A Japanese auroral drawing showing an observation at Okazaki on 4 February 1872, as reproduced with…
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An anisotropic density turbulence model from the sun to 1 au derived from radio observations
Figure 1: Solar radio burst 1/e decay (left) times vs. frequency, FWHM source size (center), source…
Discovery of planet too big for its sun throws off solar system formation models
An artistic rendering of the mass comparison of LHS 3154 system and our own Earth and…
How will EarthCARE mission shed light on clouds?
EarthCARE is the largest and most complex Earth Explorer, developed within ESA’s Earth Observation FutureEO program.…
New theory explains how magnetic switchbacks form in the solar wind
An artist’s depiction of the Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA A new study develops a theory…
A detailed design for a space station at sun–Earth L2
Model of the interior of one of I-HAB’s modules. Credit: Daniel Akinwumi New ideas in space…
NASA’s 6-pack of mini-satellites ready for their moment in the sun
The six satellites that make up NASA’s SunRISE mission are each only about the size of…
Contact binary asteroids are common, but we’ve never seen one form. Now, researchers want to make one
Images of three contact asteroids—Arrokoth (right), 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (middle), and Itokawa (left) Credit: NASA, ESA, and JAXA…
Dutch astronomers prove last piece of gas feedback-feeding loop of black hole
Artist’s impression of filaments of gas flowing toward the accretion disk of 3C 84. Credit: Luca…
Zhurong rover detects mysterious polygons beneath the surface of Mars
An image from China’s Zhurong rover shows spacecraft hardware in the foreground and Martian terrain in…