Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favourable conditions for the emergence of complex life than metal-poor stars, as scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for…
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Key radar antenna stuck on Europe’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft
A critical antenna is jammed on a Jupiter-bound spacecraft launched two weeks ago, the European Space Agency reported Friday. The 52-foot (16-meter) radar antenna on Juice unfolded only one-third of…
Zhurong rover finds evidence of water at low latitudes on modern Mars
(a) Topographic contour map of the environs where the trace is located. The coordinate system is east-north-up (ENU) local Cartesian coordinate and the origin is that of the rover coordinate…
CryoSat reveals ice loss from glaciers
While Greenland and Antarctica are losing masses of ice, so too are most of the glaciers around the world, but it’s tricky to measure how much ice they are shedding.…
Out of gas in orbit? This US space company is here to help
Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab, says in-orbit refueling will free up a key factor in rocket launches: weight. The US company Orbit Fab is aiming to produce the go-to…
Could quantum fluctuations in the early universe enhance the creation of massive galaxy clusters?
Pandora’s Cluster (NIRCam Image). Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh). Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Astrophysicists have been trying to understand the formation…
‘Alien’ comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit may have surprisingly simple explanation
A 2017 comet’s unusual acceleration explained by hydrogen outgassing from ice. In 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed ‘Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public. It was the first…
Pioneering research sheds new light on the origins and composition of planet Mars
The InSight mission’s seismometer, though coated by several years of Martian dust, was able to capture recordings of seismic events from the far side of the planet. NASA’s InSight Mars…
Researchers discover new planet outside solar system using AI
A University of Georgia research team has confirmed evidence of a previously unknown planet outside of our solar system, and they used machine learning tools to detect it. This exoplanet…
