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A gateway to the Gateway around the moon picture of the day for April 16, 2025
The HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) for NASA’s Gateway lunar orbit platform is removed from its transport container at Northrop Grumman’s Gilbert, Arizona, facility on April 3, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel) -
Glitch forces Japan’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa2 probe into protective ‘safe mode’ in deep space
The Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 has been forced into protective “safe mode” while journeying through deep space.
Hayabusa2 successfully delivered pieces of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth in December 2020, marking a triumph for…
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A ‘fireball’ lights up Mexico City skies, sparking awe and plenty of memes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bright object, initially appearing to be a meteorite, lit up the skies over Mexico’s capital around 3 a.m. Wednesday, stretching over plains, volcanoes and small towns.
Videos of a…
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Strongest sign yet of possible life beyond Earth — study – DW – 04/17/2025
A team of scientists said Wednesday they have found the strongest signs yet of possible life on a massive planet beyond our solar system.
“What we are finding at this point are hints of possible biological activity outside the solar system,”…
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Strange Objects Are Flying Through Our Solar System — And Now NASA Wants to Chase Them
Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar system, and now scientists are preparing to go after them. According to a report shared via Phys.org, objects like…
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Scientists Have Discovered an Unknown Lifeform Deep Within the Earth
A new category of lifeform has been discovered within Earth’s Critical Zone, the planet’s near-surface “skin” that stretches from tree canopies down to bedrock, offering fresh insights into what’s hidden…
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Bird brains may have evolved independently from mammal brains : Short Wave : NPR
Various cell types in chick brains are color-coded.
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Long-dormant black hole ‘woke up’ before our eyes — now, it’s doing something that astronomers can’t explain
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An illustration of an object triggering a flare of energy near a supermassive black hole. | Credit: ESA
In December 2019, an ordinary galaxy 300…
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Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system | James Webb space telescope
A giant planet 124 light years from Earth has yielded the strongest evidence yet that extraterrestrial life may be thriving beyond our solar system, astronomers claim.
Observations by the James Webb space telescope of a planet called K2-18 b…
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New photos from European Mars orbiter show dynamic, volcanic Red Planet terrain
The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic terrain of the Red Planet’s Acheron Fossae region.
One of the photos shows trough-like features called “grabens,” which run…
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