The European Galileo navigation system has two more satellites in orbit following their launch in the…
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JWST uses interferometry mode to reveal two protoplanets around a young star
The PDS 70 system as seen by the JWST’s interferometry mode and after extensive data processing.…
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is in trouble—but it’s a vital step to sending humans to the red planet
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA recently asked the scientific community to help come up with innovative ideas for…
Study shows climate change and mercury pollution stressed plants for millions of years
Schematic scenario for flood basalt eruptions at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Magma intruded into shales, coal beds,…
Citizen scientists help discover record-breaking exoplanet in binary star system
An artist’s interpretation of TOI 4633 c, a Neptune-like exoplanet found orbiting the habitable zone of…
Novel calculations peg age of ‘baby’ asteroid
A pair of stereoscopic images of the asteroid Dinkinesh and Selam created with data collected by…
Novel high refractive index polymers show promise in sustainable optoelectronics
A new family of polymers based on poly(thiourea)s not only offers high transparency and high refractive…
Clouds blanket the night side of the hot exoplanet WASP-43b
An artist’s impression of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b closely orbiting its parent star. The planet’s tight…
Enceladus spills its guts through strike–slip motion
Possible relationship between strike–slip motion and jet activity at Enceladus. Lateral extension along transtensional “pull-apart zones”…
Atmospheric ‘teleconnections’ sustain warm blobs in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Geopotential height anomalies at 500 hPa associated with warm blobs. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47032-x…