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How fallen space junk could aid the fight against orbital debris

People are finding more and more pieces of downed space junk here on Earth. Over the years, some recovered wreckage from fallen rocket bodies and spacecraft has been hauled to research facilities for intensive scrutiny.

Intuitive Machines now targeting moon's south pole for delayed lunar landing mission

More broadly, the shift in Intuitive Machines' landing date adds more uncertainty as to when the first privately funded U.S. moon lander will touch down on the surface, as at least one other company's mission should also lift off early in 2023.

'Failed star' brown dwarf imaged in nearby star cluster (photos)

Astronomers have captured a direct image of a nearby brown dwarf, an astronomical body larger than a planet but not big enough to initiate the internal nuclear fusion that powers a star. For this reason ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals stellar 'clumps' from the most distant universe

Through the combined powers of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and nature's own magnifying tool, gravitational lenses, astronomers can observe the earliest stages of galaxy formation in a time when the universe was less than 1 billion years old.

Hidden molten rock layer found beneath Earth's tectonic plates

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CNN

Researchers have detected a previously unknown layer of partially molten rock beneath Earth's crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the movements of Earth's tectonic plates, which not only create mountains and earthquakes, but ...

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Smallest main-belt asteroid yet, for Webb

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Artist's concept of the newly discovered smallest main-belt asteroid yet, from the Webb space telescope. European astronomers said on Monday they've used the Webb to detect it. It's about 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200-meters) across, roughly the size of ...

White sclera is present in chimpanzees and other mammals, not just humans, study finds

The study, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, analyzed more than 1,000 photographs of 230 individual wild chimpanzees living at Ngogo, a habitat in Kibale National Park in Uganda. The researchers assessed sclera color in ...

Study shows tropical reefs grow faster in cooler waters

For thousands of years, cold waters in tropical upwelling zones have hindered the growth and survival of coral species which thrived in warm seas. New research from Florida Tech shows that corals living in cooler waters are now building reefs faster ...

NASA scientists 'weigh' a white dwarf for the first time using a space-time trick predicted by Einstein

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Livescience.com

The findings confirm astronomers' predictions about how massive white dwarfs can be, and may help explain the strange, ultra-dense matter that makes up these stellar leftovers. In the new study ...

Thousands Of Meteorites Hit Earth Each Year — Here's What They Bring

Discover Magazine

Discover Magazine

Volatiles like zinc and water may have come to our planet via meteorites from beyond the asteroid belt, but these aren't the only building blocks meteorites bring to Earth. · Newsletter · What is the Difference Between Asteroids, Meteors and Meteorites?