the American desert. The agency’s two ER-2 (Earth Resources...

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NASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of, setting the stage for miners to follow someday

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NASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of, setting the stage for miners to follow someday

Space.com November 9, 2023

The cars, cellphones, computers and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like...

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Artemis moon astronauts will need oxygen. NASA wants to extract it from lunar dust

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Artemis moon astronauts will need oxygen. NASA wants to extract it from lunar dust

Space.com November 9, 2023

Even though the day when humans live and work on the moon is still in the unidentified...

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NASA spacecraft has high-speed asteroid encounter and finds surprise

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NASA spacecraft has high-speed asteroid encounter and finds surprise

Mashable November 9, 2023

NASA sent a spacecraft to probe our solar system’s most mysterious asteroids. The mission has now beamed...

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