#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

“#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured” NASA’s InSight spacecraft has measured the size of Mars’ core for the first time.  The spacecraft launched in May 2018 and successfully landed on the red planet in November of that year.  InSight — which is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport — was created to study the early evolution of terrestrial planets…

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#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety

#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety

“#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety” NASA said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX that would focus on avoiding collisions between the agency’s spacecraft and the rocket company’s large constellation of satellites. The agreement would enhance data sharing between NASA and Starlink, SpaceX’s space internet venture, to…

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#Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving

#Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving

“#Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest Mars rover has sent back the first-ever sounds of driving on the red planet — a grinding, clanking, banging affair that by Earth standards would be pretty worrisome. The noises made by Perseverance’s six metal wheels and suspension on the first test…

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#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

“#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie. Arizona State University…

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#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

“#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars” A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water. In their research, the team of scientists posits that a large quantity of the Martian planet’s water had not escaped into space due to its low gravity as previously assumed, but…

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#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims

#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims

“#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims” It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but spaceships that travel at warp speed are possible, according to one top scientist. In a recent study, physicist Dr Erik Lentz outlined a way that a rocket could theoretically travel faster than light – or over 186,000 miles…

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#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

“#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole” Astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of a particle jet coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe. The source of the X-ray jet is a quasar, or a fast-growing supermassive black hole, named PSO J352.4034-15.3373 or PJ352-15. The quasar sits at the center of a young galaxy and is…

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#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars

#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars

“#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released two historic audio recordings from the surface of Mars on Wednesday. In the first audio clip, recorded using the Perseverance Mars rover’s two microphones, listeners can hear wind.  In their post on SoundCloud, NASA described the sound as “listening to a seashell or having a hand…

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#NASA’s Chandra Observatory looks at barred spiral galaxy

#NASA’s Chandra Observatory looks at barred spiral galaxy

“#NASA’s Chandra Observatory looks at barred spiral galaxy” NASA’s Chandra Observatory said Wednesday that it was observing NGC 3081. NGC 3081 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 86 million light-years from the Earth. “The galaxy’s center is surrounded by a bright loop known as a resonance ring,” the agency wrote in a tweet. “The ring is filled with dazzling clusters…

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