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“Io represented a big mystery because it’s surface doesn’t hold a record of its history the way that the surfaces of less active moons do.” Comments (0). A view of Io captured by the Galileo spacecraft. The solar system’s most volcanic body, the Jovian …

CNN

A huge heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto has intrigued astronomers since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured it in a 2015 image. Now, researchers think they have solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart came to be — and it could …

Space.com

“Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad community interest, and we are excited to take the next steps on this mission.” illustration of a silvery metallic rotorcraft flying over orangish dunes. An illustration of the Dragonfly rotorcraft …

CNN

An ichthyosaur expert, Lomax has named several species new to science in recent years. Intrigued by the fossil, Lomax contacted fossil collector Paul de la Salle, who had found a giant ichthyosaur jawbone that looked …

Space.com

SpaceX is set to launch its 40th mission of the year this evening (April 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company’s Starlink internet satellites is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today, during a …

Space.com

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also dubbed the ‘Devil Comet’ has thrilled skywatchers in recent months with its impressive night sky display and sudden flare-ups in brightness. But as it approaches perihelion — its closest distance to the sun — on April 21, …

Scientific American

Ten tubes filled with precious samples from Mars lurk in this panoramic vista, each cached on the planet’s surface by NASA’s Perseverance Rover for future retrieval. How and when these samples will return to Earth, however, remains unclear.

Smithsonian

Scientists sometimes measure navigational ability by asking someone to point toward an out-of-sight location—or, more challenging, to imagine they are someplace else and point in the direction of a third location—and it’s immediately obvious that some …

Forbes

The brightest burst of gamma rays ever recorded was caused by the collapse and explosion of a massive star—a supernova. That’s according to a paper published last week in Nature Astronomy that used data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Smithsonian

The colorful cloud of gas and dust has a violent origin—and this explains the unusual traits of two massive stars within it, astronomers say. Christian Thorsberg. Daily Correspondent. April 18, 2024 3:45 p.m. …