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JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries
JUNO, the massive Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China, has officially started recording data, launching a ten-year program to investigate one of the most elusive particles in physics. Supported by an international collaboration that includes the CNRS, the detector aims to reveal how neutrinos influence both the subatomic world and the evolution of the Universe.
Neutrinos are What 3I/ATLAS tells us about other solar systems
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system - and how other distant solar systems might be different from our own.
Even before the comet was discovered in early July, it was hiding among the stars, too faint to be noticeable. In a new paper published in the Astrophysical Jo Practicing for Mars here on Earth
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From supercomputers to wind tunnels: NASA's road to Artemis II
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Themis stands on the launch pad, fully assembled
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Week in images: 15-19 September 2025
Week in images: 15-19 September 2025
Discover our week through the lens
Earth from Space: Komodo Island, Indonesia
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures a cloud-free view over the island of Komodo in southeastern Indonesia. 85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica
Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica’s icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially influencing global sea level rise.
Thanks to a decade of data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat satellite, researchers have identified 85 previously unknown lakes several kilometres under the frozen surface surrounding the South Pole. This increases the number of known active subglacial lakes below Antarctica by more than half to 231.
Orbit Over Obsolescence: How Satellite Constellations Are Replacing Cell Towers One Layer at a Time
For much of the history of modern telecommunications, networks have been built from the ground up - literally. Fiber buried deep underground, towers rising skyward, microwave links bridging canyons - our entire expectation of coverage has been centered around what we can build and maintain on land. But no matter how tall the tower or fast the fiber, the physical landscape enforces limitations. 
