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Space.com

“Like detectives, we used all known information regarding this Kamo’oalewa and the lunar surface to derive a scenario for the origin of this object, starting from the impact that produced the Giordano Bruno crater.” Comments (0). two side by side …

Space.com

In the translated tweet, the Japanese space agency wrote: “Last night (the night of April 23rd), we were able to successfully communicate with #SLIM, which had started up again, and confirmed that SLIM had survived for the third time.

Space.com

To write that the Hubble Space Telescope is legendary would be an understatement. In the 34 years this telescope has been in orbit, it has produced breathtaking images of the cosmos. One that sticks …

Space.com

These rocks offer evidence that Earth had a strong magnetic field 3.7 billion years ago, but scientists aren’t sure where that field could’ve come from. A person with a neon yellow jacket stands in front of a huge wall of rock.

Space.com

Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, that was bright enough to illuminate an entire galaxy. If true, the discovery would represent the first time gamma rays from a …

The New York Times

The raptor’s footprints are part of a larger dinosaur trackway discovered in southeastern China in 2020. During the Late Cretaceous period, about 90 million years ago, the area was a muddy river plain home to all manner of dinosaurs, including long-necked …

Space.com

The Full Pink Moon rose on April 23, 2024, putting a damper on chances of catching any Lyrid meteors but providing a gorgeous target for cameras around the globe. The full moon enjoyed the sky mostly to itself, with a few visible planets rising just hours …

Phys.Org

Scientists sequenced the parasitic plant Pilostyles aethiopica that lives inside of other plants and is only visible when it flowers. DNA sequencing has reclassified the group in which this plant sits. Credit: Sidonie Bellot, RBG Kew.

Scientific American

Several marsupial species, including sugar gliders, independently evolved a way to make membranes that allow them to glide through the air. By Viviane Callier. Sugar glider, mid-air on black background. Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps), in mid-air.

WIRED

Several dozen scientists and engineers gathered Saturday in a conference room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or connected virtually, to wait for a new signal from Voyager 1. The ground team sent a command up to Voyager …