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Space.com

A 2021 coronal mass ejection sent energetic particles to Mars, the Earth and the moon, emphasizing the need to prepare human space missions for the dangers of solar radiation. Comments (0). A coronal mass ejection seen on October 28, …

CNN

A fruit fly of the species Drosophila melanogaster, the same one involved in a recent study that used gene editing to induce fruit flies to reproduce via parthenogenesis — or virgin birth. The experiment marked a historic first by isolating the genes …

Scientific American

What if aliens in the universe send a message to Earth, and we can’t understand what they’re saying? Communicating with another species is likely to be tricky, given how difficult it already is for humans from one culture and language to be understood …

Space.com

“I first saw the Ring Nebula as a kid through just a small telescope,” Western University astrophysicist and core member of JWST Ring Nebula Imaging Project, Jan Cami, said in a statement. “I …

The Washington Post

Newton found that gravity is partly dependent on mass; objects with more mass experience a stronger gravitational pull. On Earth, that generally means the strength of gravity’s pull on an object may be stronger or weaker at different locations, depending …

Space.com

Scientists might’ve finally discovered why some space rocks exhibit magnetic fields that shouldn’t exist. Comments (0). An artist’s depiction of the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU). Rubble-pile asteroids form when …

Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Not far from Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, lies the remnants of an iron forge called Catoctin Furnace founded in the late 18th century, an important site for understanding …

Forbes

That’s true for most people, many of whom make simple and avoidable errors when searching for “shooting stars.” One massive error is not knowing what a “shooting star” will look like …

Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Aug. 3, 2023, carrying Intelsat’s Galaxy 37 satellite. Photo: Adam Bernstein. SpaceX launched an Intelsat communications satellite early Thursday, part of a fleet-wide …

USA TODAY

ATLAS is an early warning system developed by the University of Hawaii and funded by NASA. The system consists of four telescopes (two in Hawaii, one in Chile and one in South Africa) which automatically scan the sky several times each night looking for …