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Science • May 08

NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions

NASA has fired up a record-breaking lithium plasma thruster that could transform future missions to Mars. The powerful new engine may one day help...

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Science • May 08

East Africa Might Break Off From the Continent Sooner Than Scientists Thought—and a New Ocean May Fill the Gap

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water may flood it in a few million...

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Science • May 08

Scientists Think the Fifth Dimension May Exist—and It’s Hiding Behind the Universe We Know

On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Shawn Gorman and John Gilpatrick discuss how reality may have been missing an entire layer all...

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Science • May 08

NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist

The spacecraft is using the Red Planet's gravity to increase speed and tilt its trajectory on the journey to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche.

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Science • May 08

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Was Stuck in a Rock: Watch It Free Itself

Problems in space can be complex and dangerous. But NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spent the end of April embroiled in a much simpler problem: It got stuck in...

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Science • May 08

Academics led by Uni of Southampton on research ship looking at collapsing Antarctic sea ice

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of...

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Science • May 08

Antarctic sea ice defied global warming for decades – now, hidden ocean heat is breaking through

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of...

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Science • May 08

A ‘triple whammy’ of chaos has triggered a downward spiral in Antarctica, scientists discover

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the Arctic. But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice...

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Science • May 08

A ‘triple whammy’ of chaos has triggered a downward spiral in Antarctica, scientists discover

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the Arctic. But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice...

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Science • May 08

Antarctica sea ice collapse driven by triple whammy of climate chaos, scientists find

Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has revealed.

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Science • May 08

Galactic Islands of Tranquility: How “Little Red Dots” May Brew Life’s Building Blocks

What: An exploration of "little red dots," a new class of compact, high-redshift galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Science • May 08

The moon's largest impact crater scattered something priceless—and Artemis may be heading straight into it

A new study, published in Science Advances, has refined some important details about the moon's largest and oldest impact crater, which stretches more than...

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Science • May 08

NASA tests confirm next-generation Mars rotors can safely break the sound barrier

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has successfully tested new rotor blades that surpassed the sound barrier in simulated Martian conditions.

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Science • May 08

Catch the Northern Lights Tonight As a Stunning Solar Storm Could Illuminate the Night Sky!

NOAA's latest solar wind forecast signals the potential for another dazzling northern lights display, expected to light up the skies tonight through early...

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Science • May 08

Spiral galaxy's brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA's Webb telescope

A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

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Science • May 08

High Performance Spaceflight Computing

For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success.

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Science • May 08

This is your best chance to spot the Milky Way's core in May

Here's the best time to see the Milky Way's glowing core arching across the spring sky on the nights surrounding May's new moon phase, before summer...

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Science • May 08

NASA’s Psyche Mission to Fly by Mars for Gravity Assist

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2800 miles (4500 kilometers) from the planet's surface at some 12333.

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Science • May 08

“It Was Definitely An Unconventional Solution”: Mysterious Function Of Phallic Structures Deep In The Amazon Solved With The Help Of 40 Condoms

The scientists' creativity was rewarded with the tallest “cicada tower” on record.

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Science • May 08

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology

A little more than three years since NASA's Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...

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