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The ultimate fate of the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission could drastically change should it succeed in discovering that Ganymede’s ocean is both potentially habitable and accessible. When it launches in April 2023, JUICE ( …

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A large asteroid flying safely by Earth. Four large asteroids are flying within 2.2 million miles of Earth this week, but none pose an impact risk to our planet, NASA says …

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You don’t often see Earth’s dazzling auroras from this angle. NASA astronaut Josh Cassada just snapped a stunning shot of the light display from his perch on the International Space Station (ISS), which flies about 250 miles (400 kilometers) above …

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Powerful solar wind is blowing from the sun these days, setting the sky ablaze with auroras as far south as London, and forecasters predict that more such displays are on the way, as another solar eruption is set to arrive later Monday (Feb. 27).

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This view of the Martian surface, which shows several clear features, contrasts starkly with the shallow subsurface structure of Earth’s moon, also revealed by ground-penetrating radars. The moon’s uppermost 33 feet (10 meters) consists of fine layers that …

The Planetary Society

Knowing the physical properties of these small worlds is important for both scientific reasons and planetary defense, the effort to protect our planet from hazardous asteroid impacts. Asteroids are leftovers from the disk of dust and gas …

Livescience.com

These blobs — scientifically known as brain organoids, but often called “minibrains” in the news — serve as miniature, simplified models of full-size human brains. These organoids can potentially be useful in basic research, drug development and even …

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SpaceX will launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Tuesday (Feb. 28), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 51 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space …

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Astronomers are slowly shining light on the dark objects hovering in a narrow part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In a new study, researchers found that 10 well-known asteroids have …

Livescience.com

Relatives of cicadas known as sharpshooter insects can catapult pee droplets at superfast speeds, revealing the first known example of “superpropulsion” in nature, a new study finds. This newly discovered effect helps the bugs save energy during peeing …