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NASA to build permanent base on moon, test space-based nuclear power
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (598+ words) In the 1960s, the United States won the space race decisively by planting the American flag firmly on the moon. Over the next five years, 12 NASA astronauts walked on the moon before the Apollo program, one of the most expensive and…...
UWSP kicks off summer planetarium shows beginning May 27
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (198+ words) The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will continue its summer planetarium season Wednesday with a series of free public shows at the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. Shows are scheduled for 7 p. m. Mondays and Wednesdays through June and are open to the public. Each…...
Webb Telescope Finds Planet with Nightly Vanishing Clouds
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (543+ words) Every morning on the giant exoplanet WASP-94 A b, clouds made from rocky minerals gather across the sky. By evening, those clouds are gone. Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers discovered this dramatic daily weather cycle…...
Mercury may have accumulated all its water ice deposits in just 'one day"
4+ hour, 53+ min ago (661+ words) Mercury may have accumulated all its water ice deposits in just 'one day' starlust. org Mercury may have accumulated all its water ice deposits in just 'one day' With Mercury being the closest to the Sun, the temperatures on the…...
NASA TESS Reveals Epic All-Sky Map of Distant Worlds
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (188+ words) Another key discovery was TOI-1338 b, which was the first circumbinary exoplanet discovered by TESS, which are exoplanets that orbit two stars, with the stars in the TOI-1338 system being an F-type star at approximately 10 percent larger than our Sun…...
NASA Telescope Discovers Giant Planet With Earth-Like Climate
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (488+ words) Astronomers analysing the atmosphere of the planet TOI-199b detected methane and other gases, providing new insight into how planetary systems form and evolve. According to a new study, TOI-199b is similar in size to Saturn and belongs to a rare…...
Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition
19+ hour, 16+ min ago (604+ words) Rocket Lab Rocket Lab Adds Mars-Proven Robotics Capabilities with Completion of Motiv Space Systems Acquisition Acquisition brings Mars heritage for complex planetary missions, as well as precision mechanisms essential for next-generation space infrastructure including orbital data centers and constellations Long…...
Jupiter ring was a factory for diverse meteorites | Space
23+ hour, 43+ min ago (327+ words) Jupiter ring was a factory for diverse meteorites Labroots Jupiter ring was a factory for diverse meteorites Where did meteorites come from and what can explain their diversity? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes…...
Titan's shallow craters point to deep methane crust | Space
20+ hour, 48+ min ago (277+ words) Titan's shallow craters point to deep methane crust Labroots Titan's shallow craters point to deep methane crust What can craters on Saturn's largest moon Titan teach scientists about its methane reservoirs? This is what a recent study published in the…...
Rock Clouds on Alien Planet Form by Morning and Vaporize Before Sunset
17+ hour, 51+ min ago (414+ words) Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a dramatic weather cycle and massive "rock clouds" on a distant giant planet, revealing how mineral clouds form and disappear under extreme heat conditions. The planet, known as WASP-94 A…...