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NASA’s InSight Lander Used for Deep Mars Measurements
New results, published in Geophysical Research Letters, find that Mars has three subsurface boundaries – places where the density of the planet shifts.
Decades-Long Deep Giant Cloud Disruption Discovered on Venus
Today in the Geophysical Research Letters, a new paper announces the discovery of undulating structures in Venus’ clouds that last for decades at a time.
Ammonia-Rich Hail Sheds New Light on Jupiter’s Weather
In a trio of papers released yesterday in Nature and the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, researchers used data from NASA Juno’s microwave radiometer and found evidence of ammonia-rich hail and shallow lightning.
NASA Astronauts Safely Splash Down after First Commercial Crew Flight to Space Station
Continuing their recent tradition of doing spectacular things on weekends, on Saturday, August 1, the SpaceX Dragon Crew Capsule Endeavor undocked from the International Space Station.
Two Ekspress satellites injected into orbit
On Thursday, July 30th at 9:25 pm UTC, a Proton-M was launched from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Its payload was two communication satellites: Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103.
NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet
On July 30 at 11:50 am UTC, the final Mars mission for this Martian launch window took off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Unequal Neutron-Star Mergers Create Unique “Bang” in Simulations
In new models, looking at what happens when these two objects come together, it appears that the more massive neutron star will shred the smaller neutron star, causing light to be released
Early Mars Was Covered in Ice Sheets, Not Flowing Rivers
Maybe a lot of those rivers and valleys we see carved on Mars weren’t carved by rivers we’d recognize but were instead carved by rivers under glaciers such as we rarely get to see.
Black Hole Fails to Do Its Job
Galaxy cluster SpARCS1049 is out there forming 900 some odd stars per year out of the gas and dust between galaxies. This is not normal.
