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Friday, 27 December 2024 11:39
Astronauts face unique visual challenges at lunar south pole
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Living in the deep, dark, slow lane: Insights from the first global appraisal of microbiomes in Earth's subsurface environments
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Woods Hole MA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Which microbes thrive below us in darkness - in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor - and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and sea?
The first global study to embrace this huge question, conducted at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, reveals astonishingly high microbial diversity in some subsurface env
Which microbes thrive below us in darkness - in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor - and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and sea?
The first global study to embrace this huge question, conducted at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, reveals astonishingly high microbial diversity in some subsurface env
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Building safer and more accessible nuclear clocks
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Scientists are making significant strides in creating nuclear clocks, a new frontier in ultra-precise timekeeping. Unlike optical atomic clocks that depend on electronic transitions, nuclear clocks harness the energy transitions within atomic nuclei. These transitions are less influenced by external forces, offering potentially unparalleled timekeeping accuracy.
Despite their promise, nucl
Scientists are making significant strides in creating nuclear clocks, a new frontier in ultra-precise timekeeping. Unlike optical atomic clocks that depend on electronic transitions, nuclear clocks harness the energy transitions within atomic nuclei. These transitions are less influenced by external forces, offering potentially unparalleled timekeeping accuracy.
Despite their promise, nucl
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Texas A and M researchers illuminate the mysteries of icy ocean worlds
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College Station TX (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
As NASA's Europa Clipper embarks on its historic journey to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, Dr. Matt Powell-Palm, a faculty member at Texas A and M University's J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unveiled groundbreaking research that could transform our understanding of icy ocean worlds across the solar system. The study published in Nature Communications, co-authored with
As NASA's Europa Clipper embarks on its historic journey to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, Dr. Matt Powell-Palm, a faculty member at Texas A and M University's J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unveiled groundbreaking research that could transform our understanding of icy ocean worlds across the solar system. The study published in Nature Communications, co-authored with
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Uncovering a centaur's tracks: UCF scientists examine unique asteroid-comet hybrid
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Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Although our Solar System is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron.
Chiron belongs to the class of objects that astronomers call "Centaurs." Centaurs are space objects that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. They are akin to the mythological creature they borrow their name
Although our Solar System is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron.
Chiron belongs to the class of objects that astronomers call "Centaurs." Centaurs are space objects that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. They are akin to the mythological creature they borrow their name
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
Study uncovers link between lunar water origins and Earth's early formation
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Paris, France (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
A recent study has revealed groundbreaking insights into the origins of lunar water, connecting it to Earth's early history and cosmic interactions. Researchers analyzed nine samples from the Apollo lunar mission using a high-precision triple oxygen isotope technique. This approach, devised by Dr. Morgan Nunn Martinez of the University of California, San Diego, identified distinct water phases -
A recent study has revealed groundbreaking insights into the origins of lunar water, connecting it to Earth's early history and cosmic interactions. Researchers analyzed nine samples from the Apollo lunar mission using a high-precision triple oxygen isotope technique. This approach, devised by Dr. Morgan Nunn Martinez of the University of California, San Diego, identified distinct water phases -
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost, Moon's surface
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Say cheese again, Moon. We're coming in for another close-up.
For the second time in less than a year, a NASA technology designed to collect data on the interaction between a Moon lander's rocket plume and the lunar surface is set to make the long journey to Earth's nearest celestial neighbor for the benefit of humanity.
Developed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virgini
Say cheese again, Moon. We're coming in for another close-up.
For the second time in less than a year, a NASA technology designed to collect data on the interaction between a Moon lander's rocket plume and the lunar surface is set to make the long journey to Earth's nearest celestial neighbor for the benefit of humanity.
Developed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virgini
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Friday, 27 December 2024 10:56
A 'remelting' of lunar surface adds a wrinkle to mystery of Moon's true age
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Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024
Much about the Moon remains shrouded in mystery, including its age. Analyses of samples brought back from the lunar surface indicate our celestial sidekick could be about 4.35 billion years old, which means it came to be at about 200 million years after the formation of our solar system.
But that immense lag doesn't sit well with some scientists. During the solar system's early days, debri
Much about the Moon remains shrouded in mystery, including its age. Analyses of samples brought back from the lunar surface indicate our celestial sidekick could be about 4.35 billion years old, which means it came to be at about 200 million years after the formation of our solar system.
But that immense lag doesn't sit well with some scientists. During the solar system's early days, debri
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Wednesday, 25 December 2024 15:30
Image: NASA's Terra satellite captures 2015 eclipse shadow
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Tuesday, 24 December 2024 13:51
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun
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Washington (AFP) Dec 24, 2024
NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures of more than 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius).
Launched in August 2018, the spaceship is on a seven-year mission to deepen scientific understanding of our star and help forecast space-weather events that can affect
NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures of more than 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius).
Launched in August 2018, the spaceship is on a seven-year mission to deepen scientific understanding of our star and help forecast space-weather events that can affect
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