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End of the line nears for NASA InSight Mars lander
After some four years probing Mars' interior, NASA's InSight lander will likely retire this summer as accumulated dust on its solar panels saps its power.
Space Exploration
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Boeing docks crew capsule to space station in test do-over
With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time Friday, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.
Space Exploration
May 21, 2022
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Webb telescope nearly set to explore the solar system
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescope moves through space, ...
Space Exploration
May 20, 2022
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New spin on galaxy rotation saves controversial gravity theory
An international group of astronomers, led by a physicist at the University of St Andrews, has revived an alternative gravity theory.
Astronomy
May 20, 2022
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Here's what's come out of US congress hearings on 'unidentified aerial phenomena'
The United States Congress recently held a hearing into US government information pertaining to "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAPs).
Astronomy
May 20, 2022
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A dazzling Hubble collection of supernova host galaxies
Spanning from 2003 to 2021, this collection of images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features galaxies that are all hosts to both Cepheid variables and supernovae. These two celestial phenomena are both crucial ...
Astronomy
May 20, 2022
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Boeing's Starliner encounters propulsion problems on way to ISS
American aerospace giant Boeing's Starliner capsule was heading for the International Space Station Thursday, in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2022
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Where do "Hawaiian box jellies" come from?
An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa researchers, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during the lunar cycle triggers ...
Space Exploration
May 20, 2022
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Hubble focuses on large lenticular galaxy 1023
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image looks at one of the nearest, massive lenticular galaxies to Earth, NGC 1023 some 36 million light-years away. Lenticular galaxies get their names from their edge-on appearance that ...
Astronomy
May 20, 2022
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Boeing's Starliner approaching ISS in high-stakes test mission
Boeing's Starliner capsule was preparing to dock with the International Space Station Friday, in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight key to reviving the US aerospace giant's reputation after a series of failures.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2022
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Space agencies provide global view of our changing environment
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ESA, NASA and JAXA worked closely together to create an open-source platform, based on the Euro Data Cube, that used a wealth of data from Earth-observing satellites to document ...
Planetary Sciences
May 20, 2022
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What's it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues
What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturn's moon Titan?
Astronomy
May 20, 2022
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New imaging spectrometer surveys atmospheric dust from the ISS
Scientists on Earth will soon see our planet's atmospheric dust sources in high resolution, as a new state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer—developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Cornell University—aims ...
Planetary Sciences
May 20, 2022
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Three decades of space telescope observations converge on a precise value for the Hubble constant
Completing a nearly 30-year marathon, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has calibrated more than 40 "milepost markers" of space and time to help scientists precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe—a quest with a ...
Astronomy
May 19, 2022
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New theory suggests collision of dwarf galaxies could explain dark matter–free galaxies
A team of astrophysicists affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S., one in Germany and one in Canada, has developed a new theory to explain the existence of odd, dark matter–free dwarf galaxies. In their paper ...
The sun as you've never seen it before
Powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a curious solar "hedgehog" are among the haul of spectacular images, movies and data returned by Solar Orbiter from its first close approach to the sun. Although ...
Astronomy
May 19, 2022
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3D reconstruction reveals star formation activities of two dust clouds
Using tens of thousands of stars observed by the Gaia space probe, astronomers from MPIA and Chalmers have revealed the 3D shapes of two large star-forming molecular clouds, the California Cloud and the Orion A Cloud. In ...
Astronomy
May 19, 2022
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Ceres probably formed farther out in the solar system and migrated inward
When Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted Ceres in 1801, he thought it was a planet. Astronomers didn't know about asteroids at that time. Now we know there's an enormous quantity of them, primarily residing in the ...
Astronomy
May 19, 2022
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Third launch attempt for Boeing's beleaguered Starliner spacecraft
American aerospace giant Boeing is making a third attempt to reach the International Space Station Thursday in a critical uncrewed test flight for its Starliner capsule, which has been beset by numerous failures and false ...
Space Exploration
May 19, 2022
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The role of space in driving sustainability, security and development on Earth
A new report reveals five actions that leaders can take to contribute to economic development, advance global security and sustainability, and make space a safe and globally accessible domain.
Space Exploration
May 19, 2022
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