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Space.com

When NASA rolls its Artemis 1 moon mission out to the launch pad today (March 17), most eyes will be on the giant rocket gearing up for its first-ever flight. But the machine carrying it deserves some attention, too, for it’s a marvel in its own right.

CNN

The launch of the ExoMars rover, a collaboration between ESA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, has been suspended. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

CBS News

NASA’s new SLS moon rocket, the most powerful yet built, was cleared for rollout from its Kennedy Space Center processing facility Thursday, kicking off an 11-hour trip to the launch pad for a dress rehearsal countdown in early April to clear the way …

CNN

The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft can be seen inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 16. Sign up for …

Livescience.com

Giant “sinkholes” — one of which could devour an entire city block holding six-story buildings — are appearing along the Arctic seafloor, as submerged permafrost thaws and disturbs the area, scientists have discovered.

Popular Science

Those floods are often framed as a hint of what climate change will bring to America’s coasts. But they’re also a result of sea level rise that’s already occurred, and a signal of the country’s limited preparedness to deal with more water. The crisis is …

Popular Science

The star, called 2MASS J17554042+6551277, imaged with a red filter to optimize. A bright star, with galaxies behind it, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA/STScI.

CNET

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter was a huge question mark when it was on its way to the red planet. Would it fly at all? It answered that question with a resounding “yes” and then went on to defy expectations by achieving 21 successful flights.

AZoM

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered a new device that could contribute to more efficient and cheaper methods of extracting heat-trapping gases from the environment and transforming them into useful substances such as fuel …

Daily Beast

NASA officials announced on March 16 that JWST reached its goal of aligning its 21-foot, 4-inch hexagon-shaped mirror and Near-Infrared Camera, successfully focusing on a distant star. This alignment …