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NASA captures photo of ‘bear’s face’ on the surface of Mars
A strange formation that resembles a bear's face was captured on the surface of the Red Planet by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter last month. Two perfectly placed craters make up the eyes, a hill with a "V-shaped collapse structure"…
Incredible Footage Shows Planets Circling a Star Light-Years Away : ScienceAlert
A new video shared on YouTube is one of the most amazing things we've ever seen in planetary science.The video shows four dots of light moving in partial concentric circles around a black disk at their center. What you're actually…
NASA’s Record-Breaking Lucy Spacecraft Has a New Asteroid Target
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft at an asteroid. Credit: NASA<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space…
Out-of-this-world discovery in Antarctica
Scientists say they’ve found a space rock for the ages in Antarctica — an extremely rare meteorite that contains some of the oldest material in the solar system.
“When we saw this one just sitting by itself in…
Hubble captures stunning stellar duo in Orion Nebula 1,450 light-years away
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and a companion star.The NASA and European Space Agency telescope snapped the stars, which lie in the Orion Nebula, a region of stellar…
Ancient Asteroid Provides Insight Into the Evolution of Our Solar System
Asteroid Ryugu – Image taken at 20km on 26 June 2018, diameter 870 m. Credit: Hayabusa2/JAXAA large international collaboration utilized the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt"…
NASA successfully tests new engine for deep space exploration
NASA announced that its engineers have developed and tested the agency's first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE).The agency said that the design could significantly change how future propulsion systems are built. The…
NASA Announces Successful Test of New Propulsion Technology
The rocket engine test occurred at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Image: NASAAs NASA gears up for a return to the Moon with the Artemis missions, the administration has announced that its researchers have…
Asteroid 2023 BU about to pass Earth in one of closest ever encounters |
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will pass Earth in one of the closest such encounters ever recorded – coming within a tenth of the distance of most communication satellites’ orbit.Nasa said the newly discovered asteroid would…
Bacteria Can Use Plastic Waste as a Food Source, Which Isn’t as Good as It
Plastic pollution is out of control. Each year, more than 8 million tonnes of synthetic polymers enter the ocean, and while some sinks to the floor, returns to the shore, or collects in the middle of nowhere, a significant portion isn't…