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Science • Jun 19

"Pink Planet" is surrounded by salty clouds, researchers using Webb telescope find

Researchers studying the universe's "Pink Planet" have discovered an unexpected feature in its atmosphere: clouds made of salt. A team of astronomers led by...

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Science • Jun 19

Moon Impact 3.5 Billion Years Ago Hints at Hidden Era of Solar System

Tiny crystal grains trapped inside a meteorite may be the key that unlocks a hidden era in the Solar System's history of violence.

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Science • Jun 19

A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?

I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."

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Science • Jun 18

Japan's 2011 quake waves bounced off Earth's core, moving land

Japan's 2011 quake sent waves to Earth's core and back, triggering a second tectonic slip, study finds.

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Science • Jun 18

Physicists discover the upper limit of electrical resistance in metals

Ultracold potassium atoms reveal that collision-driven resistivity can saturate, clarifying a long-running puzzle in transport physics.

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Science • Jun 18

Coldest Alien World We Have Ever Photographed Has Skies Full of Salt

For more than a decade, one of the strangest worlds in our cosmic neighborhood kept slipping out of reach. Astronomers had a picture of it, a faint rosy.

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Science • Jun 18

A lunar meteorite found in northwest Africa has been shown to record evidence of an asteroid impact on the Moon 3.5 billion years ago, matching independently dated impacts on Earth and on the asteroid 4 Vesta from the same period, at the moment life on Ea

The first few billion years of Earth's history are largely inaccessible to direct geological investigation. The surface that recorded the events of the...

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Science • Jun 18

NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth's atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve.

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Science • Jun 18

A space telescope is falling to Earth. NASA plans a mission to rescue it

NASA plans to mount a daring mission to stave off the destruction of the Swift Observatory, which has been falling back to Earth. Here's how.

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Science • Jun 18

Scientists Spent 13 Years Bouncing Radar Off Europa. Here’s What They Found

It's a good time to be a Europa fan—scientists keep announcing new insights into the distant, icy world. And this time, the results come from more than a...

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Science • Jun 18

Scientists trace high-energy ghost particle to the 'Shadow Blaster' galaxy

Astronomers have traced a high-energy "ghost particle" back to Shadow Blaster, a star-forming galaxy located 11 billion light-years away, meaning this...

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Science • Jun 18

NASA’s ERNEST Rover Just Completed a 16-Mile Desert Run to Unlock Steeper Routes on the Moon and Mars

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent a new four-wheel prototype, called ERNEST, into California's Colorado Desert near Plaster...

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Science • Jun 18

Denisovan DNA influences the immune systems of modern Oceanians — but researchers aren't sure why

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

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Science • Jun 18

James Webb Space Telescope finds a salty surprise on famous 'Pink Planet'

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the well-known "Pink Planet" harbors a salty surprise and an exotic atmospheric...

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Science • Jun 18

Rotating Spiral Brain Waves Act as a Space-and-Time Clock

Summary: Researchers identified a new class of traveling brain waves that rotate over space and time. The study reveals that these vortex-like waves are...

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Science • Jun 18

Tension Flared on Space Station as Russia Threatened to Drill and Saw Into Wall, Prompting NASA Astronauts to Take Shelter

For many years, both NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have struggled to contain persistent leaks plaguing the International Space Station.

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Science • Jun 18

Tension Flared on Space Station as Russia Threatened to Drill and Saw Into Wall, Prompting NASA Astronauts to Take Shelter

For many years, both NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have struggled to contain persistent leaks plaguing the International Space Station.

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Science • Jun 18

344 steps stood between the James Webb Space Telescope and total failure — any one could have ended it — and the telescope that survived them all now runs on less power than a household kettle, a million miles from Earth

When the James Webb Space Telescope launched on 25 December 2021, it carried a list of 344 single points of failure. Each one was a step or a part where a...

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Science • Jun 18

Mammal Tissue Regeneration Activated: FGF2 and BMP2 Override Scarring in Mice

Mammal tissue regeneration may be suppressed rather than lost: Texas A&M researchers triggered bone, joint, and connective tissue regrowth in mice using a...

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Science • Jun 18

NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers

A prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day be used on future lunar and...

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