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Planetary Sciences Mar 4, 2024

Curiosity rover is climbing through dramatic striped terrain on Mars

Just about every day we here on Earth get a breathtaking picture of Mars's terrain sent back by a rover. But, the view from space can be pretty amazing, too. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) just sent back a thought-provoking ...

Earth Sciences Mar 1, 2024

Study shows glacier shrinkage is causing a 'green transition'

Glacier-fed streams are undergoing a process of profound change, according to EPFL and Charles University scientists in a paper appearing in Nature Geoscience today. This conclusion is based on the expeditions to the world's ...

Plants & Animals Feb 29, 2024

Living species of daddy longlegs has two additional sets of underdeveloped eyes as embryos

While some people may first associate daddy longlegs with, well, their long legs, researchers Guilherme Gainett and Prashant Sharma have been especially focused on the arachnids' eyes. In their paper published last week in ...

Social Sciences Feb 23, 2024

Mindfulness at work protects against stress and burnout, study finds

A new study has revealed that employees who are more mindful in the digital workplace are better protected against stress, anxiety and overload.

Space Exploration Feb 9, 2024

Lunar science is entering a new active phase

For the first time since 1972, NASA is putting science experiments on the moon in 2024. And thanks to new technologies and public-private partnerships, these projects will open up new realms of scientific possibility. As ...

Planetary Sciences Feb 6, 2024

NASA's Juno probe makes another close flyby of Io

The Juno spacecraft has revealed some fascinating things about Jupiter since it began exploring the system on July 4th, 2016. Not only is it the first robotic mission to study Jupiter up close while orbiting it since the ...

Astronomy Jan 29, 2024

NASA wants to put a massive telescope on the moon

As part of the Artemis Program, NASA intends to establish all the necessary infrastructure to create a "sustained program of lunar exploration and development." This includes the Lunar Gateway, an orbiting habitat that will ...

Astronomy Jan 18, 2024

Brightness peak of M87 supermassive black hole shifts 30 degrees in one year

The brightness peak of the ring around M87's supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This is shown by new images released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium.

Astronomy Jan 13, 2024

Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.

Astronomy Dec 27, 2023

Using smart materials to deploy a Dark Age explorer

One of the most significant constraints on the size of objects placed into orbit is the size of the fairing used to put them there. Large telescopes must be stuffed into a relatively small fairing housing and deployed to ...

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