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A concentrated beam of particles and photons could push us to Proxima Centauri
Getting to Proxima Centauri b will take a lot of new technologies, but there are increasingly exciting reasons to do so. Both public and private efforts have started seriously looking at ways to make it happen, but so far, ...
Space Exploration
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Researchers synthesize garnet-rich lunar rock to study moon's mantle
Our present-day moon has an interior structure containing a central metallic core, overlain by a mantle comprised of minerals such as olivine and pyroxene (e.g. Ol+Px mantle) underneath a shell of crust. Such a picture of ...
Planetary Sciences
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Nova eruption of V1716 Sco inspected in X-rays and gamma rays
Astronomers from China and Taiwan have observed the nova eruption of V1716 Sco that took place last year, using various X-ray and gamma-ray space observatories. Results of the observational campaign, presented June 27 on ...
A new set of studies offers the most comprehensive look at spaceflight health since NASA's Twins Study
Only about 600 people have ever traveled to space. The vast majority of astronauts over the past six decades have been middle-aged men on short-duration missions of fewer than 20 days.
Space Exploration
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To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask 'what if?'
If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the ...
Space Exploration
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Could we replace Ingenuity with a swarm of robotic bees?
Humans finally achieved controlled flight on another planet for the first time just a few years ago. Ingenuity, the helicopter NASA sent to Mars, performed that difficult task admirably. It is now taking a well-deserved rest ...
Space Exploration
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NASA's planetary radar tracks two large asteroid close approaches
The Deep Space Network's Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth.
Planetary Sciences
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Scholars review lunar crater chronology and impact flux
Scholars reviewed the existing anchor points and construction history of lunar crater chronology. Before the return of lunar samples, the stratification of the near side of the moon was based on remote sensing data from ground-based ...
Planetary Sciences
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Image: Orion spacecraft prepares for upcoming launch
Technicians lift NASA's Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell on June 28, 2024. The integrated spacecraft, which will be used for the Artemis II mission to orbit the moon, has been undergoing ...
Space Exploration
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Astronomers observe a strong shock front in galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ 2031-4037
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville have observed a merging galaxy cluster known as SPT-CLJ 2031-4037. They detected a rarely seen strong shock front in this galaxy ...
New models suggest Milky Way is not as packed with stars as previously thought
A small team of astronomers from Yunnan University, the University of Utah, New Mexico State University, and the University of St Andrews has created a new model of the Milky Way galaxy based on the results of their census ...
SpaceX retools problem booster for overnight launch from Space Coast
SpaceX is rolling a booster that was part of a scrubbed launch attempt last month back to the launch pad for an early morning mission on the Space Coast.
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2024
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German scientists investigate supernova remnant SNR G309.8+00.0 at high energies
Using Spektr-RG and Fermi space observatories, German astronomers have investigated the supernova remnant SNR G309.8+00.0 in X-rays and gamma rays. Results of the new study, presented June 25 on the preprint server arXiv, ...
NASA's Webb captures celestial fireworks around forming star
The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Taken with Webb's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), this fiery hourglass marks the scene of ...
Astronomy
Jul 2, 2024
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Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve
A team of astrophysicists led by Caltech has managed for the first time to simulate the journey of primordial gas dating from the early universe to the stage at which it becomes swept up in a disk of material fueling a single ...
Astronomy
Jul 2, 2024
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New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years
The remarkable aurora in early May this year demonstrated the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but occasionally the sun does something far more destructive. Known as "solar particle events," these blasts of ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 2, 2024
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Infrared glow high in Jupiter's atmosphere may be dark matter particles colliding
A pair of astrophysicists with Princeton University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory found possible evidence of dark matter particles colliding. In their study, published in Physical Review Letters, Carlos Blanco ...
Robotic rover could support astronauts on moonwalks
Robotic companions are a mainstay of sci-fi series everywhere. From R2D2 to Johnny 5, these characters typically have a supporting role in the story and are helpful to their human companions. But what if they were integral ...
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2024
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Energetics of compressive waves in the solar corona
Inelastic scattering off moving or oscillating density fluctuations leads to broadening of radio signals propagating in the solar corona and solar wind. Using an anisotropic density fluctuation model from the kinetic scattering ...
Astronomy
Jul 2, 2024
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NASA asteroid experts create hypothetical impact scenario for exercise
A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future. But because the damage from such an event could be great, NASA leads hypothetical asteroid impact "tabletop" exercises every two years with experts ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 2, 2024
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