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Rising rocket launches linked to ozone layer thinning
The rapid rise in global rocket launches could slow the recovery of the vital ozone layer, says Sandro Vattioni. The problem is being underestimated—yet it could be mitigated by forward-looking, coordinated action.
Space Exploration
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Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago
Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicists who investigate interactions between solar activity and Earth's ...
Planetary Sciences
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Scientists detect lithium in Mercury's exosphere using magnetic wave analysis
Using a cutting-edge magnetic wave detection technique, a new study in Nature Communications has identified lithium in Mercury's exosphere for the first time.
Vision problems emerge as astronauts spend months in orbit
When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in their vision. For example, many found that, as their mission progressed, they needed stronger reading ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2025
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Study suggests Orion Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades share a common origin
Orion Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades: The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one and the same star system. A team of astrophysicists at the Institute for ...
Astronomy
Jul 18, 2025
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Component reconnection drives filament splitting and double-decker formation in solar physics
A new study led by researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled a novel mechanism for filament splitting and the formation of double-decker filaments. Their findings were published ...
Astronomy
Jul 18, 2025
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Blue Origin lines up NASA's Mars-bound mission for next New Glenn launch
Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but uncertain readiness plans last year forced NASA to yank back its payload. Now things are lining up for ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2025
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Space exploration should be more democratic and equitable to all potential actors
We are amid what appears to be a second space race, except this time, the space race is not just led by two major superpowers, but by a wider group of nations who have interests in engaging in space exploration.
Galaxy cluster Abell 3558 has a peculiar mini-halo, observations suggest
An international team of astronomers has performed multi-band radio observations of diffuse radio emission in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 3558. As a result, the observational campaign detected that the cluster hosts a ...
Astronomers map tangled, supersonic filaments in distant interstellar gas cloud
A team of astronomers has uncovered an unexpectedly complex and dynamic filamentary network within a very-high-velocity cloud (VHVC) in the Milky Way.
Astronomy
Jul 17, 2025
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NASA to launch SNIFS, the sun's next trailblazing spectator
July will see the launch of the groundbreaking Solar EruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph mission, or SNIFS. Delivered to space via a Black Brant IX sounding rocket, SNIFS will explore the energy and dynamics of the chromosphere, ...
Astronomy
Jul 17, 2025
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What has Webb taught us about rocky exoplanets so far?
The hunt for potentially habitable rocky planets in our galaxy has been the holy grail of exoplanet studies for decades. While the discovery of more than 5,900 exoplanets in more than 4,400 planetary systems has been a remarkable ...
Astronomy
Jul 17, 2025
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A star is dissolving its baby planet
Stars and planets are naturally associated with one another. While some planets have gone rogue and are drifting through space, the vast majority are in solar systems, where they're gravitationally bound and orbit their stars ...
Astronomy
Jul 17, 2025
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Researchers find distinct variability patterns in jetted active galactic nuclei
A study led by Dr. Xiong Dingrong of the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with other researchers, has offered new insights into the variability mechanisms of jetted active galactic ...
Astronomy
Jul 17, 2025
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Vigil: Space weather reporter launches in deep space
Space weather probe Vigil will be the world's first space weather mission to be permanently positioned at Lagrange point 5, a unique vantage point that allows us to see solar activity days before it reaches Earth. ESA's Vigil ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2025
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Gemini north observes comet 3I/ATLAS, the third-known interstellar object
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has just been discovered. Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have captured 3I/ATLAS as it ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 16, 2025
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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton stole the show when ...
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2025
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Distant galaxy protocluster harbors a remarkably evolved core, observations find
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has performed deep and high spectral resolution imaging of a distant protocluster of galaxies, designated A2744-z7p9OD. Results of the new ...
Astronomers find giant hidden molecular cloud fueling star birth in Milky Way
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our Milky Way galaxy. The Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC) is about 60 parsecs—or 200 light years—long.
Astronomy
Jul 16, 2025
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Cosmic baby steps: For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system
For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and ...
Astronomy
Jul 16, 2025
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