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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet's mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday.
Planetary Sciences
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'Blood moon' rising: Rare total lunar eclipse tonight
A "blood moon" will bathe a large swath of the world in red light overnight Thursday during a rare total lunar eclipse.
Planetary Sciences
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Astronomers discover new supergiant fast X-ray transient, expanding rare class
Italian astronomers report the detection of a new X-ray binary (XRB), which has received the designation 4XMM J181330.1-17511 (J1813 for short). The newfound object represents the rare subclass of XRBs known as supergiant ...
3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the moon and Mars
Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come from their new environment.
Space Exploration
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Mapping cosmic shear to illuminate dark energy
Gravitational lensing often evokes images of a cosmic funhouse mirror: duplicated galaxies, dramatic arcs and distorted shapes. But the web-like, large-scale structure throughout the universe also bends light in a weaker, ...
Astronomy
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Cosmic chameleon: Complex behavior of BL Lacertae blazar escapes established classification
Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionized matter from their centers, aimed towards Earth. Depending on properties of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the jets, astronomers divide such objects into ...
Astronomy
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Americas to witness rare 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse
Stargazers in North and South America will be able to view a red-colored "blood moon" starting Thursday night in the first total lunar eclipse visible on the continents since 2022.
Space Exploration
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Violent supernovae 'triggered at least two Earth extinctions,' study suggests
At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests.
Astrobiology
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Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like Earth and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials.
Astrobiology
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Amid tense clashes between NASA and Musk, two NASA science missions launch on SpaceX rocket
After every federal employee received an email asking them to list their recent accomplishments, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to his social media platform X, warning any employee who didn't respond would be terminated. NASA, ...
Space Exploration
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Astronomers find 128 new moons orbiting Saturn
An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more moons orbiting Saturn. The Minor Planet Center confirmed the discoveries on March 11. The team observed ...
Planetary Sciences
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More wait for stranded astronauts after replacement crew delayed
A pair of astronauts stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months may have to wait a little longer to return home after the launch of their replacements was postponed.
Space Exploration
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SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA's stuck astronauts after launch pad problem
A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts.
Space Exploration
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NASA's PUNCH satellites successfully launch to study the solar wind
Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are poised to begin their two-year mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere and its transformation into ...
Space Exploration
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Researchers develop glass sensors for the Einstein Telescope
From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy. For the telescope, researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive sensors made entirely of glass for the first ...
Astronomy
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Puzzling observation by JWST: Galaxies in the deep universe rotate in the same direction
In just over three years since its launch, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has generated significant and unprecedented insights into the far reaches of space, and a new study by a Kansas State University researcher ...
Astronomy
Mar 12, 2025
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NASA's newest space telescope Spherex blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA's newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before—a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time.
Astronomy
Mar 12, 2025
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Astronauts prepare for International Space Station launch; biomedical, materials, physical sciences work planned
Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission. ...
Space Exploration
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Observations of a nearby pulsar wind nebula reveal a radio jet feature with a helical magnetic field inside
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby pulsar wind nebula in the supernova remnant G11.2−0.3. Results of the observational campaign, published ...
White dwarf and red dwarf duo emit radio pulses every two hours
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf orbiting each other every two hours are emitting radio pulses. Thanks to observations with several telescopes, ...
Astronomy
Mar 12, 2025
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