Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...
Roving the red planet: New paper documents first Mars mission soil samples
A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...
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Red Hulk vs The Hulk: No, the Biggest Difference Between These Icons Isn't Their Color
The Hulk and Red Hulk might seem pretty similar at first glance, with only a change of color between them. But these two have some major differences.
NASA makes 'unlike anything we've seen before' Mars discovery
Mars represents one of the most promising locations in our solar system to search for signs of past or present life ...
How Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Nearly Broke Cosmology—and Helped Fix It
Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.
Plane with at least 2 aboard crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze and unleashing a fireball
The crash happened less than 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, which primarily serves business ...
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Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ pay.
Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
The British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs ...
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Planet Labs Signs $230 Million Deal to Build Satellites for Asian Customer
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Satellite imagery firm Planet Labs said on Wednesday it signed a $230 million agreement to build satellites for an unnamed customer in the Asia-Pacific region ...
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Every planet will align in a rare parade this month – here’s how to see it
Those other lights in the night sky you can see most days. Jupiter, meanwhile, will glisten just above and the red planet to the east. The fab four visible with the naked eye could become the fab ...
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Approaching the red planet from the kitchen
Using syrup and baking soda, research at Niigata University has demonstrated the formation mechanism of rootless cones, small volcanic landforms commonly found on Earth and Mars. The study clarified, ...
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Unusual Martian mounds could help solve one of the red planet’s biggest mysteries
The formations, which span an area as large as Texas, can be seen in images taken by NASA and European Space Agency orbiters that whirl around the red planet. The unusual features resemble the ...