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Alien life may be missed by current space missions, but AI might help
26+ min ago (160+ words) The study emphasizes that continued false negatives might lead to astrobiologists targeting the wrong locations to search for life, when in actuality they could have been searching in the right place all along. This could include planetary surfaces, atmospheres, and…...
Launch of water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa is disputed by NASA scientists
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (388+ words) Mix Vale - Launch of water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa is disputed by NASA scientists Cientistas who investigate astrobiological conditions in the solar system have reviewed data collected by the Hubble space telescope and disputed the existence of water vapor…...
First year 'puts Grizedale Observatory on stargazing map"
7+ hour, 2+ min ago (345+ words) An observatory's first year of operation has "put it on the map with stargazers", bosses say. Grizedale Observatory, at Ambleside, Cumbria, opened last May with the aim of giving north-west England a facility to match those elsewhere in the UK....
A Year in Orbit for a Flag on the Moon. Beijing Enters a New Stage of the Space Race with the USA
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (426+ words) China has sent three taikonauts to its orbital station for a record-breaking year-long mission. This step is not just a scientific experiment, but another demonstration of technological prowess amidst American delays. While NASA postpones its Moon landing deadlines, Beijing is…...
Helium was discovered on the Sun 27 years before anyone found it on Earth " spotted as an unexplained yellow line in sunlight during an 1868 eclipse and named after Helios, the Greek sun god, long before the gas was identified in any mineral on this planet.
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"This Never Gets Old": Astronaut Shares Mesmerising Aurora Visuals From Space
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (192+ words) NASA astronaut Don Pettit recently shared a stunning view of auroras from space, giving social media users a glimpse of the colourful natural phenomenon as seen from orbit. Posting on his X handle, Pettit wrote, "Aurora watching into an orbital…...
NASA Satellite Spots Nearly 6, 000 Possible Worlds
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (309+ words) NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date, filling in gaps from previous observations. Nearly 6, 000 colored dots scattered across the image show the locations of either confirmed or candidate exoplanets,…...
Mars Experienced Catastrophic Flooding?
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (140+ words) Infomance At the centre of the findings is Shalbatana Vallis, a 1, 300-kilometre-long channel near the Martian equator. According to ESA, "Groundwater burst to the surface, carved a valley 10 km wide and 500 m deep, and then vanished." The feature is comparable…...
A super-Earth has been discovered in the red dwarf Ross 318
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (661+ words) Such planets are called super-Earths. This does not mean that they are necessarily Earth-like or habitable. The term refers only to size or mass: super-Earths are heavier than our planet, but usually smaller than Neptune. Ross 318 b is interesting because…...
Sunrise over Lake Michigan and the Adler Planetarium | What Caught My Eye
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (28+ words) CBS News Sunrise over Lake Michigan and the Adler Planetarium | What Caught My Eye...