Science

Satellites provide crucial data on crops during COVID-19

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Satellites provide data on crops

Hubble Makes the First Observation of a Total Lunar Eclipse By a Space Telescope

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Hubble Observes the Total Lunar Eclipse (Artist’s Impression)

NASA’s MAVEN Observes Martian Night Sky Pulsing in Ultraviolet Light

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This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere...

A Closer Look at Water-Splitting’s Solar Fuel Potential

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Francesca Toma (right) and Johanna Eichhorn shown at the...

Uncovering Our Solar System’s Shape

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An updated model suggests the shape of the Sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated...

Astronomers Sink Their Teeth Into Special Supernova

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noirlab2019 – Artist’s interpretation of the calcium-rich supernova 2019ehk
Artist’s interpretation (...

Ammonia-Rich Hail Sheds New Light on Jupiter's Weather

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Cyclone observed in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere by JunoCam in July 2018. The central part covers an area of...

First radio detection of an extrasolar planetary system around a main-sequence star

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Illustration of the planetary system TVLM 513–46546; the newly discovered Saturn-like planet is seen in front of its host...