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Category: 2. Space
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Martian “Spiderwebs” Revealed: Curiosity Captures Stunning 360° Panorama
Curiosity stitched 291 Mastcam photos into a color-balanced 360° panorama of Gale Crater’s “boxwork” ridges—spiderweb-like stone lattices hardened by ancient groundwater. Viewers can dive into an interactive video of the scene, spotting…
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NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes Reveal Two Faces of a Star Cluster Duo
A riotous expanse of gas, dust, and stars stake out the dazzling territory of a duo of star clusters in this combined image from NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes.
Open clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456 reside in the Small…
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Hubble Spots More Than Hundred Galaxies in Abell 209
Abell 209 is a massive galaxy cluster located about 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cetus.
This Hubble image shows Abell 209, a galaxy cluster located about 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. The…
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Don’t Miss Sky Show: Mars Glows, Venus Blazes, and an Eagle Soars
July’s skies offer a feast: Mars glows at dusk while Mercury peeks out briefly, Venus blazes before dawn, and Jupiter joins it for a photogenic pairing. Saturn lingers past midnight, and the Moon stages close encounters with Mars and the…
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Stars That Shouldn’t Shine Are Pointing Straight to Dark Matter’s Identity
Deep in the center of our galaxy, scientists believe a strange type of star may be quietly glowing—not from fusion like our Sun, but from the invisible fuel of dark matter. These “dark dwarfs” could act like cosmic detectors, collecting…
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Trump says it would have been “inappropriate” for Isaacman to lead NASA
TOKYO — President Donald Trump says it would have been “inappropriate” for Jared Isaacman to lead NASA given his ties to Elon Musk and history of political donations, without offering any clues on who he might instead choose to lead…
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Aaisha Ali: From Marine Biology to the Artemis Control Room
As humanity prepares to return to the lunar surface, Aaisha Ali is behind the scenes ensuring mission readiness for astronauts set to orbit the Moon during Artemis II.
Ali is the Artemis ground control flight lead at NASA’s Johnson Space…
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Dark Dwarfs lurking at the center of our Galaxy might hint at the nature of dark matter
New JCAP study suggests ‘dark dwarfs’ may reveal the true nature of dark matter.
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