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Mars helicopter Ingenuity recovering from communications blackout spawned by dust

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reestablished contact with the miniature Mars chopper Thursday (May 5) after it missed a scheduled call-in about two days before, the agency reported Friday (May 6).

James Webb Space Telescope enters 'homestretch' of commissioning with stunning image

As the $10 billion observatory enters the "homestretch" of its commissioning work, according to officials, Webb's latest image showed off the telescope's literally stellar performance using its coldest instrument, the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

A giant asteroid safely zoomed past us overnight

A building-sized asteroid whizzed by our planet overnight into Monday (May 9) and at a very safe distance, just like all the other giant space rocks we know of. The asteroid, known officially as 467460 (2006 JF42), came within 14 Earth-moon distances ...

Mars sports 'invisible' frost and dust avalanches, and scientists may finally know why

Frost on Mars develops overnight and is made of carbon dioxide. It's essentially dry ice, so when the sun rises, the frost vaporizes rather than melts. The visible-light camera on Mars Odyssey, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2001, captures ...

The first experiment at MSU's FRIB is Wednesday. Here's what scientists hope to learn.

Lansing State Journal

Lansing State Journal

EAST LANSING — Michigan State University believes its Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will unlock the door to new discoveries — and scientists could find the first key this week. Though the FRIB officially opened last Monday, smaller lead-up ...

'Super flower blood moon' lunar eclipse is coming Sunday night. Here's what you need to know.

USA TODAY

USA TODAY

it's also the flower moon, a name given to May's full moon because "flowers spring forth across North America in abundance this month." Get ready for a sky spectacle this weekend. A ...

Bats tell predators to 'buzz off' — literally

To avoid being snagged in the talons of a ravenous owl, the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) mimics the intense buzz of an angry hornet and thus scares off its potential predators. This is the first known example of a mammal (in this case, ...

The New York Times

These Bats Buzz Like Hornets to Scare Off Predators

The New York Times

To scare off potential predators, some animals display the traits of more deadly creatures. A scarlet kingsnake, for example, wears a red, black and yellow striped pattern similar to that of a venomous coral snake; innocuous butterfly species display ...

Discoveries shed new light on the day the dinosaurs died

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

This perfectly preserved leg clearly shows the skin, muscle and bones of the three-toed Thescelosaurus. Scientists think this dinosaur leg, discovered in 2021, dates back 66 ...

Phases of the moon

The moon's phases are one of the most familiar sights in the night sky. Every month, we see our lone satellite wax and wane through a series of shapes, taking it from an unmissable full moon down to a tiny sliver of a crescent, briefly disappearing ...