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Space.com

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is tantalizing to spot through a telescope, but what would it look like up close? Scientists don’t have a way to get a spacecraft to the stunning green comet during its swing through the inner solar system — but next decade, …

Space.com

The car-sized Perseverance rover just stashed the last of the 10 sample tubes that comprise the depot. Word of the successful drop came in on Sunday night (Jan. 29), about six weeks after the rover deployed the first of the samples.

Space.com

On Wednesday (Feb. 1) a comet that has not visited the Earth since the last Ice Age and the time of the Neanderthals will make its closest approach to our planet, or perigee.

Space.com

The James Webb Space Telescope, not even finished with its first full year of observations, has delivered some real stunners. But amid the breathtaking images and unprecedented findings, there was a puzzling claim: that the telescope had detected …

Space.com

On Wednesday (Feb. 1), the comet will reach its closest point to Earth, known as perigee. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn’t been this close in 50,000 years and according to some predictions, it may never be seen again.

Phys.Org

Conductive polymers, synthetic substances with large molecules that can conduct electricity, can have a broad range of valuable applications. For instance, they have been used to create sensors, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaics and various other …

CNET

“To hear the turns of phrase and how things were discussed … it feels like peeking through time.” Monisha Ravisetti headshot. Monisha Ravisetti.

Nextgov

That was the goal of a 2019 grant award from the Translational Research Institute for Space Health, or TRISH, to build a virtual human simulation framework for NASA to help improve medical care during space missions. The end result had to be as ultra- …

CNN

A camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, called the High Resolution Imaging Experiment, or HiRISE, captured an image of the unusual geological feature in December. A circular fracture pattern on the Martian surface shapes the …

Phys.Org

Astronomers have captured a spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) XMM-Newton, and a trio of radio telescopes is helping astronomers sort out …