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A new model raises the silver abundance in the Sun by 55%, resolving a long-standing mismatch with primitive meteorites.
More realistic modeling of sunlight reveals that silver atoms were masking part of the Sun’s true chemical inventory.
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Comparison of Mars before (left) and during (right) the June 2018 dust storm, which coincided with the solar energetic particle event examined by the Lancaster University team. Images taken by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI), a wide-angle camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), that maps daily weather conditions across the planet.
SpaceSolar storms may alter the weather on Mars, study findsJoseph Shavit
Mars may have hosted microbes adapted to extreme dryness, but NASA’s Viking experiments added water and heat that could have destroyed them.
Space50 years ago, did NASA’s Viking landers destroy the Martian life they were searching for?Joseph Shavit
Artist’s impression of the merger between the Gaia-Enceladus galaxy and our Milky Way, which took place during our galaxy’s early formation stages, 10 billion years ago.
SpaceCosmic collision: The Milky Way once flipped by more than 90 degreesJoshua Shavit
The Eulalia asteroid impact shower may explain a surge of collisions across Earth, the Moon and Mars 800 million years ago.
SpaceAncient asteroid breakup may have bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years agoJoseph Shavit
Fifty years after Viking 1 landed, NASA’s search for life on Mars is moving from red soil into the planet’s thin skies.
Space50 years later, Viking 1’s legacy is powering NASA’s next giant leap on MarsJoseph Shavit
A new study shows astronauts can take diagnostic X-rays in space, opening the door to better health care and safer missions.
SpaceFirst x-rays captured in space mark breakthrough for astronaut healthJoseph Shavit
Scientists propose that distant Little Red Dot galaxies could be hidden sources of high-energy neutrinos detected on Earth.
SpaceLittle red dot galaxies may solve a cosmic neutrino mysteryJoshua Shavit
The FCC space mirror approval allows Reflect Orbital to test artificial sunlight despite warnings about astronomy and safety.
SpaceFCC approves giant space mirror as astronomers warn of risks to the night skyJoseph Shavit
GW250114: Rotating Black Holes Collide. Black hole spectroscopy uses gravitational-wave ringing to test Einstein’s theory and search for new physics.
SpaceBlack Hole “ringing” could put Einstein’s theory to its toughest testJoshua Shavit
Schematically illustration of the resonant annihilation of dark matter into Standard Model particles through a dark photon mediator.
SpaceDark matter may be naturally tuned to a hidden fifth dimensionJoseph Shavit
Hemispheric differences in SW the Moon receives as influenced by Earth’s magnetosphere.
SpaceChang’e-6 samples reveal how Earth’s magnetosphere changed the solar wind reaching the MoonJoshua Shavit
LHS 1140b - A habitable super-Earth 39 light years away
SpaceFirst rocky planet with an atmosphere located in the habitable zone of a star 49 light-years awayJoseph Shavit
An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows dusty filaments surrounding the center of the galaxy.
SpaceJWST reveals how a supermassive black hole keeps feeding itselfJoseph Shavit
Space launch costs could fall 93% by 2040, making orbital research, manufacturing and tourism far more affordable.
SpaceSpace launch costs could fall 93% by 2040, opening orbit to new industriesJoshua Shavit
Microwave rocket propulsion tests reveal progress in beam tracking, plasma control and thrust, but major efficiency barriers remain.
SpaceCan rockets ride on a microwave beam? A radical launch idea is moving beyond the labJoseph Shavit
An artist impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion peeking out from behind. The diameters of the two stars are shown to scale
SpaceAstronomers discover four nearby white dwarfs hiding in plain sightJoshua Shavit