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Astronomers detect eleven new active galactic nuclei
Using the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory, astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences have investigated dozens of X-ray sources in all-sky surveys, which resulted in the detection of 11 new active galactic nuclei. ...
Study reveals impact of Mother's Day geomagnetic storm on sporadic E layers
In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers from Kyushu University report on the activity of sporadic E layers—about 90–120 km above sea level—during the 2024 Mother's Day geomagnetic storm. The ...
Planetary Sciences
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Astrophysicists explore our galaxy's magnetic turbulence in unprecedented detail using a new computer model
Astronomers have developed a computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM)—the vast ocean of gas and charged particles that lies between stars in the ...
Astronomy
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Artemis III core stage receives thermal protection coating
NASA completed another step to ready its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis III mission as crews at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans recently applied a thermal protection system to the core ...
Space Exploration
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S.Africa's vast radio telescope draws new generation to the cosmos
When Lungelo Zondi first learned about stars and galaxies at primary school in South Africa, she dreamed of having a live feed into the universe for uninterrupted space exploration.
Astronomy
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Why collect asteroid samples? Four essential reads on what these tiny bits of space rock can tell scientists
China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space agencies have both ...
Planetary Sciences
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NASA's PUNCH catches first rainbow and other new images
As instrument commissioning and calibration checks continue for NASA's newly launched PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, its four spacecraft continue to deliver new images—including its first ...
Astronomy
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Tracing the moon's geological history with LUGO
Some parts of the moon are more interesting than others, especially when searching for future places for humans to land and work. There are also some parts of the moon about which we know less than others, such as the Irregular ...
Planetary Sciences
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Galileo satellite GSAT0104 retires after 12 years of navigation service
On 12 March 2013, Galileo satellite GSAT0104, alongside its fellow In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites, made history by enabling the first position fix by Europe's independent satellite navigation system Galileo. Now, after ...
Space Exploration
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Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
The universe is decaying much faster than thought. This is shown by calculations of three Dutch scientists on the so-called Hawking radiation. They calculate that the last stellar remnants take about 1078 years to perish. ...
Astronomy
May 12, 2025
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Two exoplanets discovered orbiting sun-like star
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of two new exoplanets, a few times more massive than Earth, orbiting a sun-like star known as HD 35843. The finding was reported in a research paper published May ...
Tough microbes found in NASA cleanrooms hold clues to space survival and biotech
A new study by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several institutes across India and Saudi Arabia has reported 26 novel bacterial species growing inside cleanrooms associated with NASA space missions. These ...
Space Exploration
May 12, 2025
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Proposed experiment could clarify origin of Martian methane
Over the past decade, the Curiosity rover has repeatedly detected methane on the surface of Mars. This gas is often produced by microbes, so it could herald the presence of life on the red planet. But skeptics have postulated ...
Astrobiology
May 12, 2025
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Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the red planet
Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the red planet: a vast reservoir of liquid water, locked deep in the crust.
Astrobiology
May 12, 2025
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Astrophysicist searches for gravitational waves in new way
University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Jeremy Darling is pursuing a new way of measuring the universe's gravitational wave background—the constant flow of waves that churn through the cosmos, warping the very fabric ...
Astronomy
May 12, 2025
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Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter's aurora
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our solar system's largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. With ...
Astronomy
May 12, 2025
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Glass beads offer a window into the moon's hidden depths
An international study featuring scientists from Curtin University's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Space Science and Technology Center offers new insights into the moon's history and provides a better understanding ...
Planetary Sciences
May 12, 2025
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Citizen science contributes to imaging Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere
JunoCam, the visible light imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, captured this view of Jupiter's northern high latitudes during the spacecraft's 69th flyby of the giant planet on Jan. 28, 2025. Jupiter's belts and zones stand ...
Space Exploration
May 12, 2025
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Space weather can dramatically alter a planet's fate
We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like rogue planets with internal heating or icy moons with subsurface oceans created by tidal heating, ...
Planetary Sciences
May 12, 2025
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Want to find life? You'll want to compare several exoplanets in the same system
Most astronomers agree that life is likely common throughout the universe. While Earth is the only world known to have life, we know that life arose early in our world, and the building blocks of life, including amino acids ...
Astrobiology
May 12, 2025
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