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Exploring Earth's ionosphere for dark matter conversion signals
Dark matter, predicted to account for most of the universe's mass, remains highly elusive. Physicists have been searching for various particles that could be promising dark matter candidates, such as dark photons and axions, ...
'What is that?' Scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights
A whitish, gray patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights has been explained for the first time by researchers at the University of Calgary.
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Jan 10, 2025
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From Earth to the edge of space: Entire atmosphere dataset could benefit climate models and space weather prediction
A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. The work has been published in Progress in ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 10, 2025
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Hubble rings in the new year with image of constellation Hydra
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies depicted here span a mind-bending range of distances. The objects in this image that are nearest to ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2025
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Prime focus spectrograph on the Subaru Telescope to begin science operations in February
Researchers have finished equipping the Subaru Telescope with a new special "compound eye," culminating several years of effort. This new eye is an instrument featuring approximately 2,400 prisms scattered across the extremely ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2025
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World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject
On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2025
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NASA instrument on Firefly's Blue Ghost Lander to study lunar interior
As part of its Artemis campaign, NASA is developing a series of increasingly complex lunar deliveries and missions to ultimately build a sustained human presence at the moon for decades to come. Through the agency's CLPS ...
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2025
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Blue Origin pushes 1st New Glenn rocket launch attempt to early Sunday
The Space Coast could welcome a big player to the launch landscape early Sunday with the debut of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, a two-day delay from original plans to launch early Friday.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2025
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Discovery poised to help detect dark matter and pave way to unravel the universe's secrets
Researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a breakthrough technique that could lay the foundations for detecting the universe's "dark matter" and bring scientists closer ...
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2025
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Water and carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere of a hot super-Neptune exoplanet
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have characterized the atmosphere of a hot super-Neptune exoplanet designated WASP-166 b. As a result, they found that the atmosphere of this alien world contains water ...
Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos
A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole.
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2025
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AI categorizes 700 million aurora images for better geomagnetic storm forecasting
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is known for a stunning spectacle of light in the night sky, but this near-Earth manifestation, which is caused by explosive activity on the sun and carried by the solar wind, can ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 9, 2025
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Samples from Mars' surface could unravel planet's history, researchers argue
Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 9, 2025
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High-resolution simulations explore the physics of star formation
Stars are born in clouds of gas and dust, making it difficult to observe their early development. But researchers at Chalmers have now succeeded in simulating how a star with the mass of the sun absorbs material from the ...
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2025
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Japan startup hopeful ahead of second moon launch
Japanese startup ispace vowed its upcoming second unmanned moon mission will be a success, saying Thursday that it learned from its failed attempt nearly two years ago.
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2025
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Astronomers discovered 44 ancient stars using gravitational lensing—an astrophysicist explains how they did it
A group of astronomers have made history by capturing an image of a record number of stars from a time when the universe was half its age.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2025
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Blue Origin's first orbital launch now targeting Sunday
US space company Blue Origin is now aiming to launch its first orbital rocket on Sunday, it announced on X, because of rough seas in the Atlantic where it hopes to land the first stage booster on a ship.
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2025
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Space Launch System could launch a Titan balloon mission
Few places in the solar system are better suited to a balloon than Titan. The combination of low gravity and high atmospheric density makes Saturn's largest moon ideal for a lighter than "air" vehicle, and the idea to put ...
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2025
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How to deploy and talk to LEAVES on Venus
Universe Today reported before about a NIAC-funded project known as the Lofted Environment and Atmospheric Venues Sensors (LEAVES) mission to study Venus' atmosphere. While the technology behind the idea is still under development, ...
Space Exploration
Jan 9, 2025
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Planets without plate tectonics could still be habitable
It has been thought that plate tectonics were a significant factor in the shaping of our planet and the evolution of life. Mars and Venus don't experience such movements of crustal plates, but then the differences between ...
Astrobiology
Jan 9, 2025
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