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New sun missions to help NASA better understand Earth-sun environment

NASA has selected two science missions—the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm—to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the sun, the sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. These missions will.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekFeb 11th, 2022

How accessible is titanium on the moon?

Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of the most common resources on the moon is considered relatively valuable here on Earth—titanium......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Injured comb jellies can fuse into a single organism

Ctenophores merge with neighbors at wound sites, making animals with duplicate parts. Comb jellies, technically known as ctenophores, are one of the weirdest creatures on Earth. T.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Anti-glitches detected in gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1522-5735

By analyzing the data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Russian astronomers have detected anti-glitches in a gamma-ray pulsar designated PSR J1522-5735. The discovery, published September 28 on the pre-print server arXiv, makes PSR J1522-5.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Male locusts serve as parasols for females during egg laying in the hot sun

A team of entomologists at Center National de Lutte Antiacridienne's Mauritanian National Desert Locust Center has found that male locusts will mount a female when she is laying eggs during the heat of day......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Control the path and power of hurricanes like Milton? Forget it, scientists say

Hurricanes are humanity's reminder of the uncontrollable, chaotic power of Earth's weather......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

The other greenhouse gases warming the planet

While carbon dioxide, or CO2, is the best known greenhouse gas, several others, including methane and nitrous oxide, are also driving global warming and altering the Earth's climate......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

SpaceX launches Hera asteroid mission, but delays Europa Clipper because of Hurricane Milton

SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency on its way to a pair of asteroids, but SpaceX and NASA have called off plans to launch the Falcon Heavy later this week on NASA's Eu.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Research suggests Earth"s oldest continental crust is disintegrating

Earth's continental configurations have changed dramatically over its billions of years' history, transforming not only their positions across the planet, but also their topography as expansion and contraction of the crust made a mark on the landscap.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

SpaceX’s Hera launch offers sublime view of Earth

A SpaceX rocket that launched a planetary defense mission on Monday captured a breathtaking view of Earth shortly after reaching orbit......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Perseverance team revives SHERLOC instrument to help with Jezero crater discovery

In January 2024, the SHERLOC instrument aboard NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover encountered a significant issue. A fault in the instrument's motor caused the dust cover and autofocus mechanism to become inoperative, putting the rover's SHERLOC Ram.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Curiosity rover provides new insights into how Mars became uninhabitable

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life—with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface—to a surface that is.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton

The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of mile.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Goodnotes adds an AI that can read and explain even the worst handwriting

Goodnotes releases AI tools to read and understand handwritten notes......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

An ace photographer is about to leave the ISS. Here are his best shots

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has been sharing some awesome photos and videos taken during his first visit to the International Space Station......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

NASA scrubs Thursday’s launch of Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter moon

An approaching hurricane has forced NASA and SpaceX to call off Thursday's planned launch of the highly anticipated Europa Clipper mission......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

NASA"s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life

Discovering extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations that our species has ever made. But such a big discovery won't come easy. Our starting point is to first search other worlds for signs of hab.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 6th, 2024

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have led to the invention of "ant agriculture"

The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't all bad. The low-light environment caused by the meteor impact some 66 million years ago favored the spread of fungi that feed on organic matter, which was abundant at the time as plants and animals were.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 6th, 2024

Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago

Almost one-sixth of Earth's land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with dramatic terrain dotted with caves and towers of bedrock slowly scu.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time, but designing the reactors that would power them isn"t easy

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade—but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

NASA can now talk to its spacecraft using lasers

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications test has completed its first phase, showing that laser communications in space are possible and faster than radio......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024