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17 Apr

Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter

Saying goodbye is never easy, especially from a world away. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team convened one last time on Tuesday (A...

17 Apr

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Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet’s powerful pull

Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a vast liquid ocean lurks beneath the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas. Now th...

17 Apr

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James Webb Space Telescope’s ‘shocking’ discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around ‘failed star’

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have made the surprising discovery of methane emissions coming from a brow...

17 Apr

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‘I really like these suits.’ Boeing’s snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

HOUSTON — As a Canadian used to standing at bus stops in -40 degrees, I'm no stranger to stiff gloves. So I was delighted when the ...

17 Apr

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Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

Following the total solar eclipse raced across North America at a whopping 1,500 mph (2,400 km/h) Monday (April 8), drawing the eag...

17 Apr

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ESA selects four new Earth Explorer mission ideas

Applications 17/04/2024 2609 views 29 likes As humans exert greater pressure on natu...

16 Apr

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What’s left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

For a few moments this year, the sun was a lime green portal for Vicki Stirm. It happened while she was standing among tens of thou...

16 Apr

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Monster black hole seen feeding on nearby matter just 1 billion years after Big Bang (photos)

Astronomers have imaged a feeding black hole-powered quasar at the very edge of the universe, so far away that it was seen as it ap...

16 Apr

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Dark energy could be getting weaker, suggesting the universe will end in a ‘Big Crunch’

The current "standard model" of the cosmos, its history, and its evolution is called the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model — but...

16 Apr

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Record breaker! Milky Way’s most monstrous stellar-mass black hole is sleeping giant lurking close to Earth

The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered with the European spac...