Peering into the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has spotted a mysterious glow of high-energy X-rays that, according to scientists, could be the "howls" of dead stars as ...
Astronomy
Apr 30, 2015
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Growing up as a planet with more than one parent star has its challenges. Though the planets in our solar system circle just one star—our sun—other more distant planets, called exoplanets, can be reared in families with ...
Astronomy
Mar 4, 2015
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(Phys.org)—NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to ...
Space Exploration
Dec 30, 2014
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(Phys.org) —NASA's Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a large hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan. The feature covers an area of about 100 square miles (260 square kilometers) in ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2014
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Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multi-robot missions.
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2024
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The spinning, solar-powered spacecraft will take another look of the fiery Jovian moon on July 30.
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2023
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A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on moons circling Jupiter and Saturn.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 14, 2023
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The history-making rotorcraft has recently been negotiating some of the most hazardous terrain it's encountered on the Red Planet.
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2023
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Exotic cosmic objects known as ultra-luminous X-ray sources produce about 10 million times more energy than the sun. They're so radiant, in fact, that they appear to surpass a physical boundary called the Eddington limit, ...
Astronomy
Apr 6, 2023
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Researchers created a toolkit for determining the clarity and surface temperature of coastal waters. The data is freely accessible data and can help assess reefs around the world.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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