08/05/2022 |
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NEWS & FEATURES |
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NASA/Reto Stöckli, based on data from NASA and NOAA Theory originators Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee explain why they think the development of complex life on other worlds is likely extraordinarily rare. |
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NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) Jupiter's rings are thin, gauzy structures of dust that can't compete with Saturn's stunning icy rings. New research now tells us why the bigger planet doesn't have bigger rings. |
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STS-122 Shuttle Crew, NASA via flickr, CC BY-NC-SA The head of the Russian space agency announced that the country will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024. A space policy expert explains what this means and why it’s happening now. |
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ARKENSTONE/Rob Lavinsky A new approach to mineralogy attests to mineral diversity and could advance scientists’ understandings about life on Earth and other planets. |
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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington What happened to the debris from the collision that formed the Caloris Basin on Mercury? Why didn’t it form a moon? |
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OBSERVING |
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Theophilos Papadopoulos (Flickr) Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central. |
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PICTURE OF THE DAY |
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Gerald Rhemann from Vienna, Austria A long, thin dust trail is visible behind Comet 22P/Kopff, a comet that orbits the Sun every 6.4 years. This image represents 54 minutes of LRBG data with a 12-inch scope. |
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