Simulation of cosmic rays counter-streaming against a background plasma and exciting a plasma instability. Shown is…
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NASA’s MAVEN observes the disappearing solar wind
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)…
A 14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about ‘hot Jupiters’
The CUTE instrument development from concept (instrument schematic, top) to telescope characterization (CUTE flight telescope in…
Using gravitational waves to observe thermal effects in binary neutron star mergers
Plots comparing the density (right) and temperature (left) of two different simulations of neutron star mergers…
NASA’s EMIT instrument maps global airborne mineral dust
This EMIT scene shows Lake Mead in Arizona-Nevada, United States. A) Tetracorder analysis for ferric and…
Webb stuns with new high-definition look at exploded star
Cassiopeia A (NIRCam Image). Credit: Webb Space Telescope Objects in space reveal different aspects of their…
Atmospheric Waves Experiment’s ‘first light’ images received
AWE Ground Systems & Mission Operations Manager Pedro Sevilla of the Solar Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), along…
Scientists find evidence of a nearby kilonova 3.5 million years ago
Artist’s impression of a neutron star merger. Credit: University of Warwick / Mark Garlick Most of…
The year’s best meteor shower is upon us—and this one will be a true spectacle
The most meteors are seen when the radiant culminates (reaches its highest point in the northern…
Ryugu samples illuminate terrestrial weathering effects on primitive meteorites
Optical images of the Ryugu sample (left) and the CI chondrite (Orgueil; right). Credit: Kana Amano…