From the endless dunes of the Sahara, a colossal eye looks up at the sky. Known as the Richat Structure, this 50-kilometre-wide geological wonder has once again fascinated scientists and storytellers alike, thanks to new images from the…
Category: 7. Science
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After Baikonur accident, could Russia choose to abandon the ISS? Here’s what it said in the past
The recent blow to the only launch pad Russia uses to launch humans into space has put a question mark on its cooperation with NASA to keep the International Space Station staffed and working. On November 27, the launch pad at the Baikonur…
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Could asteroid Bennu’s mysterious ‘space gum’ reveal how life began?
Samples retrieved by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission from the asteroid Bennu are revealing significant information about the early history of our solar system and the origin of life’s fundamental ingredients. The OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral…
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Chinese researchers achieve thorough simulation of Martian dust cycle-Xinhua
Photo released on Jan. 1, 2022 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows the surface landscape taken by the rover Zhurong. (CNSA/Handout via Xinhua) BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — A group of Chinese researchers has carried out a…
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The Moon again blots out the Pleiades
The Moon passes through Taurus tonight, occulting several bright stars in the Pleiades cluster along the way.
One day from Full, the Moon closes in on…
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🦾 AI scientist performs six months of work in one day
- Kosmos can read 1,500 scientific papers and run 42,000 lines of analysis code in a single run.
- Beta users estimate the tool performs six months of work in one day, and 79.4 percent of conclusions are accurate.
- The AI system has…
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Space is filling with junk and scientists have a fix
Each rocket launch sends valuable materials into the sky that cannot be recovered, while also releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases and chemicals that damage the ozone layer. A new paper published December 1 in the Cell Press journal Chem…
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Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS fragmentation: a new image – 2 Dec. 2025.
Here we share our new observation of comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS and its fragments.
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS: 02 Dec. 2025.
The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 27, 60-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with…
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SwRI opens NOUR lab to track chemical pathways from nebulae to planetary systems
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads…
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Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missions
by Robert Schreiber
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch…
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