Astronomers call this “eruptive mass loss,” and it’s a stellar drama we’re still trying to fully grasp.
Drone-mounted radar flown over glaciers on Earth show how the technology can map buried ice in detail, helping future Mars spacecraft choose exactly where to drill.
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In this donut-shaped bag is a massive parachute. Next stop? Mars.
New panoramic views from NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers reveal dramatically different Martian terrains shaped by ancient water and billions of years of geological change.
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Evidence suggests that Venus is still volcanically active, and new data about a big eruption in Hawaii a few years ago could help scientists find out for sure.
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The Ucayali River snakes across the rainforest in this image captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station.
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Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects truly are.
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The Sombrero galaxy’s name fits perfectly.
A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of galaxies bending spacetime.
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A new recipe of “quadratic gravity” could help to better define the picture of the Big Bang and the singularity that existed prior to the dawn of time.
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