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[ad_1] Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host to Ask an astronaut and Space radioand author of “Your place in the universe.Sutter contributed this article to Expert voices from Space.com: Op-Ed & Insights. Magnetars, super dense, highly magnetized, fast-spinning stars, are among …

[ad_1] Washington DC .: Vaneeza Rupani, a student at Albama High School, named the spacecraft that will attempt NASA’s first powered flight on another planet. Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt a powered flight on another planet, NASA’s Mars Helicopter has officially received a new name: Wit. Vaneeza …

[ad_1] What if the “big ocean trash patches” were just the tip of the iceberg? While more than 10 million tons of plastic waste enters the sea each year, we actually only see 1 percent, the portion that floats on the ocean surface. What happens to the 99 percent lost …

[ad_1] NASA personnel are currently working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this includes the team that is currently piloting the Rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars. The team has had to find some creative solutions to overcome the problems of not working in a laboratory equipped …

[ad_1] Ozone depletion over the Arctic hit a record in March. It was the largest and even worst hole recorded since 2001. The UN World Meteorological Organization said Friday that everything is closed. This was first announced on April 23 by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), the European Union’s …

[ad_1] Geneva / UNI: Depletion of the ozone layer, the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation, reached an unprecedented level in large parts of the Arctic this spring, the World Meteorological Organization said on Saturday. The statement attributed this improved ozone depletion to the …

[ad_1] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Representative image) | Photo credit: Daniel Acker / Bloomberg Text size: A- A + Alabama Student Names NASA’s Mars Helicopter “Wit” NASA’s Mars helicopter, destined to be the first aircraft to attempt powered flights on another planet, has been named “Wit”. The name …

[ad_1] Sky watchers can look forward to an exciting month of cosmic phenomena, starting with a meteor shower to mark a beautiful start to Cinco de Mayo. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is expected to peak in the early hours of Tuesday, May 5. With most people trapped inside, isolating …

[ad_1] Image for representation. Celebrated twice a year, the first International Astronomy Day is celebrated on May 2, while the next occasion will be on September 26. Trends Desk Last update: May 2, 2020 1:38 p.m. IST New Delhi: International Astronomy Day is celebrated twice a year in the fall …

[ad_1] Spinosaurus reconstruction in life: long, narrow jaws with conical teeth, and a single tail for water locomotion. (Illustrations: Davide Bonadonna / Nature) Scientists studying a peculiar million-year-old fossil of a particular dinosaur species called Spinosaurus would never have imagined that their findings could one day challenge the very definition …