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Frank Herbert’s Dune is epic sci-fi storytelling with an environmental message at its heart. The novels and movies are set on the desert planet of Arrakis, which various characters dream of transforming into a greener world – much like some envision for Mars...
The MAPP rover will hold three of MIT's Space Exploration Initiative's payloads. (Credit: Lunar Outpost) After becoming the first commercial operator to land a spacecraft on the Moon last month, Intuitive Machines is preparing its follow-up mission, IM-2, for...
A recent study presented at the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) discusses the Mars Astrobiology, Resource, and Science Explorers (MARSE) mission concept and its Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD), which offers a broader and...
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One of the closest quasars to our Milky Way galaxy is behaving in a surprisingly timid fashion when it comes to affecting its surroundings, new observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory have shown.A quasar is the bright central region of a galaxy that...
Comet Pons-Brooks, as it appeared in early March 2024 from Skull Valley, Utah. Credit: James Pierce (Flickr) Friday, March 29With a Moonless sky after sunset, tonight is a great time to target fainter deep-sky objects. After the sky grows fully dark, look north...
On February 15th, Intuitive Machines (IM) launched its first Nova-C class spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On February 22nd, the spacecraft – codenamed Odysseus (or “Odie”) – became the first American-built vehicle...
Agency 28/03/2024 322 views 3 likes ESA has teamed up with Samsung to launch the first watch face for our Solar System. As people across Europe switch over to summertime on 31 March 2024 and reset their clocks and watches, Samsung launches Galaxy Time: a new...
These chips sound absolutely delicious. And of all the brands to jump on the solar eclipse train, this one is an undeniably obvious perfect pairing. SunChips, the wavy, multigrain chips brand from the snack overlords of Frito-Lay, are putting on their solar...
The active Sun | Astronomy Magazine false product the-active-sun https://www.astronomy.com/picture-of-the-day/photo/the-active-sun/ The active Sun | Astronomy Magazine Mark Johnston from Scottsdale, Arizona Prominences and filaments snake across this 6-panel...