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NASA space mission locates source of CO2 emissions on Earth

Using space-based observations a case study show how carbon dioxide emissions and reductions can be tracked at the source of a large European coal-fired...

Large volcanic outburst on discovered on Jupiter’s moon Io

Jeff Morgenthaler of the Planetary Science Institute discovered a large volcanic outburst on Jupiter's moon Io using PSI's Io Input/Output observatory (IoIO). Since 2017, PSI...

NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment

Scientists wants to learn more about the interior of an asteroid. This is why, long wavelength radio signals were launched into space from a...

TESS detects new ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanet orbiting a rapidly rotating star

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new "hot Jupiter" exoplanet. They have used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to make this...

Exotic clasts in Chang’e-5 samples indicate unexplored terrane on moon

The Chang'e-5 spacecraft has landed in the Mons Rümker region of the moon's northern Oceanus Procellarum. It has returned 1.731 kg of lunar regolith. Recognizing...

Watch the latest water satellite unfold itself in space

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite launched into Earth orbit on December 16. It was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base...

Scientists investigate potential regolith origin on Uranus’ moon Miranda

A pair of researchers led by The Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California investigated the potential origin of the thick regolith...

Two Earth-mass exoplanets orbiting nearby star discovered

An international team of astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets. They were transiting a nearby M-dwarf star known as GJ 1002 using the radial...

NASA’s Perseverance rover deposits first sample on Mars surface

A titanium tube containing a rock sample is resting on Mars' surface. It has been dropped there by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on December...

NASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after four years

It can be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander. Because it has been silent on Mars for four years. The...

VLA and ALMA study Jupiter and Io

Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of the National Science Foundation frequently reveal important new facts...

Scientists develop low-cost system to measure space weather without leaving the ground

A research team from Nagoya University's Institute of Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) built a magneto-impedance sensor magnetometer (MIM). It will measure variations in the...

Comet Interceptor construction moves forward

ESA and OHB have agreed to proceed with the design and construction of ESA's ambitious Comet Interceptor spacecraft. This spacecraft is scheduled to launch...

First images released from NOAA-21 VIIRS instrument

The first global image created with data from NOAA-21's VIIRS instrument shows bright blue water in the Caribbean Sea and smog in Northern India. The...

Astronomers discover two potentially habitable exo-Earths around a star near the sun

An international scientific team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) discovered two planets. These planets have Earth-like masses in...