A rocket engine exploded during a test launch at Britain’s new spaceport in northern Scotland, officials…
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Exoplanets may contain more water than previously thought
Magma ocean planets that contain water – like the earthlike exoplanet GJ 1214 b in this…
August’s supermoon is the first of four lunar spectacles
The supermoon appears behind the statue on Place de la République, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in…
SpaceX a week away from first private spacewalk
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew (L to R:) Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis and Scott…
Scientists show the sun’s magnetic activity influences the determination of its seismic age
Evolution of the sun during cycle 23. The image shows a collage of 11 photographs of…
Is it really that important?
by Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News Credit: CC0 Public Domain There are many remarkable things…
Ocean salinity affects Earth’s climate—how about on exoplanets?
Image of Earth from 2020, over the South Pacific Ocean from the EPIC camera on the…
Project Helianthus—a solar-sail-driven geomagnetic storm tracker
Illustration of the Light Sail 2 craft with its solar sails deployed. Credit: Josh Spradling/The Planetary…
NASA-designed greenhouse-gas-detection instrument launches
This artist’s concept depicts one of the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s Tanager satellites, the first of which…
Tracing origins on the red planet
Location of the crater candidates for the ejection sites of martian meteorites. Credit: Science Advances (2024).…