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Space.com

Set to blast off on Thursday (April 13), the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, with the spacecraft estimated to arrive at the gas giant in July 2031. The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft will make …

EarthSky

So scientists are always on the lookout for magnetic fields when they study distant exoplanets, or worlds orbiting other stars. Earlier this month (April 3, 2023), researchers found the first tentative evidence for a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet with a …

Space.com

A scientist says it may be possible to create low-cost foldable telescope mirrors that are more than twice the size of those onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), whose giant iconic golden honeycomb mirror is the largest ever sent to space.

The Washington Post

For decades, scientists have debated the nature and origin of what some experts consider the most anomalous and enigmatic layer of Earth’s deep interior: the boundary between its scorching hot liquid outer core and the solid mantle that surrounds it.

Phys.Org

On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors aimed at the Crab Nebula, a bright cosmic object 6,500 light-years away. In those days, before recovering physical tapes from the experiment, …

The Washington Post

Scientists have documented an abnormal and dramatic surge in sea levels along the U.S. gulf and southeastern coastlines since about 2010, raising new questions about whether New Orleans, Miami, Houston and other coastal communities might be even more …

Phys.Org

In August 2019, Chloe Fishman crawled into a cave beneath the largest active volcano on the planet. Along with scientists from NASA and other institutions, she had come to Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano to study the microscopic life-forms that could …

Phys.Org

Researchers found evidence that Earth was not completely frozen solid during the Marinoan ice age 635 million years ago. Shallow, mid-latitude seas remained ice free, perhaps helping life persist. Credit: Michael Miller.

Popular Science

This new nonprofit organization will go beyond advocating for protecting off-world heritage sites and contemplate the ethics around some activities in space that are not fully covered in existing international law. Buzz Aldrin Apollo …

Smithsonian

The high-tech observatory also observed two storm clouds on the planet, a polar cap, six moons and distant galaxies. Will Sullivan. April 10, 2023 12:48 p.m.. A zoomed-in view of Uranus and its rings. A zoomed-in image of Uranus captured by the James …