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In 1958, shortly after launching the first United States satellite, scientists made a striking discovery about planet Earth. Encircling the rocky orb we call home, tons of energetic protons and electrons appeared to ceaselessly zip around, …

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As the moon makes its monthly circuit around the sky it often passes in front of stars, blotting them out for as much as an hour or so. Such an event is called an occultation (derived from the Latin word occultāre, which means “to conceal.

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“The energy content of a single ‘picoflare’ jet that lives for about 1 minute is equal to the average power consumed by about 10,000 households in the UK over an entire year.” Comments (1). A close up of the sun in 2012 shows an extreme coronal hole.

CNN

The Solar Orbiter mission has discovered jets of material rapidly releasing from the sun’s outer atmosphere. Astronomers believe these jets could be the source of the solar wind, a stream of charged particles that continuously flows from …

Space.com

A team of scientists have put together an image of the layers beneath the surface of the far side of the moon using data from China’s Yutu 2 rover. The Chang’e 4 lander and rover touched down on the moon’s far side on Jan. 2, 2019, making the pair the …

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The first-ever ground-based image of a dark spot on Neptune has revealed vital clues as to the origin of such anticyclonic vortices. Comments (0). In 2018, a dark spot appeared in Neptune’s atmosphere, giving astronomers a terrific opportunity to …

Phys.Org

From an evolutionary standpoint, the drive to reproduce is fundamentally guided by an instinct to pass genes along to the next generation. But in practice, reproduction is often much more nuanced and varied. In species after species, parents prioritize …

CNBC

The ClearSpace-1 mission aims to demonstrate the process of “active debris removal” by grabbing the discarded rocket part with a spacecraft outfitted with robotic arms. The spacecraft is developed and operated by Swiss startup ClearSpace, which is backed …

The Washington Post

Sky watchers wanting to see a once in a blue moon event should look up on Aug. 31. The super blue moon spectacle that night will be the third-largest moon that has appeared to date this year — nearing the end of the four-part supermoon series.

Phys.Org

Dubbed Crew-7, the mission will be commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli and includes Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Konstantin Borisov of Russia. Lift-off is targeted for 3: …