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The Sun can kill. Until Earth developed its ozone layer hundreds of millions of years ago,…

Space Agencies | The Planetary Society

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Surprising spiral galaxy hosting a quasar jet

See the faint spiral structure around the galaxy at the center of this image? It’s from…

Earth in Far-Ultraviolet – NASA

A color enhancement of a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth taken by astronaut John W. Young, commander,…

LIGO Fails to Find Continuous Gravitational Waves From Pulsars

In February 2016, scientists working for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made history by announcing…

Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does

The structure of Mars’s core could solve some mysteries about the Red Planet Shutterstock/AlexLMX Mars may…

Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025

Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station’s…

Surprising spiral galaxy hosting quasar jet

This image from the Hubble Space Telescope indicates a spiral galaxy hosting quasar. Hubble captured hints…

ESA astronaut reserve training

Members of the ESA Astronaut Reserve participate in a two-month intensive training experience at the European…

Astronauts Deploy the First Wooden Satellite into Orbit

Wood has been a mainstay of human machines and construction for millennia. Its physical properties offer…