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amaze-lab
NASA Attaches Perseverance Rover to Rocket That'll Send it to Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is now 129 feet closer to the Red Planet after being placed atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, ahead of its launch window opening July 30th.
weather
A comet is visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system, and you can see it
Astronomers say NEOWISE is arguably the best comet viewing since 1997.
amaze-lab
Cool NASA Visualization Reveals Global Methane Emissions
The 3D visualization shows methane sources and how it moves across the globe, which NASA created with data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office.
amaze-lab
Harvard Scientists Develop Plan to Determine if 'Planet 9' is a Black Hole
Researchers at Harvard University and the Black Hole Initiative have developed a new method to determine once and for all if the hypothesized 'Planet 9' at the edge of our solar system is an undiscovered world or a primordial black hole.
amaze-lab
The Reason Why Rain Smells So Good
It's not in your head, here's why there's a sweet, fresh scent after a rainfall.
amaze-lab
Listen to Ghost Crabs Growl at Predators with Teeth in Their Stomach
Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers found Atlantic ghost crabs use teeth in their stomachs to growl during aggressive interactions. They say it's the first evidence of an animal using stomach sounds to communicate.
amaze-lab
Enormous 'Superflare' Spotted on Nearby Star
Kyoto University astronomers detected 12 stellar flare phenomena on AD Leonis and one 'superflare' that was 20 times larger than flares released by our sun.
amaze-lab
NASA Hits Heat Shield Milestone For First Crewed Orion Mission
NASA's Orion spacecraft just hit a big milestone after technicians applied over 180 blocks of material, called AVCOAT, to its heat shield that'll protect astronauts from temps of nearly 5,000°F.
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UN Report Shows Earth Spiralling Towards Full-Blown Climate Crisis
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Odd Cosmic Pair is the Most Asymmetric Merging System Ever Detected
Astronomers have found an unusual binary system, a pulsar and neutron star, with very different masses. They say there could be more of these strange systems out there.
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