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Perseverance Mars rover finds 'one-of-a-kind treasure' on Red Planet's Silver Mountain

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. a small grey rock at ...

Humpback Whales Sing the Way Humans Speak

The scientists are careful to note that whale song is not equivalent to human language. But the findings, they argue, suggest that forms of vocal communication that are complex and culturally transmitted may have shared structural properties.

NASA satellites catch Earth's magnetic field making music

When converted to audio signals, though, these strange bursts sound like a rising chorus of chirping vocals similar to morning birdsong, which is why physicists call these short, intense bursts of radiation "chorus waves." ...

Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover to the moon's south polar region on its debut ...

Fossils Preserve Both Skin and Scales From an Ancient Sea Monster

Their skeletal anatomy is well documented, but their external appearance has largely remained a mystery. Now researchers have conducted the first detailed analysis of plesiosaur soft tissue, offering a more complete look at what these real ...

Europe signs contract for its 1st moon lander, Argonaut

Argonaut is designed to deliver supplies, infrastructure and payloads to the moon. It could survive for five years on the lunar surface. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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Why Auroras Are Suddenly Everywhere All at Once

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For millennia, auroras have both enchanted and haunted human beings. Ancient lore is filled with myths attempting to explain what caused the celestial phenomenon. More recent historic documentation of auroras may even help us predict damaging solar storms ...

James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets

(Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, Tazaki et al.) The image above may look similar to a combat scene in an Avengers movie, but ...

NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon

This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of 2024, less than two months after it launched atop a ...

Pushing the frontiers of frozen water: Computer simulations examine effects of shear on medium-density amorphous ice

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Though we often take water for granted, it is by no means a simple substance. As a consequence of its chemical properties, H₂O is one of the most incredible substances, able to form into 20 known separate crystalline ice phases.