Earth’s magnetic field 3.7 billion years ago was probably as strong as it is today, pushing back the earliest date for this planet’s protective bubble by 200 million years. Magnetic …
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is designed to fly five times in 30 days, ultimately covering more than 14 times the distance and totaling more than two hours of flight time. The …
The April 2024 full moon puts on a great show for photographers, sparkling in the spring night sky. The Full Pink Moon rises on April 23, 2024, reducing the chances …
San Francisco, April 10, 2024 The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) announced on Thursday, June 29, 2023, that a binary star system called T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) …
A cylinder of rock inside the Perseverance rover’s drill bit.Image source: NASA NASA recently announced that it is looking for new ways to return to Earth the cores drilled by …
The oldest clear evidence for Earth’s magnetic field suggests that it was formed within the first billion years of Earth’s existence. The new discovery brings us closer to answering the …
enlarge / On Tuesday, SpaceX launched its 300th booster. SpaceX webcast SpaceX launches have become extremely routine. On Tuesday night, SpaceX launched its 42nd rocket of the year, sending another …
Global random spatial age distribution (250 million years) of the 34-lunar scarp in this study. Credit: Credit: Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118636 The moon’s unwavering illumination of …
Astronomers believe they have discovered a rare giant flare erupting from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, that is bright enough to light up an entire galaxy. If true, …
Schematic showing an overview of biospheric reaction pathways and interactions with the atmosphere captured in our modeling framework. Green boxes show biotic (dashed outline) and abiotic (solid outline) processes, circles …