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Space.com

The first quarter moon’s encounter with the Pleiades also offers a chance to see the optical features of Lunar X and Lunar V. Comments (0). a large orange circle stretches the image height. Inside, dots are labeled to show. A simulation of the night …

The Washington Post

When the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, it became the fifth NASA rover to begin a traverse across the Martian landscape. It was targeting a corner of a lowland basin, called Isidis Planitia, which lies along a …

Space.com

We now know exactly how much material OSIRIS-REx captured from its target asteroid Bennu — and, it’s a lot. In addition to the 2.48 ounces (70.3 grams) of sample already collected from the outside of the canister, NASA has finally managed to fully open …

Space.com

Four astronauts in white launch spacesuits giving thumbs’ up signs. The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station give a thumb’s up sign inside their SpaceX …

Space.com

Progress 87 is scheduled to dock with the orbiting lab on Saturday (Feb. 17) at 1:12 a.m. ET.

Scientific American

A fragment of the Asteroid 2024 BX1 recovered in Germany is a rare class called Aubrite. Credit: SETI. Planetary Science.

WIRED

While we’re nowhere near the Atlantic hurricane season yet—that runs from June 1 through the autumn—keep in mind that cyclones feed on warm ocean water, which could well stay anomalously hot in the coming months. Regardless, these surface temperature …

WBAL Baltimore

An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said Wednesday.

Smithsonian

Using data from a retired NASA mission, researchers identified unique signs of water molecules on two space rocks, unlocking new insight into how water may have arrived on Earth. Catherine Duncan. Staff Contributor. February 16, 2024 1:09 p.m. …

Scientific American

Rod-shaped fragments of RNA called “obelisks” were discovered in gut and mouth bacteria for the first time. By Joanna Thompson. Oral bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of mixed oral bacteria (Streptococcus. Credit:.