LAS VEGAS — Blue Origin will fly the first mission of its Blue Ring spacecraft next spring carrying a space situational awareness payload from Scout Space.
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NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth’s Magnetic Field : ScienceAlert
For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa.
This vast, developing phenomenon,…
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Senegal signs the Artemis Accords
LAS VEGAS — The African nation of Senegal is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords, a move that some believe could help the United States blunt growing Chinese influence in the region.
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Industry warns of severe consequences from ISS funding cuts
LAS VEGAS — Industry officials issued a stark warning that proposed NASA budget cuts to the International Space Station could jeopardize both the operation of the station and the transition to commercial space stations.
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Hubble Spies Swirling Spiral – NASA Science
The swirling spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 3285B, which resides 137 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra (the Water Snake). Hydra has the largest area of the 88 constellations that cover…
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NASA’s Hubble Spots Blinding Explosion in a Distant Spiral Galaxy
In this striking Hubble image, the spiral galaxy NGC 3285B gleams from 137 million light-years away in the vast Hydra constellation. But it’s not just the galaxy’s elegant swirl that’s capturing attention — a bright dot on its edge marks…
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New Hope for Life on Mars: Study Finds Elusive Conditions for Liquid Water Still Exist
Research into brines suggests that frost-covered regions are the most promising candidates for future Martian habitability and astrobiological exploration. Because of the harsh, cold, and extremely dry conditions on Mars, scientists have long…
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Cosmic Death Spiral: Astronomers Catch Planet in Final Orbit Before Destruction
A team of astronomers led by Macquarie University has monitored the orbital decay of an extreme exoplanet to gain new insights into how stars dissipate energy. The exoplanet TOI-2109b, found 870 light-years away in the Hercules constellation of…
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Hubble caught a star exploding — and it’s helping map the cosmos
The swirling spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 3285B, which resides 137 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra (The Water Snake). Hydra has the largest area of the 88 constellations that…
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Convective dynamics in mantle of tidally-locked exoplanets
Formulation of problem
A paramount characteristic of a tidally locked exoplanet is its permanent exposure to stellar flux from its star on the dayside, imposing a considerable temperature gradient along the planetary surface in addition to the…
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