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NASA’s Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission

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Illustration of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at work.

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Mauritius oil spill

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Mauritius oil spill

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Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost Science

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Artist's rendering of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water Below

Data from NASA's recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active?

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Images of Occator Crater, seen in false-color, were pieced together to create this animated view.

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International Physicists Join Forces in Hunt for Sterile Neutrinos

The MINOS+ and Daya Bay neutrino experiments combine results to produce the most stringent test yet for the existence of sterile neutrinos

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These four Daya Bay detectors are submerged in a pool of ultrapure water that helps to shield against naturally occurring radiation.

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques Employed for New Gamma-ray Detector

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Postbaccalaureate researcher Isabella Brewer is a member of the team creating a next-generation gamma-ray detector called AstroPix.

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SpARCS1049: Black Hole Fails to Do Its Job

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View Wavelengths: Optical/IR

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Cluster’s 20 years of studying Earth’s magnetosphere

Despite a nominal lifetime of two years, ESA’s Cluster is now entering its third decade in space. This unique four-spacecraft mission has been revealing the secrets of Earth’s magnetic environment since 2000 and, with 20 years of observations under its belt, is still enabling new discoveries as it explores our planet’s relationship with the Sun.

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Cluster.

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NASA Sounding Rocket Finds Helium Structures in Sun's Atmosphere

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A composite image of the Sun showing the hydrogen (left) and helium (center and right) in the low corona. The helium at depletion near the equatorial regions is evident.

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Satellites provide crucial data on crops during COVID-19

Millions of people around the world face hunger every day, and unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to make the issue of food security even worse. Satellites are helping to alleviate the situation by providing crucial information to monitor crop growth and harvesting from space.

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Satellites provide data on crops