How Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the eons…
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Rock sampled by NASA’s Perseverance embodies why rover came to Mars
This mosaic shows a rock called “Bunsen Peak” where NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover extracted its 21st…
Why do we need a leap second? A physicist explains what is messing with the Earth’s rotation
The rate of Earth’s rotation is constantly changing due to gravitational forces as well as climate…
Simulating ejecta on titanium spacecraft surfaces under re-entry extreme environment conditions
Credit: University of Sheffield The upper-stage helium tank of the Ariane 3 that was launched in…
Eclipses make the sun’s gravitational light bending visible
An image of GAL-CLUS-022058s — the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever…
Private companies are exploiting outer space, but the law is struggling to catch up
Credit: AI-generated image On 8 January 2024, NASA launched Peregrine Mission One, which carried capsules to…
Webb probes an extreme starburst galaxy
On the left is the starburst galaxy M82 as observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in…
First tidally locked super-Earth exoplanet confirmed
Observed dayside brightness temperature of LHS 3844b (red; 1σ range), vs. the planet’s theoretical dayside equilibrium…
NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster
The moon rises behind the Home Place clock tower in Prattville, Ala., Saturday, June 22, 2013.…
NASA collects ‘space debris’ that crashed into Florida man’s home
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA said Tuesday it was analyzing an object that crashed from the…