Science

Could the Answer to Groundwater Resources Come From High in the Sky?

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A new technique developed by Berkeley Lab researchers pairs high-resolution images derived by satellite...

Global air pollution maps now available

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Global air pollution maps now available

Four Newborn Exoplanets Get Cooked by Their Sun

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Artist's impression of the extrasolar planet system around the star V1298 Tau.

Testing for Ireland’s first satellite

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Testing for Ireland’s first satellite

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Discovers Sunlight Can Crack Rocks on Asteroid Bennu

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Examples of disaggregation (top) and linear fractures (bottom) in boulders on asteroid Bennu from images taken by NASA’s OSIRIS...

Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant planets, research shows

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A visualization of three computer simulations of terrestrial exoplanets, showing winds (...

Saturn's Moon Titan Drifting Away Faster Than Previously Thought

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Larger than the planet Mercury, huge moon Titan is seen here as it orbits Saturn. Below Titan are the...

Three New Views of Mars' Moon Phobos

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Six views of the Martian moon Phobos captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter as of March 2020. The orbiter's THEMIS...