Iceberg A-81 slows near South Georgia, where the unseen seabed matters
A new satellite account follows the berg’s route from the Brunt Ice Shelf. Slower movement is not yet proof of permanent g...
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Landsat shows the volcanic framework behind America’s newest national park
The July image, published this week, reveals rock and vegetation patterns rather than individual pinnacles. Chiricahua’s p...
NEO Surveyor’s giant sunshade helps an asteroid telescope see heat without seeing its own
The six-metre structure combines thermal protection and power. NASA still lists launch no earlier than September 2027.
NASA’s simulated Mars crew is about to finish 378 days of ordinary life under unusual constraints
The October 31 exit ends a long test of isolation, workload and communications. An Earth-based analogue answers selected q...
Curiosity’s Nazca target asks whether a crystal’s shape outlived its chemistry
Newly published drilling preparations combine close-up 3D imaging with deeper laser measurements. The textures are geologi...
Orion’s beautiful gas clouds are also a hostile neighborhood for young planets
Hubble’s archival mosaic shows a stellar nursery shaped by ultraviolet light. Brightness, color and structure each tell a...
Rosetta’s comet selfie still explains the distance between arriving and landing
Philae took the 2014 image while still attached to the orbiter. Two exposures let a spacecraft and a dim comet share the f...
The cosmic web is a map of a model. Dark matter is still a question about matter
An astronomy visualization makes structure visible without photographing the particles behind it. That distinction is the...
Plants beneath the Barnes Ice Cap expose a climate reversal measured in centuries
Dating preserved vegetation helps reconstruct two millennia of ice expansion and its retreat. The finding does not make wa...