It’s “almost a racing certainty” there’s alien life on Jupiter’s moon Europa — and Mars could be hiding …
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‘Cotton Candy’ Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations
by Troy Oakesby Troy Oakes“Super-Puffs” may sound like a new breakfast cereal. But it’s actually the nickname for a unique and rare …
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A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form …
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Scientists have improved a computer program that helps simulate the behavior of photons when interacting with hydrogen spilled …
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A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a spectacular new view of the center of …
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Conventional wisdom tells us that large objects appear smaller as they get farther from us, but this fundamental …
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Supercomputer Simulates How Humans Will ‘Brake’ During Mars Landing
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA NASA team uses supercomputing to evaluate a retropropulsion-powered descent to the Martian surface for a Mars landing. …
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Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that could help astronomers track down …
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How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over …
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When small, dense stars called white dwarfs explode, they produce bright, short-lived flares called Type Ia supernovae. These …