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A Dramatic Einstein Ring Seen by Webb

One of the first verified predictions of general relativity is the gravitational...

Modeling Lunar ISRU Extraction Can Help Plan Future Pro...

In-situ resource utilization will likely play a major role in any future long-te...

Using HIFI to “Sniff” Enceladus’ Plumes

What kinds of scientific instruments can be used to sample the plumes of Encelad...

Exploring Mars with Next-Generation Helicopters

How can scientists and engineers build off the success of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars ...

Uranus’ Moons Could Have Cryovolcanism from Potential I...

What can cryovolcanism on the dwarf planet Ceres teach us about potential cryovo...

Many Protoplanetary Disks Aren't Much Bigger Than Earth...

When it comes to the planets produced in protoplanetary disks, size matters, but...

Are Nuclear Propulsion Systems the Future of Space Expl...

Efforts are underway to develop advanced propulsion systems that can reduce tran...

How To Power CubeSats Using Deep Learning

Deciding how to power a CubeSat is one of the greatest challenges when designing...

NASA's New Dust Repelling Shield Seems to Work Well

The hazards facing lunar astronauts are many. There's the radiation, the tempera...

Its Mission Over, Gaia Rides Off Into the Sunset

No matter where on Earth you stand, if you have a view of the night sky, and if ...

Revealing Proxima Centauri's Extreme Flares

In this age of exoplanet discovery, the flaring of red dwarf stars (M-dwarfs) ha...

Dark Matter Could Make Planets Spin Faster

Dark matter is a confounding concept that teeters on the leading edges of cosmol...

Detecting Exoplanets by their Magnetospheres

There are a number of ways that exoplanets have been discovered over recent year...

Webb Sees an Early Galaxy Blowing Away the Cosmic Fog

When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021, one of its pr...

Webb Sees Neptune's Auroras for the First Time

The outer planets remain somewhat of a mystery and Neptune is no exception. Voya...

CoRaLS Instrument Could Identify Buried Lunar Ice

Can the cosmic rays bombarding the lunar surface be used to identify subsurface ...

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