Science

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...

Progress on Cruise Motors, Future Wing Sets Stage for All-Electric X-57 Ground Tests

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Engineers at Empirical Systems Aerospace, or ESAero, perform fit checks on the future wing to be used on...

Arctic Circle oil spill

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Arctic Circle oil spill

ESA moves ahead on low-cost reusable rocket engine

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Prometheus gas generator...

Now complete, DESI is poised to begin its search for answers about dark energy

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Now complete, DESI is poised to begin its search for answers about dark energy