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A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, study finds
An artist’s illustration depicts a primordial black hole (at left) flying past, and briefly “wobbling” the…
Supermoon and partial lunar eclipse rising over Kansas City soon: When to look up
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If you look up in the Kansas and Missouri skies on Tuesday,…
New tidally tilted pulsator discovered by astronomers
A ∼3.5 d portion of the TESS light curve of TIC 435850195. Credit: Jayaraman et al.,…
NASA’s Artemis II crew uses Iceland terrain for lunar training
NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch stands in the desolate landscape of Iceland…
New video shows how tiny spacecraft will ‘swarm’ Proxima Centauri
Screenshot of the animation showing the Swarming Proxima Centauri approaching Proxima b. Credit: i4is/Interstellar Initiatives Earlier…
Studying stars from the lunar surface with MoonLITE, courtesy of NASA’s commercial lunar payload services
Diagram conveying the setup for MoonLITE on the lunar surface, beginning with a lander being delivered…
Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago
Areas of continental crust proximal to the equator during the Ordovician. Areas older than Ordovician are…
New hypothesis suggests Mars’s unique shape may be due to long lost moon
Mars deformed by its putative moon Nerio. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2408.14725 An astronomer at the…
Polaris Dawn brings new areas of research, medical care
This week’s Polaris Dawn launch and civilian spacewalk provide new opportunities for space medicine research, says…