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Artist’s Impression of CarbSAR Satellite Orbiting the Earth Credit: Oxford Space Systems Britain’s newest satellite, **CarbSAR**, is set to launch on Sunday, equipped with cutting-edge knitwear…
Digital Rendering of Vast’s Haven-1 Space Station Credit: Vast The space station industry is experiencing significant growth. For years, the only option for sending astronauts and…
Artist Rendering of Reflect Orbital Satellite Image Credit: Reflect Orbital The bold initiative by Reflect Orbital aims to commence in 2026, deploying satellites to reflect sunlight…
Asteroids are an intrinsic aspect of our solar system. Millions of rocky bodies orbit the sun, including those categorized as near-Earth asteroids, which occasionally come close…
SNR 0519, the remnants of a supernova that erupted around 600 years ago Claude Coenen/ESA/Hubble & NASA Our planet may owe some of its characteristics to…
For many years, researchers have been intrigued by two massive structures hidden deep beneath the Earth’s surface. These anomalies might possess geochemical characteristics that differ from…
Ryan Wills. Barry Hetherington. ESA; NASA; Adobe Stock For over five decades, Richard Binzel has been studying the skies for potentially hazardous asteroids. In 1995, he…
Gliese 251 is an early red dwarf star, ranking as the 74th closest star system to our Sun. An artistic interpretation of the Gliese 251 system.…
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Researchers from MIT and other institutions have discovered chemical fossils possibly left by ancient sponges on rocks dating back over 541 million years. These fossils consist…
A supernova may have directed cosmic rays towards Earth Muratart/Shutterstock Approximately 10 million years ago, a volatile star might have unleashed cosmic rays toward Earth, and…
Mars is a quite an intimidating environment for life forms accustomed to Earth. The average surface temperature hovers around -63°C (-81°F), and temperatures only manage to…
Satellite images of the moon’s Antarctic region and Schrödinger Basin NASA/Science Photo Library The moon might endure far longer than previously thought, raising the concern of…
Artist’s Impression of the Planet TRAPPIST-1e NASA/JPL-Caltech Exciting indications suggest that one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, located around 40 light-years away, may…
Solar Storms Threaten Electronic Systems on Earth Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA. Following the successful testing of techniques using solar group spacecraft, it may soon be possible…
On July 20th and July 23rd, 2025, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captured images of Earth and the Moon from a distance of approximately 290 million km (180…
Solar flares pose risks to GPS systems and communication satellitesNASA/SDO/AIA AI models developed with NASA satellite imagery are now capable of forecasting the sun’s appearance hours…
The name Hadian Ion is derived from Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, and is used by geologists to describe Earth’s first 600 million years.…
Apple has entered into a $500 million agreement with a US company specializing in rare earth magnets, crucial for the production of electronic devices, following China’s…
Today’s rotation is inexplicably accelerating, making it one of the shortest days of the year. While summer days are certainly longer, July 9th, 2025, will be…
Recent studies indicate that Earth and the rest of the Milky Way could be drifting through the universe’s voids for billions of years. By analyzing the…
As a star exhausts its fuel, it succumbs to gravitational forces and collapses. When a star over eight times the mass of our sun collapses, it…
Deep, resonating pulses and heartbeats are being revealed beneath East Africa, ripping the continent apart. This unusual phenomenon is attributed to a rhythmic surge in melting…
New findings from MIT indicate that early eukaryotes (complex life forms that eventually evolved into the diverse multicellular organisms we see today) may have thrived in…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may create the largest lunar impact in the past 5,000 years Mark Garlic/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Originally believed to be on a collision…
Though it might not be as well-known as the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s Landsat 7 has significantly enhanced our understanding…
Astronomers affectionately name planets discovered around other stars after those in our solar system. For instance, the sun is referred to when a giant gas giant…
A Sunset Over London in May 2025 Guy Corbishley/Alamy The aim of restricting global warming to below 1.5°C faces challenges as recent climate data suggests global…
A tale is shared about miners who discovered copper cans in early mining-era dumps. According to them, wastewater from copper mining flowed across his land, transforming…
After 53 years traversing the cosmos, a quirky Soviet spacecraft known as Cosmos-482 has made its way back to Earth, penetrating the atmosphere at 9:24 am…
The Soviet spacecraft, which was launched on a failed mission to Venus in 1972, is thought to have crashed to Earth early Saturday morning. The European…
Discarded Soviet-era spacecrafts do not pose a significant risk to Earth, according to experts. The Kosmos-482, initially designed for a mission to land on Venus, has…
Model of Kosmos 482, originally set for Venus Wikimedia Commons Over 50 years after its launch, the Soviet spacecraft Cosmos 482 is set to return to…
The robotic Soviet spacecraft has been floating in space for 53 years. It will return to Earth later this week. Launched in March 1972, the Kosmos-482…
A Soviet-era spaceship aims to land on Venus, with plans for it to return to Earth in the near future. Currently, it is uncertain where the…
Stars and planets arise from swirling clouds of cosmic gas and dust, primarily composed of hydrogen and other molecular elements. On Monday, astronomers announced the discovery…
One of the most immense singular formations observed in the cosmos, these expansive hydrogen gas clouds, have been found surprisingly close to Earth. Naming it EOS,…
Increases anti-aging bacteria In the fight against the worst effects of aging, your greatest ally is your microbiota and all the friendly bacteria in your belly.…
Astronomers using Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) A telescope in southern Gemini determined that the recently discovered nearby asteroid 2024 YR4 is one of the largest objects…