Science - Space Axiom

Could Alien Life Exist Without a Planet? Scientists Explore New Possibilities

Challenging the traditional view that life must thrive on planets, researchers now theorize that simple life forms could exist in free-floating colonies in space, drawing from Earth-based examples like the resilient tardigrade.

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Water and Hydroxyl Found Across the Moon's Surface

The study, based on data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission, reveals water-bearing minerals present across all lunar latitudes, even in areas exposed to sunlight.

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Dwarf Planet Ceres May Hold a Frozen Ocean Beneath Its Surface

Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, has long intrigued researchers due to its unique features, including craters and bright spots that hint at the presence of water.

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Scientists Discover 'Smiley Face' Crater on Mars, Offering Clues to Ancient Life

Chloride salts, left behind as Mars’ lakes evaporated, are crucial for understanding the Martian climate and could be key to detecting preserved signs of ancient microbial life.

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NASA Unveils Stunning Visualization of Global Carbon Dioxide Movement

The visualization, created using NASA’s advanced GEOS model, highlights the interconnectedness of the planet's atmosphere, revealing how CO2 emissions from different regions impact the entire world.

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Astronomers Search for Alien Life in a Mathematically Perfect Planetary System

This system, centered around the orange dwarf star HD 110067, features six planets locked in a rare and flawless orbital resonance, presenting an extraordinary model of cosmic harmony and stability.

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Asteroid Bennu's Samples Suggest its Ancient Oceanic Origins

The samples from Bennu, containing a significant amount of water trapped in minerals, along with rich deposits of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus, have astounded scientists.

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NASA Successfully Opens Container Holding Asteroid Dust After Months of Effort

The container, which touched down in Utah in September of the previous year, couldn't be accessed immediately due to two stubbornly stuck bolts out of the 35 fasteners securing the lid.

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Solar Conjunction Puts NASA's Mars Robots on Hold

Mars exploration will temporarily rely on onboard instruments, as communication with Earth may lead to unintended consequences. NASA's precautionary measure aims to ensure the robots' safety and prevent any issues arising from miscommunications.

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Mars' Core Looks Bigger than It Is Because of a Layer of Molten Rock

A game-changing event occurred in September 2021 when a meteorite impact on Mars generated seismic waves that allowed scientists to gain new insights into the planet's interior. This impact provided crucial data that illuminated the core's true nature.

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NASA Reveals Rich Carbon and Water Content in Bennu Asteroid Samples

The study of Bennu's samples will provide invaluable insights into the origins of our solar system, the possibility of life's beginnings, and the threats posed by asteroids that could potentially impact Earth.

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NASA Successfully Lands Samples of Asteroid Bennu on Earth

This remarkable achievement promises groundbreaking scientific insights into the origins of our solar system, the emergence of life on Earth, and the potential hazards posed by asteroids.

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NASA Confirms Summer 2023 as the Hottest on Record

NASA's temperature record, known as GISTEMP, is compiled from surface air temperature data collected from thousands of meteorological stations worldwide, along with sea surface temperature data from ship- and buoy-based instruments.

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Returns Samples From the Bennu Asteroid This Week

The return of these samples is eagerly awaited by the scientific community, as they promise critical insights into the early solar system's formation and the origins of life. These findings could also enhance our understanding of potential asteroid threats to Earth.

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Stand up, Space Greta

With a new era of space exploration upon us, it's evident that the call for a 'Space Greta' isn't just about finding a singular voice, but about amplifying the many passionate voices that already exist in the space sector.

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NASA, Forest Service to Share Moon Tree Seedlings, Promote STEM

NASA and the USDA Forest Service will distribute Artemis Moon Tree seedlings of five different species to create new ways for communities on Earth to connect with humanity’s exploration of space for the benefit of all.

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IceCube Snaps the First Neutrino Image of the Milky Way

Neutrinos, often referred to as "ghost particles," are elementary particles that interact very weakly with matter, making them extremely challenging to detect. However, the IceCube detector has made this extraordinary feat possible.

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Scientists Confirmed the Composition of Mars's Core Using Seismic Waves

Scientists were able to confirm the composition of Mars's core using seismic waves that traveled through the Red Planet. It turned out that Mats has a liquid core made of iron alloy and high amounts of sulfur and oxygen.

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Astronomers Created a New Interactive Map of the Universe

The full map of the observable universe is actually a slice of cosmos with a thickness of about 10 degrees. However, it still gives an idea of the scale of our universe as well as its stars and galaxies up to 13.7 billion light-years away.

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Astronomers Discover Traces of an Ancient Ocean on Mars

Scientists from Pennsylvania State University have found evidence that about 3.5 billion years ago, Mars had a vast ocean, which covered hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the planet. Its existence was indicated by the topography of the shoreline.

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Mumm Designed a Champagne Bottle Designed for Space Travel

If you squeeze a finger-controlled valve, a globule of champagne will be released in the form of foam. Drinkers can scoop the wine out of the air using a tiny glass with a long stem that resembles an egg cup.

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Astronauts Could Use Martian Soil for 3D-Printing

In most of their experiments, the researchers mixed different amounts of simulated Martian regolith with a titanium alloy. They also tried to make a 3D-printing material from pure simulated regolith.

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NASA Released the Eerie Sound of a Black Hole

NASA has recorded the sounds of a massive black hole 250 million light-years away from Earth in the Perseus Cluster. The object is located so close to the gas clouds that it creates ripple-like sound waves.

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Astronomers Discover Alcohol Molecules in the Centre of the Milky Way

A group of scientists has discovered the largest alcohol molecule in space – isopropanol was found in the Sagittarius B2 gas-dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way. Sagittarius B2 is a massive star-forming region where new stars are born.

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Astronomers Find Elusive Atoms in the Cosmic Web

The atoms are hard to spot because most of them are in the cosmic web in the form of gas so diffuse that there is no more than about one atom per cubic foot of space, which is much less than in any vacuum on Earth.