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Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds

May 29, 2024 admin

A computer-generated 3D model of Venus’ surface provided by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the volcano Sif Mons which is exhibiting signs of ongoing activity, in this undated handout image. Using data from NASA’s Magellan mission, Italian researchers detected evidence of an eruption while the spacecraft orbited the planet in the early 1990s. | Photo…

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Sun’s magnetic field may form close to the surface: new study

May 23, 2024 admin

The sun sets over the mountains, as a geomagnetic storm continues hitting the Earth, in Ronda, Spain, May 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that…

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Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time?

May 14, 2024 admin

A false-color image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows the galaxy JADES-GS-z7-01-QU, the universeÕs earliest-known “dead” galaxy, a galaxy that has stopped star formation, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters. | Photo Credit: Reuters The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever…

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Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere

May 10, 2024 admin

An artist’s concept shows the exoplanet 55 Cancri e, also called Janssen, a so-called super-Earth, a rocky planet significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, along with the star it orbits in this undated illustration released by NASA. | Photo Credit: Reuters Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system…

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Why NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future

May 1, 2024 admin

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this decade to 2040. The mission would be the first to try to return rock samples…

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Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected

April 25, 2024 admin

An artist’s impression of a type of neutron star called a magnetar. Magnetars are the cosmic objects with the strongest magnetic fields ever measured in the universe. | Photo Credit: Reuters Magnetars are among the universe’s most extreme objects – a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic…

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Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon’s age

October 26, 2023 admin

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this undated NASA handout photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program in 1972. | Photo Credit: Reuters During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 – the last time people walked on the moon…

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Scientists identify molten layer deep within interior of Mars

October 26, 2023 admin

The planet Mars is shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken May 12, 2016. | Photo Credit: Reuters Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from where NASA’s InSight lander sits have provided new clues about the Red Planet’s deep interior, prompting scientists to reappraise the anatomy…

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Scientists trace powerful radio signal to most distant galaxy yet

October 24, 2023 admin

This artist’s impression, not to scale, illustrates the path of a fast radio burst from the distant galaxy where it originated all the way to Earth, in one of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms, in this handout picture obtained on October 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Every day and night, hundreds of thousands…

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Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars

October 20, 2023 admin

The planet Mars is shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken May 12, 2016. | Photo Credit: Reuters On May 4, 2022, NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude – fairly modest by Earth standards but strong for our planetary neighbour. Given Mars lacks…

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