Science

Salt Water May Periodically Form on the Surface of Mars

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Three-dimensional view of the Martian surface temperature around an idealized boulder at latitude 30°S....

SWRI MODELS HINT AT LONGER TIMESCALE FOR MARS FORMATION

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A Southwest Research Institute team performed high-resolution,...

RIT scientists discover the nearest-known ‘baby giant planet’

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Artist's conception of a massive planet orbiting a cool, young star. In the case of the system discovered by...

Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia

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NASA’s LHASA landslide risk model and Global Landslide Catalog track the areas most at risk...

ESA's next Sun mission will be shadow-casting pair

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Proba-3

Liftoff for Solar Orbiter, ESA’s mission to face the Sun up close

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Solar Orbiter liftoff

Flevoland, the Netherlands

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Flevoland, the Netherlands

ESA, NASA’s Solar Orbiter Soon to Launch on Voyage to Sun

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Animation of a portion of Solar Orbiter's highly inclined orbit.