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Future Space Travelers May Follow Cosmic Lighthouses
An image of NICER on the exterior of the space station with one of the station’s solar panels in the background.
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Solar Orbiter makes first close approach to the Sun
Solar Orbiter reaches first perihelion
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ExoMars spots unique green glow at the Red Planet
ExoMars Trace Gas orbiter spots daylight green oxygen at Mars
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NASA's Cold Atom Lab Takes One Giant Leap for Quantum Science
This animated video shows six finely tuned lasers used inside NASA's Cold Atom Lab to slow down atoms, lowering their temperature. This is step one in a three-step cooling process.
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Tiny sand grains trigger massive glacial surges
Tiny sand grains trigger massive glacial surges
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Could the Answer to Groundwater Resources Come From High in the Sky?
A new technique developed by Berkeley Lab researchers pairs high-resolution images derived by satellite with advanced computer modeling to estimate aquifer volume change from observed ground deformation. The method could be particularly helpful to managing groundwater resources in drought-prone agricultural regions such as California’s Central Valley.
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Four Newborn Exoplanets Get Cooked by Their Sun
Artist's impression of the extrasolar planet system around the star V1298 Tau.
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