The first audio recordings on Mars reveal a quiet planet with occasional gusts of wind where two different speeds of sound would have a strange delayed effect on hearing, scientists said Friday.
Planetary Sciences
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Bricks have been 3-D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight – proving in principle that future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the moon.
Space Exploration
May 4, 2017
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Although we crust-dwellers walk on nice cool ground, underneath our feet the Earth is a pretty hot place. Enough heat emanates from the planet's interior to make 200 cups of piping hot coffee per hour for each of Earth's ...
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Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called "impossible early galaxy problem."
Astronomy
Jul 13, 2023
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A team led by astronomer Margot Brouwer (Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands) has tested the new theory of theoretical physicist Erik Verlinde (University of Amsterdam) for the first time through the lensing effect of gravity. ...
Astronomy
Dec 16, 2016
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Russia launched checks Tuesday after its space chief said an air leak on the International Space Station last week could have been deliberate sabotage.
Space Exploration
Sep 4, 2018
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Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's space agency.
Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2017
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Mankind's first look at conditions on a "super-Earth" 50 light years away is expected in coming weeks via the James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA is bracing to see the stuff of nightmares.
Astronomy
Jun 1, 2022
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Winds of over 2km per second have been discovered flowing around planet outside of the Earth's solar system, new research has found.
Astronomy
Nov 13, 2015
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This Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, three former NASA astronauts will present new evidence that our planet has experienced many more large-scale asteroid impacts over the past decade than previously thought… three to ten times ...
Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2014
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