SpaceX Launches SN9 to Spectacular, If Not Perfect, Results
On February 2nd at 18:25 UTC, SpaceX finally launched their SN9 vehicle from Pad B at the Boca Chica Launch Site. Unfortunately, it didn’t nail the landing.
Ganymede Gets a Global Temperature Map
Scientists analyzed data from ALMA taken at several different millimeter wavelengths to create a thermal model of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.
Regolith of Phobos Could Hold Secrets of Lost Martian Atmosphere
One possibility for studying Mars’ lost atmosphere is by sampling the surface layer of Mars’ moon, Phobos, which has been bombarded by the escaping atmospheric ions.
Extended Dark Matter Halo Found Around Dwarf Galaxy
Astronomers were able to identify knots of super bland, low metallicity stars far from the core of dwarf galaxy Tucana II.
Magnetar’s Identity Crisis Indicates Unknown Magnetic Field Complexity
Neutron star first observed in March 2020 shifts between magnetar and pulsar from July to October 2020 in strange identity crisis.
Marie Tharp: A Retrospective
We take a look back at the career of Marie Tharp, the analyst who created some of the most well-known maps of Earth’s ocean seafloor and helped prove the case for the theory of plate tectonics.
The Problem with False Positives in Search for Early Life
If the NASA Perseverance rover finds what appears to be fossilized bacteria, it will be hard to verify that what it sees is evidence of life and not a look-alike chemical reaction.
High School Students Discover Multi-planet System
A pair of high school students working with a mentoring program at Harvard and MIT discover a four-planet system in TESS data.
Pulverized Meteorites Help Analysis of Early Atmosphere
A new study of three different meteorites suggests that our early solar system built rocky worlds rich in water and gases
Plate Tectonics Unlikely in Recent Past for Venus
A team of scientists found that the crust is thicker on Venus with a lower thermal gradient than on Earth and unlikely to have had similar plate tectonics.
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