A new study has constrained the Enceladus’s global conductive heat flow by studying its seasonal temperature variations at its north pole (yellow). These results, when combined with existing ones of…
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Apple TV’s new sci-fi series ‘Pluribus’ arrives today, but what’s it all about?
Few TV series in recent memory have been as secretive and kept their narrative cards so close to the vest as “Pluribus,” Apple TV’s weird sci-fi drama from Emmy Award-winning…
Rare meteoroid impact triggers dust avalanches and new streaks on slopes on Mars
The image covers an area of approximately six square kilometers and was captured on 24 December 2023. Mars location: 7.1°S, 173.4°E. CaSSIS image MY37_027142_351. Credit: European Space Agency When a…
Northern lights may be visible in parts of the US due to solar storms
An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, lights up the night sky off Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph Lighthouse, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Joseph, Mich. Credit:…
China reached out to NASA to avoid a potential satellite collision in 1st-of-its-kind space cooperation
China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between satellites, a space sustainability official said, marking a first for space traffic management. “For years,…
Evidence mounts that dark energy weakens over time
DESI is a state-of-the-art instrument which maps distant objects to study dark energy. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab The universe’s expansion may actually have started to slow rather than accelerating at…
Astronomers reveal tasty insights into exoplanet formation using SPAM
The NIRC2 image of dust around a young star named HD34282 (left) produced using an algorithm to construct images from aperture masking interferometry data. The light from the star is removed and…
Astrophotographer captures fiery plasma dancing above the sun in stunning close-up video
Astrophotographer Mark Johnston has captured a mesmerizing view of the sun, this time showing a cloud of hydrogen plasma twisting and dancing above the solar surface, suspended by powerful magnetic…
Picture of universe getting clearer—but much remains unknown
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don’t know, according to Ulf Danielsson, professor of theoretical physics…
These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth’s ‘evil twin’
Venus just lost its last active spacecraft, but more might be coming in a few years. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week…
