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NASA Scientists Discover "Dark Comets" Come in Two Populations.
Universe Today - 3 Jan 2025 05:05
On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the first-ever detection of an interstellar object, named 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua (the Hawaiin word for ...
Scientists detect mysterious suppression in cosmic structure growth
Phys.org - 3 Jan 2025 15:10
A new study in published in Physical Review Letters analyzes the most complete set of galaxy clustering data to test the ΛCDM model, revealing discrepancies in the formation of cosmic structures in the universe, hinting...
Could There Be Bacteria Living on Mars Today?
Universe Today - 3 Jan 2025 01:23
Mars is often considered to be the planet most similar to the Earth. Earth however, is capable of supporting life, Mars on the other hand could not. There was once a time when it was warmer and wetter and could support l...
'Silo' Season 2: Steve Zahn sees his enigmatic character Solo as a 'curious, delightful kid' (exclusive)
SPACE.com - 3 Jan 2025 23:00
Accomplished actor Steve Zahn lifts the layers of his Solo character, how he got the job on Silo, and what it's like working with Rebecca Ferguson.
NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 22:39
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to provide an update on the status of the agency's Mars...
New Study Explains How Mars Dust Storms Can Engulf the Planet
Universe Today - 3 Jan 2025 22:31
Mars is well-known for its dust storms, which occur every Martian year during summer in the southern hemisphere. Every three Martian years (five and a half Earth years), these storms grow so large that they are visible f...
Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2025
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 22:00
This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it's ex...
Summary of the Third Annual AEOIP Workshop
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 21:59
Introduction The Applied Earth Observations Innovation Partnership (AEOIP) was established in 2018 to facilitate knowledge coproduction and optimization of NASA Earth observations that can be used by natural resource man...
AFCEA Space Coast Chapter & SpaceCom Announce Strategic Agreement
Space News - 3 Jan 2025 21:06
ORLANDO, FL - SpaceCom | Space Congress announced a long-term strategic agreement with AFCEA Space Coast Chapter to expedite procurement acquisition lead times. The first joint initiative will be an […] The post AFCEA ...
Carbon in our bodies likely left galaxy and came back on cosmic 'conveyer belt'
Phys.org - 3 Jan 2025 20:35
Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all elements except hydrogen and helium--including carbon, oxygen and iron--only exist because they were forged in ste...
Media Day with Artemis II Crews
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 20:21
From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day ev...
Idaho Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 20:08
Students from Hawthorne Elementary School in Boise, Idaho, will have the chance to hear NASA astronaut Don Pettit answer their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) related questions from aboard t...
A Dazzling Burst of Radio Waves Ignited Near a Dead Star
Discover - 3 Jan 2025 20:00
Learn how researchers have interpreted the story of one particular fast radio burst that emerged from a neutron star 200 million light-years away.
NASA's LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth's Magnetosphere
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 19:00
A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation. The Lunar Environment Heliospher...
Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)
SPACE.com - 3 Jan 2025 18:45
The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.
This Fast Radio Burst Definitely Came From a Neutron Star
Universe Today - 3 Jan 2025 18:28
Since the first fast radio burst (FRB) was discovered in 2007, astronomers have been puzzling over their source. These bright radio flashes come from seemingly random directions across the universe. Finally, astronomers ...
NASA, NOAA to Announce 2024 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 18:09
Climate researchers from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will release their annual assessments of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2024 during a media briefing a...
SpaceX launches 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025, sends Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit (video)
SPACE.com - 3 Jan 2025 18:00
SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 as it sent the Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Friday (Jan. 3).
How to watch SpaceX launch its 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight
SPACE.com - 3 Jan 2025 18:00
SpaceX is targeting Friday, Jan. 3 for its first Falcon 9 mission of 2025 as it launches the Thuraya 4 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Hubble captures a pale blue supernova in galaxy LEDA 22057
Phys.org - 3 Jan 2025 17:53
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Like the subject of a previous Picture of the Week...
Lagniappe for January 2025
NASA Breaking news - 3 Jan 2025 17:46
Explore Lagniappe for January 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks This time of year is one Gator enjoys. The ending of one year and beginning of another provides the opportunity to reflect, reset, and refocus. This is true at N...
Could habitable planets orbiting white dwarfs retain their oceans? Maybe
Phys.org - 3 Jan 2025 17:38
Potentially habitable exoplanets are so incredibly common that astronomers have started to consider more unusual situations where life might arise. Perhaps life can be found on the moon of a hot Jupiter or lingering in t...