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Space.com

1. UFO ‘turning point’; 2. Declassified UFO reports; 3. Fermi paradox proposal; 4. Climate alert; 5. Alien signals? No; 6. Dyson sphere? 7. NASA UFO study; 8. Search for artifacts; 9. ‘Airborne clutter’; 10. Exoplanet’s potential for life.

Space.com

NASA’s Mars InSight lander died a slow death by dust last week. For months and months, the robot, built to study the tectonic activity on the Red Planet, has been running on less and less power as its 25-square-foott (4.2 square meters) solar power …

Space.com

Today, astronomers are monitoring over 2,200 potentially hazardous asteroids larger than 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) across, in Earth’s orbital neighborhood. Fortunately, it’s rare that any will pass close enough to pose a real threat.

CNN

Pictured is a close-up of a tiny mammal foot, about a centimeter long, among the ribs of a Microraptor fossil. Photograph by Hans Larsson. Hans Larsson/McGill University.

NPR

“I wanted to get some photos of a pretty glassfrog belly,” Delia tells NPR. He placed them in a Petri dish and saw each frog’s circulatory system through its translucent skin — “red with red blood cells.”.

Digital Trends

NASA has shared some incredible footage showing Earth rising behind the moon. It was captured on November 28 as Orion orbited our nearest neighbor during the Artemis I test mission, which saw the first flight of NASA’s next-generation Space Launch …

Miami Herald

Crazier still: When spring finally comes, thawing ice explodes in geysers, according to a report released Dec. 22. “When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into a truly otherworldly holiday …

Wisconsin Public Radio News

The two space agencies joined forces to develop the Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite that launched on Dec. 16. Tamlin Pavelsky, hydrology science lead for the SWOT, watched the launch …

Forbes

Tonight after dark in the southwest a waxing crescent Moon will appear to get to within just 4° of the ringed planet Saturn. Also look southeast for Mars, the red planet, close to …

WHSV

After the sun sets, Venus and Mercury will shine low in the southwestern sky. The Moon and all the other major planets will span across the southern sky. The line in order will be Saturn, the Moon, Jupiter, and Mars. To view all the planets, you’ll want to …