The Sun’s Death Could Tear Apart the Outer Solar System Much Sooner Than Thought
“The Sun’s death is not an event the planets will quietly survive—it is the trigger for their orbital undoing.”
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Space & Spaceflight
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Solar Orbiter Traces the Origin of a Mysterious S-Shaped Kink on the Sun
The spacecraft helped solve a piece of the puzzle of how the Sun heats up its atmosphere.
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Astronomers Spot Possible Signs of Antimatter Disappearing Beyond Our Galaxy
A recent finding could help trace the origins of mysterious gamma rays in the distant cosmos.
Gizmodo — AI3 min readAre Wormholes a Scientific Dead End?
Wormholes have long been a staple of popular culture and science, but excitement over these theoretical "time machines" seems to have simmered recently.
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Mars’s Weirdest Cloud Forms in a Way Scientists Thought Was Impossible
The physical process likely behind this cloud's formation has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before.
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A Rare Image of Mars at Dawn Reveals the Beauty of Its Ancient Cliffs
NASA's Curiosity rover captured the soft morning light illuminating the Martian landscape.
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A Quantum Bubble Could End Reality as We Know It. Here’s Why It (Probably) Won’t
The strange rules of quantum mechanics could spell the end of our universe. But they might also spare it from one particular fate.
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Japan’s Asteroid Probe Lost Its Last Working Engine. Engineers Have a Clever Fix
Hayabusa2 is on an extended mission to collect another batch of samples from a tiny asteroid.
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Space Force Just Retired the Satellites That Watched for World War III
The last two remaining satellites were transported to an orbital graveyard as the program officially comes to an end.
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Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
Previous research pointed to copious amounts of dust atop the arctic Martian wasteland, but a clearer picture is coming into focus.
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The Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Shaking Cosmology to Its Foundations
Cosmology is entering a "golden era" of discovery and revelation—and at the center of the commotion lies the DESI Collaboration.
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This Satellite Could Be the First Step Toward a Power Grid in Space
Star Catcher's network of spacecraft is designed to harvest energy from the Sun and beam it to satellites.
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A Cold War Spy Satellite Named After Farrah Fawcett Just Blew Apart in Orbit
The USA 32 satellite launched in 1988 to intercept Soviet radio signals.
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Boeing’s Starliner Faces a Critical Test This Year as NASA Runs Out of Options
With SpaceX's Crew Dragon set to retire, the agency is forced to bet on Boeing's troubled spacecraft.
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Starship Has Finally Gone Orbital. Now Comes the Hard Part
Reaching orbit for the first time was a major milestone for Starship, but the road to commercial viability remains long.
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Asteroid Bennu Came From an Unexpected Corner of the Solar System
A new study pinpoints Bennu's birthplace to a specific zone between the inner and outer solar system.
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