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NASA Thinks it Knows Why Ingenuity Crashed on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sent its final signals to Earth in the earlier part of the year.…
Another Clue About the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: Magnetic Turbulence
Space largely seems quite empty! Yet even in the dark voids of the cosmos, ultra-high-energy cosmic…
New Research may Explain how Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe Grew so Fast
Not long ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) peered into Cosmic Dawn, the cosmological period…
Early Earth’s Oceans of Magma Accelerated the Moon’s Departure
The Earth and Moon have been locked in a gravitational dance for billions of years. Each…
Geminid meteor shower to light up skies on December 13 – 14
Observers in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres will have the opportunity to witness this celestial…
Could the ESA’s PLATO Mission Find Earth 2.0?
Currently, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation.…
Zap! A Black Hole Scores a Direct Hit With its Jet
Most galaxies are thought to play host to black holes. At the center of Centaurus A,…
Does Life Really Need Planets? Maybe Not
Do we have a planetary bias when it comes to understanding where life can perpetuate? It’s…
Tidal Steams of Interstellar Objects May Flow Through the Milky Way Like Braided Rivers
We know that interstellar objects occasionally visit our solar system. So far, we have only discovered…