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NASA names Perseverance rover's Mars touchdown site 'Octavia E. Butler Landing'

Butler was the first African American woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards that honor great science fiction, and the first science fiction writer overall who received a MacArthur Fellowship. Her notable work includes the stories ...

In First Test Drive On Mars, Perseverance Rover Makes A Short But Significant Trip

NPR

NPR

The Perseverance rover took its first test drive on the surface of Mars this week, traversing some 21 feet of terrain in a short trip that scientists say represents a major milestone. NASA said the rover ventured out from its landing site on Thursday, exactly two ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts quarantined after returning to Earth. Here's why

CNN

CNN

(CNN) Just weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine. It's something all of us have experienced after a year of pandemic life, but it's highly unlikely that many other ...

Found: A Planet Close To Us With A Day That Lasts Forever And An Eternal Night Lit Up By Exploding Volcanoes

So the claim that a planet has been found around a star that has volcanoes that light-up its night sky is a big one. Until now, researchers have found no evidence of global tectonic activity on planets outside our Solar System.

Astronomers May Have Found The First Evidence For Tectonic Activity On An Exoplanet

On Earth, the heat generated from the radioactive decay of elements in Earth's mantle drives convection currents, pushing and dragging large plates of Earth's crust around. When the plates collide, mountains form, and parts of Earth's crust are recycled into ...

First-ever 'space hurricane' detected over the North Pole

Any planet with plasma and a magnetic field could be victim to these 'violent' space storms, researchers said. Artist's concept of a space hurricane, pouring plasma high over the North Pole. (Image credit: Qing-He Zhang, Shandong University). For the first time ...

Scientists Observe Widespread Bleaching of Coral Reefs in Solomon Islands

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel

Scientists have identified a widespread coral bleaching event on shallow, inshore reefs that were previously considered to be less reactive to climate stress, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said on Saturday. Impacted reefs were observed during a ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts quarantined after returning to Earth. Here's why

WFSB

WFSB

Armstrong wasn't expecting to have a birthday party on August 5. He, along with fellow astronauts Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin served a 21-day quarantine after their historic mission to the moon caused them to interact with lunar material.

Super-Earth Gliese 486b Discovered Nearby via TESS: Scientist Study Alien Atmospheres

Tech Times

Tech Times

Gliese 486b is the kind of planet that researchers have been dreaming of for years now. It is also referred to as the super-Earth because it is rocky and solid like our own but on a larger scale.

Spaceflight Now

Next Crew Dragon launch set for April 22

Spaceflight Now

The Crew Dragon "Endeavour" spacecraft — the same capsule that flew to the space station last year with astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken — is scheduled to blast off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.